Are There Any Downhill Riders On Here
 

Im Looking For Some More Riders On Here Or If You Know Any Good Down Hill Tracks On Here Please Tell me

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/21083/

videos of some bits in my area

Not near you sorry, used to do a bit of mtb'ing. Bit of everything but loved the downhill and finding ridiculous things to launch off in the local towns and villages. What you riding?

I used to love downhill, though not quite on the same scale as that video! Im very much a novice, and when I finally spashed out on a good bike I went for a Marin trail bike. Its a great jack-of-all-trades bike but I sometimes regret not getting the Scott DH bike that was also for sale at the time, for cheaper.

Not many tracks around my way, only one I know of is called Brechfa and its not very challenging (well, maybe on youre endurance - 2 massive hills to climb).

I started on a full rigid (cant mind the make, and i realise what i've written.lol) then got a gary fisher level betty. Showing my age now but it was a great bike with plenty of travel. just a pity it was a urt design. My last was a GT hardtail with 5" Z1 bombers. used this the great affect in the urban trails! Not many great hills out my old way but we used the old kilpatrick hills. Good mix of trails, some nice and gentle and some right bstards!

i had one DH bike before my new azonic and it was bomb proof it was like a tank it never had a limit to what you could do but this new ish bike brought back in05 so is a tad bit old cost the same as my car lol but as the mg does such amazing mpg i dont mind driving thinking fortwilliam soon looks like a fair fast run and street riding is amazing to double set of stares

i like the right bastards got the marzocchi 888 with 200mm of travel and a manitou rear shock that has about 235mm of travel so as long as it has a landing it can be done

I do a bit in the summer months

Got myself a nice Marin B17 hopped up fairly substantially. Looks the part anyway!

I was at the first DH world cup in fort bill, amazing. These guys and girls are truly touched in the head but pure skill with some of the riding. I got sprayed with the gravel off Steve Peats rear wheel as i hung over the berm to get a pic of him. needless to say it didn't turn out. I'm not far from Inerleithin which is meant to be the muts nuts. Christ i wanna new rig now!

My mate is looking into marshalling that event this year

Cool would love to go back, watching the top riders and just enjoying the huge atmosphere and the scenery

im look for a new DH Bike this year but they seem to be so much more money looking about 6000 for a good one

Just started Making Our Second Video Should Be Done In A Few Months ill try and get some good crashes in they show your riding to the extreme or you just cant ride

If you dont fall off your not trying hard enough! I've done plenty of that, still got the scars and dent to prove it. Yeah need more vids. the first one was good. Things have gotten bit more nuts since i was riding. We didnt have jumps set up just found what we could and whent for it. More free ride style. Damn i need a bike! Who started this???lol

Me i love the dh side of things i love to huck of things were building a road gap tomorow ill try and get some videos last time we made one we were jumping near 20ft in distance and about 13 ft in the air was scary

what ever you do dont sell your car to get a new bike

Nice, good to see that. Is that your rig at the start of the vid? I noticed the mono 6ti disks. They look the nuts. I ran enduro 4's when they came out and they where brilliant. Must admit tho to start with i did nearly launch myself through a hedge while getting used to em. Whent from LX V's to disks, just a slight difference!

6 pot mono ti's with EBC red pads really really bad idea wont be using them again fell off my bike wearing shorts had a nice disk burn on the back of my leg lookg amazing tho hurt like ****

but they are amazing when it comes to stoping just have to lean off the back of the bike or you got free flying lessons

singed gravel rash, nice one!!lol The zed stays, not enough 120's on here as it is mate!

is your sed a 120 to so is mine

Canny beat the ol K -series!

yes you can you add two cylinders:happy2:

:chop:

Ponce. lol

and say goooooooood by to the good mpg's

need to catch me first:yucky:
fast ponce i think you will find:clap2:

yeah but you will have to fill up after 10 miles

I reckon the 120 might get a wee edge on the twisty roads, less weight on the front.

Now thats harsh it's more like 100:p
is that cause you are more than a bit
less rotund than i am:jump:

Eh "rotund"?

in other words i think he is saying he is More round in the waste than you im im right

This is very true, steak pie's and beer seem to be the problem at the moment.

lol i know that problem but i can eat loads and not gain any weight but hay

the the dh bike 50LBs so it keeps me fit

As Grimmy said I am looking into maybe volunteering this year.Here's a link for anyone interested-
http://www.fortwilliamworldcup.co.uk/fwwc_home.html
Not so much into the downhill,more XC here,on a Saracen Tufftrax rigid-just don't have the funds for a new bike,much as I would love one.

ok so last summer i got into the whole mountaining biking thing and bought a Cube AMS 125. I dont really know much of the scene though and have just been going around the fields and stuff around where I live.

Downhill sorta scares me a bit but I am looking for advice for a beginner with quite a high level of fitness

^ Similar sort of bike to what I have, though mines older!

I'd say you just need to find some tracks and have a go. Learn by doing :D You may already be doing this but I always used to find it helpful to practice tricks a bit too - bunnyhopping, for example. I was just doing this outside my house and it allows you to do so much more on the track! Not that I ever went very extreme, but I had some fun :)

All this talk is motivating me to get my bike out of the shed, maybe tomorrow since Im about to start work until after dark!

if your after cheap bikes look on moutain bike forums or chainreactioncycles.com i get most my stuff of there

This is what I need!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=23626

Hvent a clue what size I am though, might head down to the place I bought my Marin from and have a browse :D

I started the same. somewhere quiet and flat. sounds boring but once you've got the bunny hop and the track stand ( i found this usefull) dialled youll start looking at new ways to tackle the terrain your on. just keep the saddle right down while yo practice tho, it can hurt if you know what i mean!