What Should Have Been & The Glory Days Of Downhill Thread.
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I got Jenna Jamison to sign my poster for the shop.
cool, but up close she was, shall we say, a little too skanky.
cool, but up close she was, shall we say, a little too skanky.
Hurr hurr hurr...
Yes, I can only imagine what she thought of me.
That's a hell of a hole to fill...
Try the vintage dh mtb fb page, that seems to be where most of the trading happens. Much of that stuff never hits a buy/sell or eBay.
The last time I rode it was on the Zerode G2. The fastest I ever made it from the top of the road to the bottom road was about 15-16 minutes. That was probably in 2002 because I was on the DHR and my blood sugar was like 45 literally almost died on the hill. But man I was loosey goosy and smooth on way down.
I think the best run I ever had was in the pissing rain the entire way. Not a single fucking rich snobby hiker the whole trail. Was slippery as hell but still fun. You ever see the old like late 70s early 80 guy hiking it? I ran into him a few times up there. Was super nice. I would always BS with him. Hiking 5K feet at that age is crazy.....
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I put my 03 Monster T on the scale the other day and that beast weighed 13 lbs and change
Bugger. I grew up in Townsville, so we definitely looked up to those guys and their trails.
That race was crazy, and at the time I had no idea how momentous that race was, nor how massive Palmer would get.
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I'd kill for a Z1 with the bolt on arch and disc mounts. My Transition Trans-Am is screaming for it.
Some day maybe one will float across my periphery.
Crazy!
My brother and I rode there a bunch of times before and after '96 worlds. Cool track, cool scene... I idolised those guys bitd.
How did you hook up with those guys? Are you from Australia originally?
yeah, this was the OG cvt thing:
and the gearbox patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20030221892A1/en?oq=2003/0221892
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I was in Cairns for a month with 5 other US junior riders, set up though a sport exchange program. We were hosted by the local club and stayed at members' houses. Cairns was a cool place anyway and being the summer leading up to Worlds made it really fun riding those tracks.
i wasn't a racer back then. you had to go hucking in cargo shorts. it was the law.
I understand the need of a parachute in case things go wrong.
this was when bmx riders still wore baggy jeans
Years ago I had one freakishly good totally un-toodles day and managed to qualify 4th at a interstate DH race. Dunno how, but my mates still laugh about the race highlights video which shows three or four riders come through a section in factory kit, then some wanker in denim cargo shorts and a t-shirt on a Turner, then 3 more factory riders in proper kit.
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early denim destroyer is the best denim destroyer?
Just curious, how do you guys avoid getting hung up on your saddles with cargo shorts? My short foray into trying to belong to the cool kids back in the day ended in some crashes because of that. Often conveniently placed in steep sections. I then decided being nerdy and wearing gear designed for biking was less painful.
Azonic Loveseat is too big to get caught up in ANYTHING
I miss the bolted together forks, my Z5 had legs made in two different years.
Selling a Z5 and buying a Judy XL is probably still the worst downgrade I have ever done, 4" of vertical and 2" horizontal travel, woeful!
I think that has been shared previously but Allen's channel is awesome, man with a shed builds rad shit and drinks tea.
Selling a Z5 and buying a Judy XL is probably still the worst downgrade I have ever done, 4" of vertical and 2" horizontal travel, woeful!
I think that has been shared previously but Allen's channel is awesome, man with a shed builds rad shit and drinks tea.
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Not before all the pivot bolts vibrated loose and fell out
Those D321 rims were fucking great.
Just found this on youtoob (not mine), seemed appropriate. First time I tore a rotator cuff was getting too enthusiastic hitting the step down at 2:45, second time was from loosing traction after landing the drop at 1:24 and burying my shoulder into the side of the trail.
