Nickel and Butcher at work from santa cruz bikes on Vimeo.

Some of you pedal mashers know I’m a big fan of the Single Pivot bikes made by Santa Cruz. I love the no fuss and how well it works in all situations. Santa Cruz Bikes has decided to merge the Single Pivot and their VPP bikes into this new APP pivot (as they are calling it). I’m not one to get technical with bike jargon but it looks really cool. They have videos explaining the APP further for you nerd types. The Nickel and the Butcher come out in June as Framesets and retail for $1350. Looks like daddy might have to buy himself a new rig.

Here is a place I was able to hike that I wish I had my bike. The trails within the Santa Cruz Mountains are amazing. During a weekend my friend and I went searching for the Ridge Winery. Fortunately we never found it and ended up hiking through a forest of Redwood trees instead. There is a ton of riding in this region. Check out the MTB clubs in the region.

Great trail for mountain biking or hiking…

Redwood trees are so amazing. The size of these trees is enormous and the bark could be an art piece by itself…