any mountain bikers??

[bigD]

I will take you on a day trip to the Green Mountains of NH and some top notch ski-slope downhilling...that Big Sur wont last 3 hours!!!

You know, if you'd spend some time learning how to pick a line instead of letting that wussy billion-inches of travel suspension of yours eat up all your mistakes - your bikes might last longer!

But seriously, I'd love to ride with you up in the northeast. It's beautiful out there.

 

[Airpiraterob]

first actual mtn. bike....
'84 Bianchi Grizzly. That thing went everywhere and it wouldnt die. perhaps it had half the paint still on it. could no longer update the chromoly beast (head-tube too small for a fork) so i bought the K2.

if i was in the market for a hardtail tho i'd definitly go for a Grizzly again. stiff and tough. throw on a good 3"+ fork and youre in great business.

 

[huncowboy]

I dunno why I am posting since I don’t even have a bike…

Last year I went out to Markham Park with a friend of mine on a bike that was not mine. Just to taste the MB thing. I have been a hard core road biker many years ago but never trail or MB. Of course my a$$hole friend must take me straight to a trail that is intermediate/hard according to him. Scared the crap out of me. Not that we have many choices here in FL.

Anyways, we start riding around this lake and I can't see any trail. Then he says "follow me" and goes into the middle of this jungle... out of my view. I say WTF and aim at the point where I saw him last... to my surprise there was a trail… hardly wider than 2 feet and this goes for 80% of the trail. Most places are full of rocks and branches etc... within 5 min I looked like a survivor of Omaha Beach in WWII. Of course next week I was there again. 2nd time was much better. I did not want to screw someone else's bike (btw the guy broke his legs at the same trail that is how I got his ride for 2 sessions lol) and I decided to wait until I get mine. Needless to say the MB bug bit me. I was planning on buying this:

http://prod.kleinbikes.com/us/mountain_bikes/attitude/attitude_xv/index.html

...then I got laid off from my nice office job. I'll be glad if I can steal enough money to finish the CFII hopefully still in this decade. Of course no bike for $2k+ for me, not even one for $200. I love flying more than anything but it is getting freakin’ old to be broke 24/7 due to training, and as I read these posts here I haven’t seen nothing yet.

Anyways there is something about that bike above. I can’t tell what but it is beautiful.