Octavian Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 What was that? http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/260097_120527904760927_1223106936_n.jpg Is that downhill? Sorry, just thought it was much more hardcore... Stretch 1
arendoog Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 What was that? http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/260097_120527904760927_1223106936_n.jpgLooks like my 6 year old son keepng busy on sunday afternoon
patches Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 well for starters...those are a bunch of downhillers....and that looks lank easy to ride! i think we need to get Mr Nigel hicks to post some rocky downhill sections from KZN...... now lets some mtb routes with rocks like that how bout this then... Giant trance 120mm. Open face helmet. http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/228818_120528478094203_1347797261_n.jpg and not as easy as it may look to you
patches Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Is that downhill? Sorry, just thought it was much more hardcore... oh no! definitely not more hardcore. Safety first you know! That pic is actually photoshopped
Hairy Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Is that downhill? Sorry, just thought it was much more hardcore... Nice XC ride
NotSoBigBen Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 how bout this then... Giant trance 120mm. Open face helmet. and not as easy as it may look to you I do that with only 1 hand on the bars
Octavian Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 how bout this then... Giant trance 120mm. Open face helmet. http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/228818_120528478094203_1347797261_n.jpg and not as easy as it may look to you If that is what downhill is, then my mates have misled me, because they have been leading me down tracks that look just as technical as that...on a non-downhill bike...
Stretch Posted September 17, 2012 Author Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) how bout this then... Giant trance 120mm. Open face helmet. and not as easy as it may look to you getting better...getting better.......replace that with some of the igneous rocks that cut you up and spit you out ..and you have a regular days outing in northern kzn Edited September 17, 2012 by Stretch
Hairy Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Here along we all thought your riding up country looked like thishttp://i.ytimg.com/vi/nDxZx7wbJi4/0.jpg
Hairy Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 And then along comes this cousinhttps://www.bikehub.co.za/gallery/album/41-trials-on-the-spruit/
patches Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 If that is what downhill is, then my mates have misled me, because they have been leading me down tracks that look just as technical as that...on a non-downhill bike... Well, there is a Non-DH bike class, so you're welcome to come race
patches Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) well for starters...those are a bunch of downhillers....and that looks lank easy to ride! i think we need to get Mr Nigel hicks to post some rocky downhill sections from KZN...... now lets some mtb routes with rocks like that I'll admit that we don't have "mountain" in GP... so we try make up for it by having super rocky courses. Not so fun for riders and bike when things go wrong... But then again... SA in general is lacking on the whole "mountain" thing (as most who have done an Alps trip will be able to testify) SA is not the "mountain biking Mecca" or "hawaii of mountainbiking" or whatever was said on Super Cycling. I'm not sure which area can make that claim... but Port du Soliel must be pretty darn close! Edited September 17, 2012 by patches
DoubleDee Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 So if the wind is blowing..........skip the ride?
Kranswurm Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 If that is what downhill is, then my mates have misled me, because they have been leading me down tracks that look just as technical as that...on a non-downhill bike... That is a no downhill bike..........
Handlebar Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Buy a Yeti and put Shimano XT on it. Ride it in the mud. Tomorrow you get hit by a bus and then your wife (or girlfriend) will just give your clean, unused, pristine MTB to the new shag in any case, then what do you have to show for it?Buy a Yeti and put Shimano XT on it. Ride it in the mud. Tomorrow you get hit by a bus and then your wife (or girlfriend) will just give your clean, unused, pristine MTB to the new shag in any case, then what do you have to show for it?What size is that Yeti and can you post a pic of your wife (or girlfriend) you know just in case that bus...
Stretch Posted September 17, 2012 Author Posted September 17, 2012 So if the wind is blowing..........skip the ride?yeah totally - cos the wind can cause so much damage to your components. We talking about extreme situations here. And based upon responses i would say about 90% of people would rather save their components than ride in extreme mud conditions...and the other 10% have obviously enough money to not worry about it. Based upon reports i have had (and using the hill2hill as the reference for starting this thread) there was a very good chance that you would stuff up your components regardless of it being xx or x5 or deore or xtr. scotty and Grebel 2
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