anybody know about a race this weekend? Dh, Road, and a swap meet? where? is it any good?
jroymcd Chimp Aug 31, 2005 33 0 Sep 9, 2005 #1 anybody know about a race this weekend? Dh, Road, and a swap meet? where? is it any good?
D DHinFool Chimp Jun 7, 2004 7 0 Sep 12, 2005 #4 It had to be pretty sweet; in the paper (Contra Costa Times) today it said the DH course featured 10,000' of vertical drop on the 2 mile course. The WTB guys that built the course sure know how to get a lot of DH out of a little hill.
It had to be pretty sweet; in the paper (Contra Costa Times) today it said the DH course featured 10,000' of vertical drop on the 2 mile course. The WTB guys that built the course sure know how to get a lot of DH out of a little hill.
black noise Turbo Monkey Dec 31, 2004 1,032 0 Santa Cruz Sep 12, 2005 #5 10,000 ft! Wow, that's like three times more than Whistler. I had no idea. It felt like 600, but I guess I was wrong.
10,000 ft! Wow, that's like three times more than Whistler. I had no idea. It felt like 600, but I guess I was wrong.
Biscuit Turbo Monkey Feb 12, 2003 1,768 1 Pleasant Hill, CA Sep 12, 2005 #6 HOLY CRAP! A mile is 5,280 feet, and it's a 10,000ft elevation drop over 2 miles. Thats a STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP trail. :nuts:
HOLY CRAP! A mile is 5,280 feet, and it's a 10,000ft elevation drop over 2 miles. Thats a STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP trail. :nuts:
C cornholio Chimp May 6, 2005 25 0 Sep 14, 2005 #7 DHinFool said: It had to be pretty sweet; in the paper (Contra Costa Times) today it said the DH course featured 10,000' of vertical drop on the 2 mile course. Click to expand... hah. that's funny. yeah, the course required base jumping off the knarly "step down of death" cliff section, so knarly. maybe they meant 10,000 inches. all in all, i'd say they did a pretty good job with the course. it was interesting.
DHinFool said: It had to be pretty sweet; in the paper (Contra Costa Times) today it said the DH course featured 10,000' of vertical drop on the 2 mile course. Click to expand... hah. that's funny. yeah, the course required base jumping off the knarly "step down of death" cliff section, so knarly. maybe they meant 10,000 inches. all in all, i'd say they did a pretty good job with the course. it was interesting.