[Fatcrobat]

Guys,

I want to get a few downhill/super d races in this year. I haven't raced downhill in almost 10 years. The last one was Downieville DH back in 1999 and I also did the Hollister series back in the day - sport and expert class.

What would you recomend for a guy in the East Bay to get going again?

I wanna go fast!

If you ain't first, you're last!

 

[Total Heckler]

Hey man,

Do you still have a bike? Looking for an upgrade? Do you want a mid range travel bike (5-6 inches) or did you want to go big bike with 8 inches? I cannot say anything bad about Tomac Mountain Bikes. I know they were around when you were racing/riding. They have new owners, still backed by Jonny T himself and have some SWEET new frames that they started producing in the last year. www.tomac.com

Plenty of stuff going on in the Bay Area.

There is a dh/super-d-ish race this weekend in Salinas. Check it out! A lot of us will be out there!

http://cccx.org/dh/2009/index.shtml

 

[Prettym1k3]

Well, what kinda' bike are you used to riding? Are you thinking DH on a hardtail with a long-travel fork? A full suspension? And what time of racing do you like to do?

CCCX and Sea Otter aren't exactly true "DH" courses, but Northstar is. And that'll definitely get your blood pumping!

 

[Fatcrobat]

Well, what kinda' bike are you used to riding? Are you thinking DH on a hardtail with a long-travel fork? A full suspension? And what time of racing do you like to do?

CCCX and Sea Otter aren't exactly true "DH" courses, but Northstar is. And that'll definitely get your blood pumping!

Just looking for local DH or super d races, guys. I got lots of bikes(HT, 4 inch, 6 inch and 8 inch travel rigs) and I've been riding this whole time... just haven't raced in a while.

anything like cccx in the east bay?

 

[Prettym1k3]

I think CCCX is the only local race series until you get up into the Tahoe area (Northstar racing).

you should try to make it out to CCCX, though. If nothing else, it's a good warm up for the heavier DH riding, and everyone's nice so it's a ton of fun.

 

[Total Heckler]

Yeah CCCX is pretty much all we have in the area. You should try to make it out. If you are into super-d, this is right up your alley.

 

[esper]

If you come down to South Bay (san jose) i can take you to a couple of places and see what you like. If you think its easy then we can go out to some other places as well. A group of us, generally between 3 people up to 12 do shuttle runs since we all hate up hill. I am going this weekend if your interested.

 

[Fatcrobat]

If you come down to South Bay (san jose) i can take you to a couple of places and see what you like. If you think its easy then we can go out to some other places as well. A group of us, generally between 3 people up to 12 do shuttle runs since we all hate up hill. I am going this weekend if your interested.

I might have given you the impression I'm a beginner or out of shape or something.

Couldn't be further from the truth.

I'll be at cccx this weekend. On the podium.