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SWriverstone
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This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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June 29, 2007, 02:24:26 PM »
Some may have seen this, but if not check it out—an amazing and cool mountain-biking video (from the rider's perspective) going down one of those steep, narrow trails (through the woods---trees
everywhere
)with catwalks, jumps, etc—worth watching! (Relevance: does anyone do trails like this on their dirtbikes?
)
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/files/1018962_l6wu2/descente_vtt.wmv
It's the real-life mountain bike version of that "flying scooter" chase in "Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi!"
Makes me want to run out and buy a mountain bike with mad suspension that can do this kind of stuff (I'd kill myself trying this on mine! LOL) Re: the "Mtn Bike vs. Dirt Bike Descending" thread—I doubt any dirtbike could make it down this trail...but maybe so?
Scott
PS - How many times do you think these guys did this run to be able to learn it well enough to wail down like this??? (I'm pretty sure it's not their first run down!)
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This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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June 29, 2007, 03:51:48 PM »
Bad Ass!
Someone put some time into that trail.
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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June 29, 2007, 04:50:55 PM »
How... what....
That was awesome. Some of those jumps freaked the crap out of me.
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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June 29, 2007, 06:15:17 PM »
Heck, the jumps didn't amaze me as much as the tiny little catwalks with 6-foot drops on either side!
Scott
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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June 29, 2007, 07:06:24 PM »
A friend of mine spent some time up in Vancouver's North Shore area. Here's the video he made of his riding there:
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/videos/13ThingsYouMightSayOnTheNorthShore.mpg
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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June 29, 2007, 07:27:15 PM »
not as cool as a dirtbike on the trip back up the mountain
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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June 29, 2007, 07:28:50 PM »
Quote from: miles on June 29, 2007, 07:06:24 PM
A friend of mine spent some time up in Vancouver's North Shore area. Here's the video he made of his riding there:
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/videos/13ThingsYouMightSayOnTheNorthShore.mpg
LMAO!!!
Frickin' hilarious!
Anyone reading this thread—you must watch the video in the original post first, then this one for maximum comic effect. (Though to be fair, I think the trail your friend attempted was definitely nastier than what those other dudes were railin' down!)
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Quote from: hig4s on June 29, 2007, 07:27:15 PM
not as cool as a dirtbike on the trip back up the mountain
Sure man—at a lot of those places, they just hop on the ski lift with their bikes to go back up!
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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The trails I ride on (with my trail bike) are very similarly wooded and much tighter. They aren't as steep though, and I don't have to worry about jumping from one catwalk to another...
Very cool vid!
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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July 02, 2007, 05:41:43 PM »
Quote from: SWriverstone on June 29, 2007, 02:24:26 PM
Some may have seen this, but if not check it out—an amazing and cool mountain-biking video (from the rider's perspective) going down one of those steep, narrow trails (through the woods---trees
everywhere
)with catwalks, jumps, etc—worth watching! (Relevance: does anyone do trails like this on their dirtbikes?
)
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/files/1018962_l6wu2/descente_vtt.wmv
Wimps, they didn't even hardly have to pedal, it was all down hill.
Seriously, that was insane!
Quote from: miles on June 29, 2007, 07:06:24 PM
A friend of mine spent some time up in Vancouver's North Shore area. Here's the video he made of his riding there:
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/videos/13ThingsYouMightSayOnTheNorthShore.mpg
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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July 02, 2007, 06:18:27 PM »
Quote from: miles on June 29, 2007, 07:06:24 PM
A friend of mine spent some time up in Vancouver's North Shore area. Here's the video he made of his riding there:
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/videos/13ThingsYouMightSayOnTheNorthShore.mpg
At least he tried!
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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July 02, 2007, 10:17:13 PM »
I bet a trials rider could do that stuff easily. Down AND back up.
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July 03, 2007, 05:09:20 AM »
LOL!!!! I've been in that boat in the Sandias; there are some trails out there that are... insane. I've always maintained that I'd rather walk the bike through some things and ride the rest than to push a broken bike all the way back up the trail. This, of course, came after breaking my bike 8 miles from the start point, downhill (start was uphill).
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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July 03, 2007, 05:31:01 AM »
That's very cool! But I think I'll stick to dirt bikes. My mountain bike doesn't get much of a work out.
(And yeah Trials riders are the shnitz. The things they do with a dirt bike are just plain nuts!)
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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July 03, 2007, 12:50:57 PM »
Finally saw the original posts video. Pretty cool.
BTW: The only time the narrow walk ways would be a problem is the initial landing onto them...after that they weren't too bad looking.
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Oh man watching them one after another is AWESOME!
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It's all good till you got to go UPHILL!
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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I highly recommend this movie: Roam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsdBZoeGmyw
The open sequence is spectacular
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBufNZl0eYQ&mode=related&search=
I do Mt. Bike and Dirt in about equal parts.
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Re: This looks a LOT cooler than dirtbiking!
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Quote from: SWriverstone on June 29, 2007, 07:29:28 PM
Sure man—at a lot of those places, they just hop on the ski lift with their bikes to go back up!
Scott
So you are saying riding a chair lift is as cool as hill climbing with a dirt bike???
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