NicoBoshoff Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 No suspension, high seatposts, strappy pedals, retro body armor, tights, and some funky German techno. You're welcome! Sanderis, RockCoach, Warren_G and 2 others 5
RockCoach Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 Awesome I do want to know why guys didn't ditch the bar ends for downhill racing... And Just lowering your saddle would've made a massive difference.
RocknRolla Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 Awesome I do want to know why guys didn't ditch the bar ends for downhill racing... And Just lowering your saddle would've made a massive difference. ya but then we would have had nothing to laugh at today. ok the lycra colours had me in stiches before the first buckeld rim and out-of-control endo (it's called a crash then)
RockCoach Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 ya but then we would have had nothing to laugh at today. ok the lycra colours had me in stiches before the first buckeld rim and out-of-control endo (it's called a crash then) I was road riding back then.... also in lumo lycra It were the 80s.
NicoBoshoff Posted July 19, 2013 Author Posted July 19, 2013 Man those guys seem bulletproof. I wouldn't get up from half those spills! Must be the Power Rangers outfits and the NFL shoulder pads!
Warren_G Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 No suspension, high seatposts, strappy pedals, retro body armor, tights, and some funky German techno. You're welcome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZkKE9Z35gI'm not even a DH'ler but it only makes common sense to lower the seat! Had the center of gravity not been discovered yet?
Kranswurm Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 The oke disappearing into the trees with the tape trailing behind had me in stitches
V12man Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 Man those guys seem bulletproof. I wouldn't get up from half those spills! Must be the Power Rangers outfits and the NFL shoulder pads! Shoulder pads only came in later - the early downhills were done in lycra pants and t shirts... on the same bike you raced cross country on.. And everybody raced the DH and the XC..... good fun... lots of laughs...
Warren_G Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 I'm not even a DH'ler but it only makes common sense to lower the seat! Had the center of gravity not been discovered yet?Oh it get's better...check these two gems!
Skott5 Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 Oh it get's better...check these two gems!http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uyrlEE9AV58 Mad Skillz !!! Danny, I am your father ...
nigelhicks Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 The seat up thing was just because you only had one bike for both XC and DH and then also the DH tracks had some mean uphills in them often - or if not an uphill - a long ass flat pedal section along a fire road ... this often constituted much of the track! hahahaha so Seat up was the way!
V12man Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 Oh it get's better...check these two gems!http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uyrlEE9AV58 Aha - I have that EXACT helmet in my garage... cracked...
Blindspot Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 OP, great post for a Friday. The guys with the disc wheels, were they the hardcore ones or dirt-roadies?
nigelhicks Posted July 19, 2013 Posted July 19, 2013 some classic pics of back in the day 1. slalom in 1993 at Lahee Park in Pinetown 2. to show how hardcore DH Nationals were back in 1994 at Paarl 3. and 1995 at Cascades - hows the road section behind! Kranswurm 1
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