Mountain Biking

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Postby Rand0m » Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:36 pm

Originally posted by deathBOB
Are Trek and Giant related?.


I have an older model Giant but would like to get a Trek sometime next year.

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Postby Sabres » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:47 pm

Originally posted by SHWoff
My favorite downhill park, Northstar at Tahoe, has a wide path where you can get going 35-45 mph. Then, suddenly you hit rocks. You can't hold your brakes because you'll lock them up (because your tires leave the ground). So, you have to flutter them. After about 5-minutes, you hit a flat area where you can take singletrack - beginner to expert - or follow the path for pure speed...

That sounds fricken' sweet!

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Postby SHWoff » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:37 pm

It's awesome. Imagine taking 30-minutes to go up the mountain on the lifts then riding down in less than 10. If you like the technical, you can get on the singletracks for awesome switchbacks, jumps, obstacles, *wrecks*, ...

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Postby Sabres » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:38 pm

Damn that looks like so much fun. :)

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