Who Mountain Bikes? Pics of the latest trip

Kent K25 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 04:09 PM

So who out there Mountain Bikes? XC? Downhill? Free Ride?

I like downhilling a lot, but don't have a downhill bike and don't see the budget allowing it anytime soon. So for now it's just XC for me.

Here's a couple pics from this weekend's excursion with my wife and her bro/cousins. We hit the Bonneville shoreline trail which is super tame, but there were a lot of cutoff trails that I could take off on for some more challenges and fun, including a few jumps that I went back to several times until they got the better of me and I ate it.

Anyway, just curious who out here rides....here's the pics.

Pre-ride with Me, Trevor and Mike (helmet crooked much Mike?)

With Britt overlooking Ogden (This was after the crash, you can see the scrapes on the side of my chin

The Bike (Trek 8000)

Spitting out dirt after crashing

The results of the crash - Not too bad

Johnny Utah · #2 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 04:20 PM

I don't mountain bike, but Utah looks very nice. I should try to make it out there for a little vacation.

DaveA · #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 04:21 PM

great pics looks like a lot of fun. Beautiful country an freinds, doesn't get much better huh?

Sorry but my bike has motor attached to it Honda VTX.

Kent K25 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 04:31 PM

Haha, nothing wrong with a "motor on the back of your honda"

Sorry, flashback there!

bleeding_sarcasm · #5 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 04:33 PM

Nice. Looks like fun. I have a roadbike and am made for very long stretches of pavement. and going uphill

Kent K25 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bleeding_sarcasm

Nice. Looks like fun. I have a roadbike and am made for very long stretches of pavement. and going uphill

Ooooh NOT FOR ME! I can't do road biking, or running or things along those lines. They tried to get me to do cross country in high school (I'm built for it) but I think I'm too ADD for that, gotta have stuff to mix it up for me, I can't just run to run, or bike on flat roads. I go crazy!

VoodooChile · #7 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 07:44 PM

How much does your bike weigh? My ex used to do a lot of mtn biking, and him and his cousin were quite serious about it, had all the mods done to their bikes to make them weigh MUCH less. It made them SOOO much easier to ride. I have been looking into modifying an old Giant I have, just to make it a bit lighter.
I got spoiled, I guess riding his bike

qiksilver · #8 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 07:50 PM

you mean like this?

i race dh in the expert category

Kent K25 · #9 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 12:54 AM

Nice! A downhill bike is somewhere in my future, hopefully not too far into the future...

As for how much it weighs, not sure, but a lot less than my wife's bike!

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