Need a stem for your Boxxer? Are you looking for something that just holds your bars or would you like to bolt up a stem that will make people look twice?

If you want to add a little splash of color to your ride then read on.....

If you are like me, your bike has come stock with a front derailleur, although you can’t remember the last time you shifted into the small ring on your crank set. However that darn front derailleur causes nothing but inconvenience and worry that it may put you in the wrong gear at the worst time. This is where I was last week my chain skipped on the front chain ring while I was preparing to do a wheelie drop at a local bike park, needless to say I ended up face first on the ground, at that point I knew that my front derailleur and myself were not compatible. So it was time for me to get a chain guide.

I had the chance to try out a 2006 Norco 4xxxx for a few months during the winter, getting a feel for it and riding it as hard as I could. There are not a lot of bikes out there that can do it all-DJ, Street, Slopestyle and trails. I wanted a Bike that I could do everything on, I thought it would be a fun challenge seeing as it's a race/trail bike so I wanted to see how it could handle on the trails, but I also wanted to see how it could handle against jump and slopestyle elements.

So in part 1 of my All Mountain build up I talked about my parts selection criteria and what I was looking for in the parts that I'd be selecting to mount on my new ride. Here are the results from my research and the build up that I put together. So far the ride is great and I am so stoked on the bike that has formed from all the parts that I was collecting in my Dakine bike box.

Check out my All Mountain ride:

Thought you guys might want to check out this cool special feature over on LitterMag with Steve Wentz's Factory 2007 Turner DHR. It's got images and audio - thing is tight and looks fast as hell...

Check it out!

Looking for something to hold your bars where your bars are supposed to be held? Something light? Something that looks trick? Well check out the e.13 Ali direct mount stem from e.thirteen.