Experience  brings out the best of us .  We hit the trails just about every day and try all kinds of bikes, parts, wheels, pieces. The past  month the WTB Bronson 2.2 tires tubeless have been glued to the trails even in wet conditions.  The side bite does not let you slip away in a [...]

Hi All, Groundbreaking news – Mike Palmeri, Tom Sauret and I are working with Georgia Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites to explore the possibilities of new mountain bike trails at Ft. Mountain and Amicalola State Parks.  As most of us know Ft. Mountain State Park has had mountain bike trails for about 20 years.  Although [...]

by Jesper Bondo Medhus Here is a very effective strength training program for cyclists. The program is based on multi joint exercises with free weights, which indicate that this program is not for beginners. If you are not familiar with lifting free weights, consider training the same exercises in a machine. Ask a fitness instructor [...]

Steve Lewis who trains a few of us, wrote this to us last week. I thought it was Great and it needed to be shared! Jens Factor 3. What’s Jens Factor 3? The Jens Factor is a scale based on temperature and sustained wind. Jens is Jens Voight. Arguably the toughest biker racer ever. He [...]

Written by Mike Palmeri, owner of Cartecay Bike Shop in Ellijay, GA. Mike was certified in 1983 by the Schwinn Bicycle School in Chicago, Illinois and re-certified in 2000 by the United Bicycle Institute in Ashland, Oregon. He is a certified bicycle mechanic, suspension specialist, a DT Swiss master wheel builder, and has been in [...]

Written by Mike Palmeri, owner of Cartecay Bike Shop in Ellijay, GA. Mike was certified in 1983 by the Schwinn Bicycle School in Chicago, Illinois and re-certified in 2000 by the United Bicycle Institute in Ashland, Oregon. He is a certified bicycle mechanic, suspension specialist, a DT Swiss master wheel builder, and has been in [...]