Anyone downhill mountainbike?

[badmts]

Out here in WA. state you can ride BICYCLES on the INTERSTATE in rural areas so some brave souls ride from snoqualime pass (5000-7000 ft elv. I think) back towards Seattle at like 50 -70 mph! is that DOWNHILL ENOUGH!

 

[K.Strong]

Holy crap you'd have to be half mad to ride a bike on the interstate!!

I'd bike on the road to get from one town to another and have about 13453454 near death experiences because drivers just don't care about bikers.

 

[ranger_mclaren]

Been there. I sometimes ride to work several coworkers do too. It's about a 20min ride. I take two county roads to get there and traffic sucks I try to stay between the white line and the shoulder but that doesn't always work out. Get a semi going by at 45-50 mph and they don't get over the wind will almost put ya in the ditch. Not to mention I'm carring a backpack with my uniform, steeltoes, towel, a bike lock. and I have my lunch box slung over my shoulder bouncing off my thigh as I pedal.

 

[jhammel85]

XC here, no downhill in NJ / DE

Glad to see there are more Mountain Bikers on here.

 

[robertc1024]

LOOKOUT - old guy weighing in. I worked at a bike shop fo 6.5 years before there was any such thing as suspension on a mountain bike. One good thing was that Cannondale would sell us anything at 1/2 retail price since we were dealers. My first MB had a ~14 inch bb and after I took off the big chainring, was (for the time) a great trials bike. My kayaking buddy and I would bomb downhill power line trails and stuff all the time until he hit a tree and separated his shoulder. My mountain bike now is a vintage (that's what we call ourselves) Gary Fisher that is pristine.

I was more into road bikes and collected tons and tons of old vintage Campy stuff. I sold a 50th anniversary gruppo to some lady off ebay for $5500 three years ago. Hmm, for pro bikes, my first was a Pinarello, then Olmo, then an Italian Masi with Renyolds tubing, Masi with Reynolds 753, big-fat Cannondale, some funky French aluminum framed thing I can't think of the name of, 1'st gen Trek carbon fiber etc. Too many bikes left - all of them are on tubulars. I've got probably 40 tires hanging in the basement.

 

[RangerMtnHigh]

XC here, no downhill in NJ / DE

Glad to see there are more Mountain Bikers on here.

there's some hills up in NNJ

LOOKOUT - old guy weighing in. I worked at a bike shop fo 6.5 years before there was any such thing as suspension on a mountain bike. One good thing was that Cannondale would sell us anything at 1/2 retail price since we were dealers. My first MB had a ~14 inch bb and after I took off the big chainring, was (for the time) a great trials bike. My kayaking buddy and I would bomb downhill power line trails and stuff all the time until he hit a tree and separated his shoulder. My mountain bike now is a vintage (that's what we call ourselves) Gary Fisher that is pristine.

I was more into road bikes and collected tons and tons of old vintage Campy stuff. I sold a 50th anniversary gruppo to some lady off ebay for $5500 three years ago. Hmm, for pro bikes, my first was a Pinarello, then Olmo, then an Italian Masi with Renyolds tubing, Masi with Reynolds 753, big-fat Cannondale, some funky French aluminum framed thing I can't think of the name of, 1'st gen Trek carbon fiber etc. Too many bikes left - all of them are on tubulars. I've got probably 40 tires hanging in the basement.

wow

 

[Ranger Kip]

I'll post a pic of my bike soon, its aluminum frame, front disc, soft front and back suspension, and a high-rider seat