just got back from a 20km mountain bike ride, wow i feel great

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

well i was riding on a trail a guy i knew said would be great, tight technical stuff, logs trees, rocks, snotty downhills all fun


riding riding riding, found a cut line went to the left for about 20 min got no where, so i backtracked up the cutline, (all rock steep hill very fun :D ) got to the top where i started and then found another flaged trail and follwed that, going going going, then i come to another cutlin straight, trail left

take the cutline and end up at a road to who knows where


take this road and it intersects with another larger forestry , went west which was the wrong way for 30 min, turn around, backtrack 40 min because it was uphill going east, then head east for another 20 min and i get to camp


chilling there for a few got some eats then i went and played around the trails and stuff there


guy who told me to take the trail gets back i told em what happend, asked me if i had a odometer but i didnt, then he just goes threw where i went and says it was about 20km ride or more



so me happy, not tired at all and i can still type even though i smashed my hands on a couple trees in the tight stuff


:D

[marko3xl3]

Congrats on having so much fun. I can hardly find the time since school started and all :).

Any pics?

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

ya know i never bring the camera because i know ill brake it, but i never crashed once, ill bring it next ride for pics nice views, and your in deep in the forest so you so alone

[marko3xl3]

Originally posted by Whisp[TR]
but its all good

DO you mean you don't need eyes to mod? :lmao

[egarrard]

Originally posted by KaNaDiAnIcEmAn
ya know i never bring the camera because i know ill brake it, but i never crashed once, ill bring it next ride for pics nice views, and your in deep in the forest so you so alone Stick the camera down in one of those foam rubber can coolers. Works like a charm for mine!

[Maniacmous]

I love biking...problem is, I haven't done it in about 2 years because my brother was a jerk who popped both my tires and tubes w/a Philips head screwdriver...and I've just been too lazy to go out and buy new ones, though I have to soon, because I'm gonna need a bike at OSU...too much hiking otherwise.

[marko3xl3]

Originally posted by egarrard
Stick the camera down in one of those foam rubber can coolers. Works like a charm for mine!

YOU STILL MOUNTAIN BIKE?!?

I mean...*cough cough* it will fall out when you go on rocks downhill 100mph...:rofl2

:bounce :bounce 700 POSTS :bounce :bounce

[Maniacmous]

So he likes to stay in shape despite the arthritis and the stupid Wal-Mart *****s that wanna hold him back...so what, I applaud the man!

(BTW: 700...300 to go...you can do it marko!!) :Holy Crap

[marko3xl3]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
(BTW: 700...300 to go...you can do it marko!!) :Holy Crap

Thanks, but what's gonna happen to me after that?

4000 to go 'till 5000, then another 5000 to 10000 and then another 2000 to 12000 and then another 1 million to eferz (estimate) :lmao

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

hehe i ride a $7 000 dollar santa cruz blur :D



was riding a hardtail out in bragg creek week ago and we got lost and were going down some very grown trail with trees hitting you all over, and i was going threw this stuff fast and i got a flat on my front tire, had to change it fast cause it was gettin dark


ended up comin to the trucks in pitch black with no light

[Maniacmous]

I know this may be a very stupid question...but honestly, what would possess you to spend 7k on a bike? Also...what does a $7000 bike offer you that something for even 1k doesn't?!

[marko3xl3]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
I know this may be a very stupid question...but honestly, what would possess you to spend 7k on a bike? Also...what does a $7000 bike offer you that something for even 1k doesn't?!

I was thinking about that too!!! Not even the compiuterized bikes with the automatic gears and driving habits automatic sensor master cost that much.

And you are wrong. The above actually made sense :Blah

[wazman]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
I know this may be a very stupid question...but honestly, what would possess you to spend 7k on a bike? Also...what does a $7000 bike offer you that something for even 1k doesn't?!

Yeah, I gotta wonder that too...

[thephenom]

Biking rocks.....but i haven't biked in a LONG LONG time ever since someone stole my bike ever since grade 6, then I started blading.

[SNAFU]

For $7000, that bike better fly. I have a $1200 racing bike that I haven't touched in 4 years... I used to be a runner but now I'm a smoker... :banghead

[blpeterson]

I've got a $500 ten speed that serves me well. Usually alternate between riding 50 miles or so and running 20 miles. Now running shoes are expensive. I pay around $115 a pair for my running shoes and I go through at least a pair a month if not more.

[Orangepeel]

Sounds like you had a most excellent time, Ice :).

We have found some really nice trails in the Don Valley here in Toronto. The really good bikers scream down the dirt trails and leave me in a pile of dust :rofl2.

I lost Rod on a fork in the trail one day and had to wait for him to back track. Stuck at the fork in the road, scratching me head and one guy flew past me so fast all I saw was yellow, red, and dust :lmao!

Going down loose gravel trails is scary :eek:!

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

-Santa Cruz Blur Frame has a VPP system, meaning that it will only activate on bumps not my pedling, so i dont waste power

-carbon fibre monkey light handle bar so it takes the weight off,

-Fox vanila front forks that make it a very smooth ride so i can rocket on the singletrack, with lockout so i can climb hills with no rob from the forks

-XTR shimano shifters and hydraulic disc brakes, newest and fastest way of shifting, like road bikes

-Maxis Crossmx XL Disc Rims
-michelein Tubeless tires

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

carbon fibre handle bars

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

frame core, fox shock, vpp system at the bottom linkage, 3 pivot system

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

Shimano XTR hydraulic Disc brakes

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

egg beater clipless pedals,

clean out mud and everything easily, easy in easy out

[Maniacmous]

I still say that 7k for a bike is out of sight and useless....I spent like 150 on a bike like 4 years ago that handled many a 20 mile ride without problems (until my brother blew the tires out w/that screwdriver, which i haven't fixed yet). So in the interim...I run 10 miles a night and it does me just as well. :banana

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

this thing weighs in at about 24, 25 pounds, would be lighter if i got carbon fibre seat post and titanium egg beaters


its a sweet bike dont feel a thing on singletrack, its only for xc though doesnt take big hits

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

ya they sweet, nother rider i know got a brodie 9ball sweet for the price, when we did a 7km uphill climb he was with me all the way with that thing

[Maro]

How do you guys afford that?:jawsdown :jawsdown :jawsdown

I am a contractor and would balk at those prices!

[youm0nt]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
I know this may be a very stupid question...but honestly, what would possess you to spend 7k on a bike? Also...what does a $7000 bike offer you that something for even 1k doesn't?!
hayes hydras,marzocchi forks,VPP,progressive 5th element air :p man i wish i had $5000 for a DH bikes :jawsdown

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

the 5th element air is sweet for the blur, was reading in mountainbike action and it made the blur almost perfect



but ya its lotsa money for bikes