What bike did you use for your first time DHing??

freeridekid · May 10, 2004

i raced at snoqualmie pass in washington in 02 on my 2001 gt i-drive 3.0. i put disc brakes on it but it also had a 1.95 tire in the back and 2.1 in the front--not ideal rainy, melting snow conditions. just this winter i got a 2004 diamondback xts moto, which is basically a dh bike except with two front sprockets and only 6.6 rear travel. i guess that's better than a hardtail though...i raced it once and it was extremely confidence-inspiring. good luck with dh

chillindrdude · May 10, 2004

i was a long time XC racer...turn to the 'darkside' in 2001.

first dh bike was the giant dh comp '02 and then the '03 intense m1....and now the '04 chumba wumba F4

first dj/4x bike was the initially my SC superlight...which broke and i got a foes zigzag...then a '03 azonic propulsion...now a '04 intense tazer.

i'm sprained my left ankle, my right knee, my left wrist...
broke my pelvis and now, a bone in my hand

HRDTLBRO · May 10, 2004

Ghetto fab Specialized hardrock. I was hanging on for my life, but it was sure fun! Now I use my P.1 for everything, including scratching fork stanchions.:angry: :mad:

I went BRAPPPing into some rocks on some local trails today and couldn't scrub off speed, so I had to toss it. :dead:

Oh well, just gotta buff it out. I love DH on a hardtail, though. I think I want a new Snipes elemental now that they have the chain guide mounts. White with a 2004 Boxxer race. :cool:

You 30-06 looks uber pimp. How did it handle?

Toshi · May 10, 2004

dude. i hit up whistler in 1995 with my proflex 550. of course the trails hadn't really been built yet... that's 2" if that in the back, and 2" up front thanks to a rockshox quadra. oh, the days when undamped elastomers were de rigeur... then went through a cannondale xc rig, kona stinky (with several trials bikes on the side in the interim), intense uzzi slx, now onto a evil imperial and looking to pick up a big squish rig for the summer. :thumb:

JohnnyBoyDH · May 10, 2004

First DH race (circa '91?)I ran a Rocky Mountain Experience(?) I think...the one with the elevated stays...with aRock Shox Mag 21. All of 2" of travel...Sweet.

First Pro race (circa '94) was on a Yeti ARC AS with a Manitou 3. 2.5" up front, 1.5" rear....that bike was awesome.

RhinofromWA · May 10, 2004

Went to college with a 1988ish DB Ascent...fully rigid. Rode around the hills and such nearly killing myself. Purchased a SR Duo Trac 1.7" spring elastomer fork (circa 1993ish) and was ripping all around....with my biopace chainrings, exage Mountian shimano groupo (indexed thumb shifters!)

Next summer worked my arse off and bought a new 1993 GT RTS-3 with a Quadra 10 fork (old timers are laughing right now) It had less than 2" of travel on both ends.....STX-RC groupo and Rapid fire plus shirters. I tore the hills up on that thing....rest its sole. I bought a RS Mag 21 to smooth out the DH ripples in the ridges around Central WA Univ.....like 1.9" of butter Hitting Snoqualmie pass for lift assisted DH runs on this thing. Hard Core

Two summers later I buy a 1995-6ish GT LTS with one setting linkage and it came with a Answer ProForx LT 3"edition Spring and elastomer. More lift assisted work here....but I picked up a 1997 Marz Z-1...ultra heft at the time...over a pound heavier than it's competitors ...or 25% more wieght. :eek:

Year after graduation I bought a STS 1500DS (98?) the ones that werein teh catologues for cheap....I got mine from a LBS for a competative price. Judy XL :dead:

poor thing....I abused it...ran the Z-1 on the STS then bought a 1998 Boxxer.

ahhhhh finally a good fork for Dhing.

Finally I decided "hey get the right tools dumb arse!"

I bought a Rotec DH in Aug 2000 and aven't looked back.

Rhino

ska todd · May 10, 2004

1997 on Santa Cruz Tazmon w/ an original Z1.

-ska todd

chillindrdude · May 10, 2004

Originally posted by MMcG
There was a guy on a Chumba Wumba at Platty on Sunday - was that you?

nope...i was in the ER on sunday

Burnwood · May 10, 2004

I spent a week at Whistler in 1998 on my XL GT XCR 4000...That bike was fricken huge, considering I was only 5'10"...

Motionboy2 · May 10, 2004

My first time out I went to Plattekill on a GT LTS 3000 DS, I used to think that was the best thing since sliced bread! I have never ridden there with a bike that was really made for DH

Inclag · May 10, 2004

The first time I went DH'ing was back in my freshman year of high school. I had just purchased my first real mountain bike, it was a purple Univega (Something)500. Complete with shimano Alivio, and an STX-RC rear mech.

The bike was fully rigid, and I ended up going to Mt. Snow. When I woke up the morning after I realized I could barely move my arms (well my entire body actually, but mostly my arms). I ended up having to get on my knees to sling my bookbag over my shoulders because I could not physically pick it up

Been hooked ever since.

Serial Midget · May 10, 2004

Schwinn Varsity... in about 1978.

Edit: No that was my first XC bike - my first DH bike was a Green Stingray.

unusualpunk · May 10, 2004

Huffy 1986 16" ET theme bike. red, with a basket on the handlebars and everything. It was so hardcore!

ska todd · May 10, 2004

Originally posted by unusualpunk
Huffy 1986 16" ET theme bike. red, with a basket on the handlebars and everything. It was so hardcore!

Dude everyone knows the ET bikes were Kuwaharas not Huffys

-ska todd

banche · May 10, 2004

a gt RTS2 with about inches front and rear,in 1995

eastcoastzigzag · May 10, 2004

frame - Performance, yes the mail order mag, M547 dh bike
1 in of travel via elastomer, single pivot
fork - RST somethin, 1 1/2 in of travel, elastomer
groupo - shimano Exage, center pull brakes
tires, front: paniaracer spike, rear, panaracer magic dh
extras - DCD chain stay tensioner, yeti teal grips, red ritchy sticky brake pads, and a go fast riser bar w/ brace.

i wish i had a pic. keep in mind this was about 1993-94

zedro · May 10, 2004

took my '95 Giant Sedona (cro-mo xc frame) with an XC600 on the front to Bromont and got hooked. Quickly bought an ATX970 with a JudyC on the front the following season...

dhmtbj · May 10, 2004

Sunday River on a trek 7000 with an indy XC

dromond · May 10, 2004

in 2002 on a Haro MX6 w/ Psylo XC

Instigator · May 10, 2004

My first time on lift assisted riding was on a Trek Y-22 with a 80mm judy on the front. Man was it a blast.

JohnnyBoyDH · May 10, 2004

Originally posted by RhinofromWA
Went to college with a 1988ish DB Ascent...fully rigid.

Sweet...my first MTB Was the DB Accent EX(in '88-89 as well)...probably my most favorite bike ever...Sweet smoke paint job, Tioga stem, Farmer John Tires, Shimano Mountain LX, Araya rims and the Tange straight blade fork. Beat the crap out of it. LOL funny ****.

Curiouscaptian01 · May 10, 2004

I ride a gnarcore rigid singlespeed while it is dark and snowing, that was my first time. Hell yeah, heck yeah, cool, cool.

Repack · May 10, 2004

Mongoose Hilltopper w/ Rock Shox Mag 10, 1995

KleinMp99 · May 10, 2004

Originally posted by MMcG
What bike did you use for your first time DHing??

Lol......a 1999 klein mantra pro. I feel like such a retard now.....I thought I was cool riding urban with my full face ski helmet on doing 1.5 foot drops

Westy · May 10, 2004

1979 Raleigh Renegade. When I was about 11 a I would push my ape hanger bared banana seated bike with coaster brakes up a section of trail that was a powerline path up the side of the mountain. The powerline train dropped down into an abandoned strip mine that was converted into an illegal MX track. The raleigh was eventually broken and replaced by a Huffy BMX which was then broken and replaced by a Ross Mt. Washington. I can't believe the crazy poop I used to do on crappy bikes, I miss the days of rubbery bones.

Rockland · May 10, 2004

1993 @ Sunday River - rigid (yes rigid :eek:

) Raleigh Crest. Parts were Shimano Lx somethin, don't remember, back when Lx had numbers like Lx 400.

Jm_ · May 10, 2004

haha...i hit northstar full rigid on my specialized hardrock ultra back in 1994 or something, then the following year I went back with a manitou front shock, but since it was elastomer it wasn't much better.....

after those few times, the next time that I went "downhilling" it was on my Rocky Mountain DH race.

Lex · May 10, 2004

I did my first DH in 1999 on a stock 1998 FSR Elite with an Xvert-R. I still have the frame with both the stock shock/link as well as the MRP upgrade kit. I just rebuilt it with a Psylo SL for my wife to ride. Great bike.

Serial Midget · May 10, 2004

Originally posted by Instigator
My first time on lift assisted riding was on a Trek Y-22 with a 80mm judy on the front. Man was it a blast.

One of the all time classic rides. :thumb:

MikeD · May 10, 2004

Originally posted by Jm_
I went back with a manitou front shock, but since it was elastomer it wasn't much better.....

At least it wasn't a boxxer, right?

I rode a lift with my Trek 6000 a few times (hey, I'd upgraded to some Ryno Lite rims, and the mtbr.com review said my Precision Billet V-brakes were "as good as discs")...but waited until I got the hardcore F/S rig (Titus Locomoto...with a 5" Z1 and a coil shock-ultra plush you know-and some Hope C2s) to try a DH race.

It was a real success...

MD

Ctfphotos · May 10, 2004

1994 Mount Snow National. a 19" Specialized Stumpjumper with a Specialized/ Mag 21, toe clips and a 120x-10 stem with flat bars and moto gear. Believe it or not I'm still alive.

eastcoastzigzag · May 11, 2004

The raleigh was eventually broken and replaced by a Huffy BMX which was then broken and replaced by a Ross Mt. Washington. I can't believe the crazy poop I used to do on crappy bikes, I miss the days of rubbery bones. [/B][/QUOTE]

---------i had a 87? mt olympus

Jm_ · May 11, 2004

Originally posted by MikeD
At least it wasn't a boxxer, right?

I rode a lift with my Trek 6000 a few times (hey, I'd upgraded to some Ryno Lite rims, and the mtbr.com review said my Precision Billet V-brakes were "as good as discs")...but waited until I got the hardcore F/S rig (Titus Locomoto...with a 5" Z1 and a coil shock-ultra plush you know-and some Hope C2s) to try a DH race.

It was a real success...

MD

The boxxer was 3 forks after that, but only 2 bikes later.

SirChomps-a-Lot · May 11, 2004

a superV 500 with cantilever brakes and a RS quadra fork.

booyeah.

I have never been injured... Hey, why does my arm hurt

Brian HCM#1 · May 11, 2004

Originally posted by ska todd
1997 on Santa Cruz Tazmon w/ an original Z1.

-ska todd

I had a 96 Tazmon, I loved that bike.

Brian HCM#1 · May 11, 2004

Went to the Darkside in 2000, 1999 Foes Weasel 2, 6" travel with a 7" WB DH<2.

BMXman · May 11, 2004

Originally posted by Brian HCM#1
Went to the Darkside in 2000, 1999 Foes Weasel 2, 6" travel with a 7" WB DH<2.

isn't that about the time I first met you?....D

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