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09-28-2006, 06:16 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: ...Here & There
Posts: 1,604
|  More Balls than Brains... A CooL & Crazy hobby...   I'm glad I never got into this stuff:http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...84239508077669 *I'm sorry if this is a repost* |
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09-28-2006, 06:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas
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| yeah its a repost but its an awsome sport!I ride downhill and freeride. |
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09-28-2006, 06:25 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orem, UT
Posts: 240
| I think DH and Free Riders have a bum rap. It takes a lot of skill to do what they do, however I'm sure there are few mindless hucksters out there. But yes I agree, crazy stuff. |
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09-28-2006, 06:28 PM
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| Mayor of Bedrock   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 1st and Amistad
Posts: 2,261
| I would say those guys got more brawn then brain. I've seen some very nasty wipeouts, and I don't feel sorry for them. Do that kind of stuff, and you'll eventually pay for it. I would of said got more balls them brain, but after some of those landings, you gotta wonder about the boys. I'm thinkin some of those guys might never have kids |
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09-28-2006, 06:30 PM
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| Gold Star Baby!  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fremont/Newark, California
Posts: 495
| screw that, Ive got pictures of gary fisher and tom ritchey bombing down the trails at the Marin headlands in the 70's with no suspension and 40+ lb bikes...oh the good times. |
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09-28-2006, 06:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
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| Not just No but HELL F**K NO! I value my mobility. |
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09-28-2006, 06:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids
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| I rode hard like that untill 2 years ago. I had a bad landing and hurt my back. A back brace for 3 months greatly changes your life style. Just for clearifacation I didn't go as big as those guys. Still good size 15ft's though. |
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09-28-2006, 07:03 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
Posts: 3,729
| DoubleDub has an extreme downhill event coming up soon.....these guys are nuts! |
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09-28-2006, 08:45 PM
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| OCCUPY RCC!  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: I am the 53%.
Posts: 11,305
| Awe inspiring insanity! |
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09-28-2006, 08:58 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grande Prairie AB
Posts: 251
| Freeride is what i doooo i ride a brand fawkin new devinci basher its pretty swank. |
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09-28-2006, 09:04 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Driving my R/C rototiller
Posts: 7,941
| Freeride and downhill are awesome. You just need to know your limits/abilities and when to push it. If you are going to try a big line, go 100% or it's going to hurt.  |
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09-28-2006, 09:48 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grande Prairie AB
Posts: 251
| also i do dj fun **** |
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09-28-2006, 11:03 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Valencia
Posts: 367
| A while back there were some kids who lived near me who did stuff like that. they build a insane course across the street from my house. They would start on a fire road ontop of this hill, pedal pedal pedal.... til the road came to a curve and at the curve was a 4'-5' lip. they would just launch them selfs 15'-20' across were the road turned back, witch was about 20'-25' down a cliff..witch n the end they would land on the lower part (wasnt that steep at the bottom) . and then at the bottom was a moto X size double, make out of 10' cement barrels, they would hit and pancake or NO hander/footer. They the course turned into like a "BMX track on steroids". I tryed the double on my down hill mt bike, but came up short snappng the forks. |
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09-28-2006, 11:14 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: B.C. Canada
Posts: 142
| I love FreeRiding, its the style of riding that i do, i ride a '04 kona stinky primo and i love it. There is just something about flying 15 in the air on 2 wheels thats unmatchable. The spills are nasty as ive taken a few pretty gnarly wipeouts, but i can say for me the risk is worth the reward |
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09-29-2006, 03:31 AM
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| Gold Star Baby!  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In Kahoots!!!!!
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09-29-2006, 05:48 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement
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It takes someone who is less than briliant to put themself in that much danger. The damage that does to your body is unreal. | |
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09-29-2006, 11:06 AM
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| Quarry Creeper   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The Great White North
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The thing is you can't toss an MX around like you can a pedal bike. Try whipping through the trees at 30 MPH down a super twisty trail, with some of the holes between the trees barely wider than your handle bars. Tell me you can do that on an MX. Think of MX like Nitro and Pedal bikes like electric. We can go places you can't. You tear up the trails and get kicked out, plain and simple. Yes I will give you the point that you can get bigger air off a jump. But I don't see anyone hucking an MX off a 40ft+ cliff. | |
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09-29-2006, 02:02 PM
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| Gold Star Baby! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In Kahoots!!!!!
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| Accually we do rip it threw the trails here. 2nd & 3rd gear, pinned as much as possible. We've had guys say "We no like ride w/you guys, you guy ride like you gotta take a sh!t". Quote:
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09-29-2006, 02:11 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
Posts: 14,854
| I saw a vid of DTP's riding and local trails, and it looked just like singletrack. Actually it was singletrack! Hard to compare mountain and MX for me. One got a motor, one dont. Thats about the only difference unless you get into the trials riding. |
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09-29-2006, 02:18 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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| Just watched it, there were some pretty big gaps. More skill than I have ever had! At least they were wearing helmets. I cant say that other facets of biking wear the needed protection. Anybody notice that we have a pretty large amount of riders on this forum? Seems to be a lot of freeride and bmx kids here. |
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