are there actual DH spots in holland, or do you have to travel to germany/switz/france?Kevin said:
How's your riding going?
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Try a 5, 3, and 19 month old.druber said:
:love:
I have managed to ride 3-4 times a week even with the blast furnace conditions here :hot: , however my riding is back burnered (okay, pun intended) while my wife is back east the next two weeks.
Doing alright here. Getting about 4 a week in, 3 on a busy week. Not too bad considering I have a full time job and a working band.
wuss.sanjuro said:
ride your bike more.
actually, you ride bikes more than most people on here.
I'm on a bike almost every day lately, but the super epics of yesteryear seem to be history so I'm not satisfied. For some reason I just can't seem to get an all day deathmarch on.
From March to present, I have been averaging only about three miles a day, but I get my licks in - Monkeyfest racked about 54 miles and 5,800 feet of climbing.
Riding has been more varied than usual - road miles on the MTB when it rains or I'm doing errands, more doubletrack than usual.
Riding has been more varied than usual - road miles on the MTB when it rains or I'm doing errands, more doubletrack than usual.
I think there is a reason your bike has pedals, gears and a chain!chicodude said:
Just ducky,how's your's?I Are Baboon said:
Kingdom AUG 7-8-9???
Acadian said:I think there is a reason your bike has pedals, gears and a chain!
Yea, And there is a reason my truck has a bike rack.
I am going to have to point you toward the weather part of my post. I will hike a bike anyday its no 115 outside.
Plus......Maybe its just me, But I don't like to ride supergnar stuff by myself....
i got a few DH days in with kev and the lads.. holland is pancake flat... i think winterberg / willingen in germany is only about 3 hours from kev... those guys also hit morzine / les gets last season as well..narlus said:
good crew... mad as fark, but great blokes..
edit - my riding...
i ve been doing a 2 rides per week - d-ville and a local GV ride... feeling good... stoked to be hittin utah for 4 or so days of riding next week...
Ah ouiAcadian said:I think there is a reason your bike has pedals, gears and a chain!
I'm just busting yer balls...but if one REALLY wants to ride - he/she will MAKE time to ride.chicodude said:
I ride solo most of the time and ride early so I dont have to deal with the treacherous heats weve been having
Since N* is closed this summer - I havent touch my big bike since Feb. Havent done any shuttles - only trail riding (and occasional road ride) and Ive been having a blast!
Since early June Ive logged around 90 hours of riding which consist of 650 miles, 121000 feet of climbing AND 125000 feet of DESCENT <-- most of which is prime singletrack!!
bikes are cool not matter what discipline it is...road, trail, ds, dh, cx...it's all good! Life is good when you are on your bike!
I've been riding 2-3x/week, sometimes more. All MTB - I guess you'd call it All Mtn. Did make my first trip to Whistler last month and have another scheduled for August.... that place kick ass. My confidence has grown exponentially since I picked up a new bike on the Freeride side of the AM category.
Been thinking about getting into road biking, but I don't think the wife is down for another bike in the garage (and out of the checking acct). Sure would be easier on those days you don't want to pack up and drive to the trailhead.
Been thinking about getting into road biking, but I don't think the wife is down for another bike in the garage (and out of the checking acct). Sure would be easier on those days you don't want to pack up and drive to the trailhead.
Not as much as I would like and not nearly as much as before (I used to ride 13 out of every 15 days), but I sure am enjoying the rides I do get in.
MudGrrl said:
When are you going to rock climb in New Paltz, so we can meet and remenice about how awful high school was??
It's going really well, I'm out on the bike almost every day.
Like Partsy said, Holland is flat as a pancake. We do have 2 4x tracks which are pretty nice though.partsbara said:
We ride mostly in Germany and race the German/Swiss IXS cup.
Also some Belgian races but theyre not nearly as cool as German/Swiss races.
And ofcourse Ill be up in Morzine/Les Gets for about a week or so after we finish working on the RedBull District ride in Nuremberg next week.
Should be a blast.
Have fun in Utah Paul, ya lucky bastid.
Hi Deroyo!deroyo said:Just ducky,how's your's?
Kingdom AUG 7-8-9???
Mon-Wed? No can do. We're heading up Aug 25-27.
Truer words have never beed said!!!Acadian said:bikes are cool not matter what discipline it is...road, trail, ds, dh, cx...it's all good! Life is good when you are on your bike!
I've been doing a fair amount of road riding this year, but it seems like I've done less trail riding than I had previously.
I'm lucky enough to be able to ride at lunch everyday for about an hour. We do MTB 4 days for around 5 to 7 miles and Road 1 day for about 25 miles. Weekends are hard usually only 1 day month becauses of the little ones. I do get a couple of weekends though for Pat's peak and the VT50. So I really can't complain.
I had a good stretch of riding for about 3 weeks ... road rides on the fixie and street riding on the 456. Other than that, I have been totally unmotivated to ride. I have been riding for 15 years now and this is the first time that I just don't care about hitting the bike. The exception to that is riding DH (but the closest DH is 6 hours away and I am a total chickenschit). I may sell my On-One and get something burlier. I always did want a Bullit, maybe I should commit to one now since I have no desire to ride XC anymore.
I do ride every day to work, but that is only a mile and a half and hardly counts.
Edit: Oh yeah, I started training for another marathon yesterday so that is another 18 weeks without much riding. I will make the Devil's Den downhill race though.
I do ride every day to work, but that is only a mile and a half and hardly counts.
Edit: Oh yeah, I started training for another marathon yesterday so that is another 18 weeks without much riding. I will make the Devil's Den downhill race though.
Although I got off to a late start, I'm doing much better than last year. I still spend a ton of after-work time wrenching on cars instead of riding, but I can't complain. Except I'm way behind in house chores... 
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:lately my riding has been pretty good when i can get out. did this awesome shuttle run out in westminster tonight. it was super flowy with tons of jumps and drops. i ended up going into a double with way too much speed and ended up clearing the entire landing and landed in the berm after the jump. it still was pretty smooth too. im glad that i didnt crash then because next to the trail were just rocks, trees, stumps, and bushes and i was going fast. heres a pic of me when i was midair that jump:
I have raced 4 times this year and have 3 more to go. I try to ride to work at least twice a week and I try to hit Forest Park each morning on the way in.
I get out about once a weekend, but I would like to ride more. I am building a hardtail to get some trail time in outside of what I suffer on the dh rig. I have put my truck on hold because I have chosen to ride.
<edit> I had no bike last year, so anything is better.
I get out about once a weekend, but I would like to ride more. I am building a hardtail to get some trail time in outside of what I suffer on the dh rig. I have put my truck on hold because I have chosen to ride.
<edit> I had no bike last year, so anything is better.
Tough question...I think that I'm riding a lot better than I was last year, but (probably like probably 85% of the people here) I want to go further with regards to upping the skill level, especially with fast cornering. I haven't figured out that whole "preload the bike to jump into the corner" thing.
I've done 4 dh races thus far and I've done OK thus far (three 3rds and one 4th), but the fields weren't that big either...The downside to all the dh riding I've done is that I've gotten REALLY bad at xc rides over 2 hours - it's killed the fitness I had last year (while upped the skill level though). Next year's plan: road ride and dh only. Now I just need to get a road bike!
EDIT: Hey, I'm #1 for sport dh in my zip code! HA! -
Your NORBA Downhill Sport Standings
1 Rank in your zip code (12208)
11 Rank in your state (NY)
4 Rank in your riding age (40)
17 Rank in 5 year age range (40-44)
29 Rank in 10 year age range (40-49)
168 Overall Rank
I've done 4 dh races thus far and I've done OK thus far (three 3rds and one 4th), but the fields weren't that big either...The downside to all the dh riding I've done is that I've gotten REALLY bad at xc rides over 2 hours - it's killed the fitness I had last year (while upped the skill level though). Next year's plan: road ride and dh only. Now I just need to get a road bike!
EDIT: Hey, I'm #1 for sport dh in my zip code! HA! -
Your NORBA Downhill Sport Standings
1 Rank in your zip code (12208)
11 Rank in your state (NY)
4 Rank in your riding age (40)
17 Rank in 5 year age range (40-44)
29 Rank in 10 year age range (40-49)
168 Overall Rank
Not a bad year by any scale, and each weekend is an opportunity for it to get better.
i was actually thinking of road riding myself, there is a Seattle to Portland ride every year. Pretty much the biggest cycling event in the area. But it's pretty hard to pull myself away from the mountains when i can't find time to ride everything i want to in a year.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162063
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160026
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157322
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155088
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153598
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151808
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151134
i was actually thinking of road riding myself, there is a Seattle to Portland ride every year. Pretty much the biggest cycling event in the area. But it's pretty hard to pull myself away from the mountains when i can't find time to ride everything i want to in a year.
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162063
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160026
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157322
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155088
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153598
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151808
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151134
Mine is improving. I'm quite new to the whole suspended bike thing, and I'm starting to get the hang of it.
I was on the same ride a Gnurider1080 last night and the photo above does not do justice to how high he got nor how far from the takeoff he landed. You could say he came into the takeoff a bit hot. (Landed it though. )
Here's my favourite jump of the night:
Did I mention that I LOVE my Splinter?:heart:
I was on the same ride a Gnurider1080 last night and the photo above does not do justice to how high he got nor how far from the takeoff he landed. You could say he came into the takeoff a bit hot.
(Landed it though. )Here's my favourite jump of the night:
Did I mention that I LOVE my Splinter?:heart:
Nice Air Rigidhack!!
No time to ride, just working, working on the house and going boating.
boating over riding?Brian HCM#1 said:
weak. :eviltongu
narlus said:boating over riding?
weak. :eviltongu
Great pic, by the way.
I'm riding trails about 2x per week. One sometimes two 20+ road rides per week, and pschyo commuting everyday (short 5 miles round trip) Yet for some reason I still feel out of shape when I try to do a long xc ride in the heat.
I wish I could work in longer / more trail rides per week but I just seem to run out of time.
I wish I could work in longer / more trail rides per week but I just seem to run out of time.
My riding has not been frequent enough. That about sums this season up.
And holy crap will I actually have only one bike this season??????
And holy crap will I actually have only one bike this season??????
i had the world's worst. maybe not world's worst, but sooooo sloppy. it's a ride that i usually have totally down. i walked things i've never walked before. left me feeling super annoyed.chicodude said:
but i'm glad someone else had fun out there.