Post an old photo of you DH'ing on a bike that was too small
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Yep, sure is, good eye. Quite different these days!
Yeah the fact that you can't see the landing in the pic should be some indication. Plenty of big stuff there these days too!
I think it was an imperial.
I remember being stoked the first time I cleared that. I was trying to talk myself into hitting the current iteration last summer with my orthopedic surgeon's voice in the back of my head saying NOPE.
don't lie to yourself man...just accept itHaving spent time on both, the 2mx was dramatically better
Those were fun days reading everyone's comments talking about your imperial and you trying to correct them. Speaking of, do you have any of those old videos you made back in the day? I remember watching them in college and wishing I hadn't moved!
BMXtb for the win.Having spent time on both, the 2mx was dramatically better
Someone posted about riding a hardtail at Big Bear in the Lounge today. I recall several of us on the various Nicolai hardtails riding the lifts... @BMXman had a 2MX, Rabie and I had BMXs, and sometime @Metal got hold of a 2MX that he ran singlespeed.
15.75" stays were rad in the big, loose, sweepy dirt road corners...
Always wanted a BMXTB... would have gotten that next had my riding not tailed off around that time.BMXtb for the win.
Someone posted about riding a hardtail at Big Bear in the Lounge today. I recall several of us on the various Nicolai hardtails riding the lifts... @BMXman had a 2MX, Rabie and I had BMXs, and sometime @Metal got hold of a 2MX that he ran singlespeed.
15.75" stays were rad in the big, loose, sweepy dirt road corners...
Possibly me. I definitely rode my slalom bike there. Was not optimal. But riding was fun.
Yeah we loved doing it, especially on the secret twisty forest trails. But the race courses were pretty fun, too...keeping it within the envelope on those turns was a fight.
The 2MX was cooler, but man...a lot of extra weight.
The 2MX was cooler, but man...a lot of extra weight.
They shrunk all the big stuff last time I was there. They moved all those big lips way way closer to the landings. I rode them comfortably on my trail bike, something I never would have done with the OG stuff.
People forget or never saw how awesome those things used to be before they got the shrink ray.
That jump above and the one with my visor in my face are still two of the funnest jumps I've ever hit in my life. I literally drove to post canyon just to ride those as soon as I saw pics of them. And that was a fucking PUBLIC COUNTY PARK
. You know, baseball diamonds, swingsets, 40ft doubles with boosty 7ft tall lips.....all the same really.Keeping with the theme: Imma bout to do a monster thread of all the videos I ever made, mostly because I was just going through old hard drives trying to find stuff I hadn't watched in eons. I need to host them somewhere though and vimeo has weekly limits. Here's one I got so far
Highlights:
-me opening and closing with eating shit trying some fancy whoop moves
-Post canyon n' big jumpies
-my friend John who gave up on fun and just pedals a 29er on strava now as his punishment for sucking
- all bikes too small, even mine
-dem skinny ass bars
- a friend's backyard that we absolutely destroyed for a few years
-general 2007 lookin shit
-totem (so heavy)
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Dude, you are even more nuts than I thought! I looked at these jumps and some of my riding buddies hit them
I saw those and was thinking .... nope! Way over my skillset. So props to you for hitting them!
Wasn't there one episode of Drop In (5?) where they sessioned these jumps basically for the whole episode?
Oof. Here's an oldie from the Hcor days. One of the many spots we were chased out of, this one in the middle of a state park in the mostly densely populated shithole on the East Coast, Long Island.
Anyway, 2003. Lots of baggie jeans and roach armor. Freeride bikes. Ugly jumps. Uglier steeze. And in spite of this thread, I'm on the white DHR that was too big for me.
Anyway, 2003. Lots of baggie jeans and roach armor. Freeride bikes. Ugly jumps. Uglier steeze. And in spite of this thread, I'm on the white DHR that was too big for me.
Baggie jeans over "matching kit" any day! Major nostalgia seeing that. Pretty sure my steeze is still stuck in 2003.
I wish I could click my tables like back then!
No baggy jeans here but I got some white sunnies with a full face
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That was Top Notch Brother,Loved it. Above my Skill Level. I Love putting a riding style to a Handle. Pictures,Video even better. For a Bike Site,that is what put’s everything in perspective,well lest we forget our Dog’s. I tried to check frame and fork combo,but let go and just watched it. Us Bike Geeks.That jump above and the one with my visor in my face are still two of the funnest jumps I've ever hit in my life. I literally drove to post canyon just to ride those as soon as I saw pics of them. And that was a fucking PUBLIC COUNTY PARK
Keeping with the theme: Imma bout to do a monster thread of all the videos I ever made, mostly because I was just going through old hard drives trying to find stuff I hadn't watched in eons. I need to host them somewhere though and vimeo has weekly limits. Here's one I got so far
Highlights:
-me opening and closing with eating shit trying some fancy whoop moves
-Post canyon n' big jumpies
-my friend John who gave up on fun and just pedals a 29er on strava now as his punishment for sucking
- all bikes too small, even mine
-dem skinny ass bars
- a friend's backyard that we absolutely destroyed for a few years
-general 2007 lookin shit
-totem (so heavy)
Last,I am no longer going to think of that strange frog ass avatar of your’s when I see you’re Handle. I will now think of that sweet gap at the park. It really does fell better.
Avy
Brother,If? So,you probably also say, “To tell you the truth”. These are two statements that should never be spoken.
When you say that,you put into doubt how much you‘re Word is Worth.
Avy
Lockin good Brother! Love the angle of the shot. I think the white shades look good on you. I could not have pulled it off. Love the feet tweakin. What is that drivetrain? Race Face Cranks. Then what?
Avy
Thanks Avy!
I think I had a 888 fork, Manitou Swinger 4 or 6, Avid Juicy 7 brakes, Magic Deemax front wheel, Azonic bar, a white plastic Fizik Freek saddle, X9 dérailler? I ran whatever I could get my hands on and broke a lot of stuff back then.
@kidwoo Looking at old pics, I ran the full face and sunnies whenever I could. Only issue is, I still do it on occasion, haha.
I think that was a 415mm reach bike and some solid baggy jeans.
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yah fo sho. Those lenses are way too small to fit in with the wearing goggles-but-not-goggles-glasses crowd these days.
That frame kind of looks like the Norco Rampage that is hanging in my parents shed. That boat anchor had a Marzocchi Triple pogo stick and Nokian tires. What a time to be alive that was.
that photo...yah fo sho. Those lenses are way too small to fit in with the wearing goggles-but-not-goggles-glasses crowd these days.
Is so...punchable
Haha, he wears it well!
Ok fine…. How about these and what do I get for a mustache and long hair? I’m looking to fit in somewhere. Know a good spot for me?
I’m not even kidding! The white Electric sunnies were my thing, haha. That must have been a 400mm reach on that Scott High Octane.
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Can we talk about people putting the visors up?
Nice stache, rookie.
If you go quick enough you can wear your visor up I say.