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Getting Stoked For Biking Season?

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AdolfShitler
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I am so excited. I hate to say it but I've had enough skiing. Who else is extremely stoked for biking season?
Apr 22 2010 9:41AM
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.AR6rider.
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Skiing's been done for me for a few months now, so I'm definitely excited for warm weather, biking, and wakeboarding.
Apr 22 2010 9:43AM
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AdolfShitler
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Wakeboarding is fun too but there's no where to do it here. So here's a video of my favourite freerider

Apr 22 2010 9:46AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
Posts: 9097 - Karma: 777
Yessir, went over the handlebars just yesterday on my lunch break. I found the local spot where the kids build dirt jumps(tiny) and poach it on my mountain bike. It's right down the street from my work so I rip down there on lunch break when no ones around. I think I'll take a shovel and do some work for em next time.
Apr 22 2010 9:46AM
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Steezy_IN_KC
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I am very excited... last season was my first time riding.. I almost dropped 2 g's on a new bike but decided to hold off for this summer. Such a sick sport!
Apr 22 2010 9:59AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
Posts: 9097 - Karma: 777
It makes me sick, I ride a piece of shit trek with lame front shocks. Never had a nice bike...... I smoke this joey we ride with who has a gary fisher though so it's all good.
Apr 22 2010 10:05AM
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jamodeo
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yeah so pumped rode at a local pumptrack two days ago and have been digging a lot heres some stuff around where i am
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Apr 22 2010 1:11PM
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no_steeze
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already been out a few times this year, such an awesome sport
Apr 22 2010 1:16PM
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UNREAL
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I AMMMM



fucking sweet edit
Apr 22 2010 1:17PM
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cclan
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friggen stoked to ride, i missed out on some island cup races though cause of my broken wrist, which happened  from getting an early start to the season too.

but frriiggg
Apr 22 2010 1:22PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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I've been riding almost everyday for the last month. Our local spot is in the best shape I've ever seen it. Currently we have 8 lines:

-2 lippy ass DJs
-rock drop to small jump to BIG S berms to 10 ft DJ to rockgarden
-DH start to 4ft wood drop to 8ft DJ
-weird hip to drop thing that's super tight
-1st DH trail is rocky at the start to really fun flat turn that your can roost to shit to another rock garden
-2nd Dh trail has a rockier start to a berm to small table-top to a hip that shoots you right into a berm to a rock garden that has a bunch of natural rollers
-3rd Dh trail shares the start of the 2nd one and splits off, it has 4 nice berms
-ballsy freeride trail consists of a 12 ft step-up over a log, to a 16-18 ft stepdown to another 16-18ft stepdown with a snipe landing

and we're still building more
Apr 22 2010 1:29PM
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onearmwanderer
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im more than stoked, just waiting for the trails to start melting... been biking up little cottonwood canyon lately, pretty fun.
Apr 22 2010 1:32PM
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skiierman
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so stoked! got two trips lined up, 3 races, red bull rampage and a helmet cam to get it all on tape!
Apr 22 2010 1:37PM
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cclan
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ill spend a week in the daylots this summer probably, pop in and well have a beverage
Apr 22 2010 1:39PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
i'm pretty stoked for it. just bought a new bike, so I'm dyin' to ride it.

also pretty stoked for water ski season...got the dry suit out so now i'm just waitin' on someone to drop a boat.


Apr 22 2010 2:12PM
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Static
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Just gettin the season started, I was gonna go to Fruita today for a few nights but there's some fagass gathering or festival that's sure to clog up the trails and campsites.
Apr 22 2010 2:13PM
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pelle_munch
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Just went to moab 'bout a week ago. soooooooo sick. I love moab, did slickrock and some other ones a couple miles out of town.
Apr 22 2010 2:24PM
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WILLFRO07
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I would be stoked for biking season, but today on my way to class, my bottom bracket was loose somehow and spun itself out a little bit, pushing my chainring into my chain guide plate rendering the thing useless untill i can find a crank puller and the right wrench for my bb.
Apr 22 2010 2:31PM
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CoolioDude
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Anybody road bike?
Apr 22 2010 3:46PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
Posts: 9097 - Karma: 777
You do realize you're on an extreme sports website right???

No but seriously, I don't but more power to ya, I need to bounce off rocks and hop logs and shit to have a good time. A nice dump over the bars every now and then never hurt too bad.
Apr 22 2010 3:51PM
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Tinga
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i use a road bike for my commuter which kinda sucks because duluth roads are terrible but i really should get a decent mtb because im going to have a lot of free time this summer.
Apr 22 2010 3:57PM
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Ducky.
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So stolked for the Whistler Bike Park to open!!! Even though I'm still skiing, im ready for the biking season to begin!
Apr 22 2010 5:17PM
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Motherfucka
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Yeah man right here
Apr 22 2010 5:35PM
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no_steeze
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i cant stand road biking, i find it super boring

xc mountain biking ftw!
Apr 22 2010 6:51PM
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dicktator
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TOTALLY: http://vimeo.com/6670240

Apr 22 2010 7:21PM
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fivefootthree
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so stoked on riding this year.  skiing ended almost a month ago for me so the next best thing is to just get on that bike and hit the trails.
Apr 22 2010 7:28PM
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hue.
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sooo  stoked, except it makes me feel poor
Apr 22 2010 7:36PM
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p-fo
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gotta get my fully tuned up again. definitely planning to do a lot of riding this summer. pretty stoked!
Apr 22 2010 7:56PM
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no_steeze
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this season will be especially good since i spend all of last season upgrading my bike so i'm totally set

although i'm getting some nasty creaking, i'm really worried one of my pivots is cracked because that'd suck, hopefully it's just a creaky bb
Apr 22 2010 8:02PM
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Deletedtoday
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i'm getting in to biking lately. could anyone recommend a good bike for xc, and the occasional jumps and dh? relatively cheap too
Apr 22 2010 8:30PM
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no_steeze
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generally specialized hardtails are good at bridging the gap between xc and dj, dh you want something with a lot more travel, it's hard to have a one bike quiver
Apr 22 2010 8:32PM
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Deletedtoday
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i've been*
Apr 22 2010 8:35PM
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860media*
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gotta grab some bakes for my specialized and il be ready. cant wait
Apr 22 2010 8:38PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i don't know a shit ton about bikes but i found that trek hardtails gave a decent bang for your buck for bikes under a g. i don't know what "relatively cheap" is to you, but they've got a 4000 series for 400-600 & a 6000 series for 600-900 that are decent. (i think) decent fork, disk brakes, decent shifters, decent derailleurs. i don't know if anyone offers more for your money? if anyone else has input, feel free to correct me?
Apr 22 2010 8:48PM
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skithebert
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got my new whip
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Apr 22 2010 9:04PM
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Deletedtoday
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how does this one look?
http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/bik/1705517223.html
Apr 22 2010 9:18PM
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AdolfShitler
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Fuck you. We've got one spot that is no longer a spot because the South Calgary Waste Management Facility complained to Parks Alberta about the dj's we built and they fenced it off. But the jumps were killer while they lasted..
Apr 23 2010 12:48AM
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MariahPapaya
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I am so stoked. But my bike got stolen. And then I dislocated my knee. So... darn.
I guess I'll have to go bike shopping. But yes, SO STOKED.
Apr 23 2010 12:52AM
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B.L.A.K.E
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Putting in 100-150 mile weeks right now during school. In the summer I'm going to ride everyday.

Apr 23 2010 1:19AM
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s.erickson
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Just picked up my Intense 951 frame and I'm gonna build it up for downhilling this summer, stoked!
Apr 23 2010 1:33AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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Makes me wanna break out the 20 inch.
Apr 23 2010 9:48AM
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VPP
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YES.
Apr 23 2010 10:02AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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^ I would die, I'm just getting used to jumping, like small shit. I always go sideways or off axis by accident in the air, maybe I'm not pumping off the takeoff or something. I'll snap some pics of my shitty bikes for some added stoke in here.


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Actually there is one of my shitty mtn bike on our little bridge course at my buddies house.
Apr 23 2010 10:07AM
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VPP
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Haha thats not me, just a awesome picture i found. I wish i was though....
Apr 23 2010 10:14AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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Anybody remember that sweet time waster of a bike game that was on a thread on here. You could use bmx or mtn bike amongst other things and people were posting all kinds of sick tracks?????? The name is escaping me to search it.
Apr 23 2010 10:23AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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nevermind.......freerider 2
Apr 23 2010 11:06AM
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h.yfoskett
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well i havn't skiied since january so its been pretty boring im so stoke to go out riding and getting my photography going

just bought my new bike so im double stoked

Apr 23 2010 3:16PM
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AdolfShitler
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More like 12 times a day.
Apr 24 2010 9:30PM
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