Maintenance Tips:

Grease your seatpost!

Learn how to use a torque wrench and do so on a regular basis.

When cutting a steerer tube, Measure twice, cut once!

Support your LBS's as much as possible. Spend your money locally, or the small shops will dissappear!

Tip your mechanic at the shop with Pizza and/or Micro Brews. They'll always remember you and you'll always get top notch service!

Riding Tips (Mostly Mtn Biking):

Look 10' in front of your wheel, not 1'. The further ahead you look, the faster you'll go.

Don't ride with a "Death Grip", grip the bars enough to hold on, but don't clinch them.

Stay loose, don't lock out any of your joints, keep your legs and your arms flexed, use your bodies built-in suspension.

Turn like a snow skiier. Outside leg straight out and weight the outside pedal. Inside leg bent.

When learning to bunny-hop, place a cup or a 2x4 on the ground to hop over. Having something to miss will improve your skills.

Take a poop before your ride!

Stay hydrated. It's better to drink what's left all at once, then to try to conserve your water by drinking a little at a time.

Pack it in, Pack it out!

Yield to everyone, and most importantly, be friendly and say, "Hello" and "Thank You" to other trail users. If everyone did this it would change their perspective about us!

That's it for now!

L8R