OC Downhill MTBers

Started off as a good day until my rear shock blew out on a jump causing my rear DR to break bend into my rim and break a spoke and bent the rim.

 

damn havent logged on in quite some time.

jesus Chow, that sucks... so much bad happen all at once. hopefully you didnt get hurt. bike parts can always be fixed and built stronger.

 

Other side of Bb is on fire right now. Homie said smoke is visible in the resort. Not looking to good

 

seriously? thats not good at all.

 

Yep. Think part of SART is on fire already

 

If the wind blows west and north then its a bad sign.

 

Lucky didn't get hurt. time to upgrade bikes. Hopefully a deal on a Uzzi comes up for me.

 

buddy of mine had an 07 Uzzi...... he didnt like it very much. but then again, any bike thats older than like, 2010 is a little outdated now, with all the new head angles and geomtry for downhill. Bikes have gotten damn aggressive in recent years.

 

Yea. I'm looking for 2011 or newer Uzzi. Lot of the trails around here require some climbing so the Uzzi is best. Can climb up but still have enough travel and slack in the head angle to bomb it down.

 

when you are with the right crew of riders (that all have 35+lb bikes) you don't have to pedal uphill ever again........ lol.
lots of shuttle trails in SoCal dude. occasional hike-a-bike is good for you. keeps the blood flowing.

 

I'm not good enough for those shuttle trails yet. lol

 

you'd be surprised! some of them arent bad at all.... first time i rode telonics, i was scared shitless from the anticipation and everyone saying how gnarly of a trail it was.... after the first run down, getting to the bottom, i was like "that was it, shoulda tried this sooner".....

any trail can be as advanced as you want it to be, simply by adding speed. i don't pull record times down telonics, but getting out of your comfort zone is the best way to progress in this sport, IMO. even telonics being the example, you can safely make it down that trail if you're cautious and take your time. my buddies have been down it on hardtails......

the plus side to that, after you ride something that seems super challenging and you go back to your standard trail, you blast down it even faster because the confidence level goes up.

 

hard to say you're not good enough if you havent tried it!

now if you told me you tried :insert trail name: X amount of times and you have hurt yourself every time or whatever, then maybe its a little too challenging. haha

 

Bro youd be surprise. Started mtbiking last may went to bb the next month

 

Doing some DH in Arizona!

 

damn thats a lot of body armor! look like you are ready for war! haha

 

Lol



Trying the new helmet out lol

 

if id ever see someone do that in person id applaud them.

 

Haha, I call in my Ninja Turtle Suit!

 

Lol. Ill rain check that applause