Wow, I know it changes a lot year to year but over longer time scale it's even more. Like, there used to be actual dirt interbedded in the rock on Mile. And the drop on the top of Boy Scout is about 2' taller now.
What Should Have Been & The Glory Days Of Downhill Thread.
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Only rode there a few times. I remember hearing about Charlie that owned that nice bike shop in SF using the bowl jump to launch out and clear the 20+ foot tabletop after it. that was like 60 feet maybe 70. I was like F That. I'll do them separately.
Charlie owned Vision Cyclery back then, now he owns Elevation in SF. Never heard that bowl jump story. Back in the early 2000s he built another trail up there called 911 that's all grown over now. It was pretty sketchy and dropped you at the bottom of Crack.
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Were those the monocoque shells that were hand hammered?
At that time Intense already had the presses to make them.
Still have a VisionSF dh jersey he gave me from back then. They had team members that raced Norba Nationals in pro iirc.
BMXman, haven't heard that name for years. Last time I saw Donnie, he came out to the Bay Area about 2004 and we hooked up for beers with Acadian, Damn True, Joe Pozer and I think DH girlie was there.
It's almost comical how the head and seat angles have been swapped between those bikes and the ones we ride nowadays...
Yeah, but that bike is "flickable".
Didn't feel like it when I needed to lift it.
Has anyone a through axle for a White Bros Pro Forx 180?
I have a White Brothers DH3 with a mangled axle.Didn't feel like it when I needed to lift it.
Has anyone a through axle for a White Bros Pro Forx 180?
Could you please get me the dimensions of it? Especially how long, where the step is, diameter of the larger part, thread (I could check this on the fork as well) and how long the threaded part is. If possible, I would also want to know the diameter of the bore hole and the size of the key interface.
I could make one on the lathe, but the bike came with a totally different axle so I am just guessing here.
whats up with that nostalgic bike love? is that a midlife crisis thing? to feel young again?
Its the buy all the stuff you couldn't afford as a teen even though you know its absolutely shite.
those mr dirt guides were hilarious, worked well if setup properly but that was a chore. I remember when I got mine I was installing in the shop and everyone was making fun of it. Then I opened the instructions and I think it started off by stating 'this is not a perfect world' or something to that affect.
To let all these young punks around here know we were tough. In a cargo-short kind of way.
If it would be a midlife crisis I would buy an ebike.
You know what, I bought a used Tracer FSR a couple of years ago. With Uzzi SL link and a more modern SID this is still a pretty damn good and fun trail bike. Old bikes usually move down (up?) a category when compared to new models: with steeper HA and lighter weight the once enduro bike is now a trail bike. And still lighter than current offerings.
preach it brother
arrogant racer bois who thought they were the shit while actually being worse bike riders than the people they were dunking on turned me away from racing more than the stress of the racing....
I so miss a matchy match dressed trumpore brother explaining disposable flexy boxxers as acceptable because YOU JUST DON'T KNOW RACERFURK!!!!
somewhere i still have the picture of fraser going over the bars at platty.preach it brother
arrogant racer bois who thought they were the shit while actually being worse bike riders than the people they were dunking on turned me away from racing more than the stress of the racing....
I so miss a matchy match dressed trumpore brother explaining disposable flexy boxxers as acceptable because YOU JUST DON'T KNOW RACERFURK!!!!
I remember the video
That was like a two bike length stepdown
That was like a two bike length stepdown
Crap when they got a tiny bit of mud in them.
Broken tooth drop?
haha no it was a small double right before the finish line. so everyone saw it. much heckling ensued.
Was the blue one a dh2 without the external piggyback?
Wow,this is crazy. Adventurous,I have this 98 Z1 20mm you speak of. Also the 98 DC Z1 20mm. I had the 98 Z1 QR but sold it. I ride a DerKerf Hardtail and would go back and forth with them.That is until Zokie came out with 25th Anniversary Z1. 5 inch instead of 4,also a lockout for climbing.
Avy
I have a Z1 20mm QR on a Santa Cruz Heckler. The one with the sharp open ended dropouts. It’s deep in a pile so I’ll get a pic later but I found this old Boxxer with Blackbox dm stem and Marzocchi XC600 when looking.
Oh yeah, now I remember.
You clearly haven't moved in the last 25 years.