Am I the last person on the planet to see this?
Holly shit! How fast? 60mphish?
I saw some death wobbles in there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5WXkbOzSA
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Am I the last person on the planet to see this?
Holly shit! How fast? 60mphish?
I saw some death wobbles in there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5WXkbOzSA
60 MPH?Quote:
Originally Posted by MTT
That's sissy speed...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Barone
After some initial jobs, including acting as stunt double of actors Sylvester Stallone, Jean Claude Van Damme and Adrian Paul,[4] at 34 he started trying to achieve speed records on a bicycle. Barone achieved the record on snow in 1994, beating the previous record by Christian Taillefer. He broke the record again in 1999 and on 21 April 2000, when he reaches 222 kilometres per hour (138 mph) at Les Arcs ski resort, France, using an aerodynamic prototype bicycle, helmet and clothing.
In 1999 he reached 118 kilometres per hour (73 mph) on gravel in Hawaii. After that, his goal was to show he could be faster on gravel. He discovered the Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua. Its clean slopes and soft volcanic ash were ideal.
In November 2001, he descended that volcano at 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph), beating his previous record achieved in Hawaii. Barone believed he could do more, and decided to try again some time later. On 12 May 2002, he reached 163 kilometres per hour (101 mph) on his first attempt, on a serial production bicycle. A few minutes later, he descended again, on a prototype bicycle. He rode 400 metres (1,300 ft), and just after the computers had registered 172 kilometres per hour (107 mph), the carbon fiber bicycle crashed.[5] The helmet saved his life, but he had several broken ribs and other injuries. Barone said he would never descend again at the Cerro Negro, but announced he was willing to beat again the record on snow in the future. The record using a serial production bicycle on gravel was beaten in 2011, when Markus Stöckl reached 164.95 kilometres per hour (102.50 mph) on a volcano in Nicaragua.[6] The prototype bicycle record, on gravel, still belongs to Barone.
During his career, Barone has descended the slopes of Mount Fuji in Japan, Mauna Kea and Kilauea in Hawaii, Etna and Stromboli in Sicily, the Nevado de Toluca in Mexico, and 20 volcanoes in Nicaragua.[7] After his records, Barone has worked attracting tourists who want to discover the Volcano route and other sites in Nicaragua.[7][8]
I now have 20 days skiing for this season and I can't help but feel like it's time to get back to warm sunshine and bike riding. Luckily I'm in AZ and only a 45 minute drive to Sedona where it's going to be 65 today.
Bumping this up. All I want to do is ride my damn bike. Just got back from a week of riding in AZ and Vegas and I'm jonesing for more. I never thought the day would come that I long for winter to just be over.
I'm there with ya. Been building up my new bike and jonesin to shred it. Snow is excellent in summit co too but I just wanna rail some singletrack. Gonna have to head to Moab soon....
Skiing is shit here in SLC right now and the mixed ice/snow/dirt trails are way more fun than our breakable crust/ice sheets in the mountains on skis. I'm actually staying in decent bike shape this winter so far...
Plenty of fun, rideable trails down here in Denver/Boulder.... at least for the next 12 hours or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by rippinstyle
We took O on a quick tour up above Alta last Sunday (will give you a shout next time, btw, I was worried about how she would do but she did great, might try again this Sunday). Got passed on the way up by a dude on a snowbike. He looked like he was having fun. I never even considered the possibilities of riding them in the canyons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Particle
Funny enough my ski stoke has come back. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather be riding bikes right now...or surfing, hell all I think about lately is what I'm going to build up for the spring, but Golden/Revy has been getting the goods and I've def been enjoying myself. However the drive to charge just isn't there like it used to be or like on the bike.
:biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
Spending the past week in AZ in 70 degree temps, riding my bike and moto every day has certainly not helped my already lacking ski stoke. I'd be more than happy to be in warm weather splitting my time between 2 wheels and hooking trout.
Yep. I rode BST today and it was surprisingly good. I'd rather bike the ice, mud mix than ski the shit snow we've got.Quote:
Originally Posted by Particle
Get a Fat bike.
Third year in a row of shit conditions in tahoe. I love skiing. I have been dreaming about it, but it is simply too dependent on mother nature. A good powder day can not be beat, but overall I prefer biking as well.
Exactly how I've felt for two, going on three winters in a row now.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfinn
You people got old.
:eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Ice,
a powder day is still the pinnacle of mountain sports in my opinion. but god damn i hate 'waiting' for mother nature to deliver.
skiing hardpack (other than groomers) just destroys my body, because, I have gotten old. ;)
Fixed....Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Where did you ride?Quote:
Originally Posted by dfinn
I am out for the winter following a moto wreck and shoulder surgery. It is my first winter since I was three or four years old that I have not skied. As messed up as it sounds, I am more worried that I will not be able to mtn bike, moto and kayak this spring following this surgery. I will definitely be back skiing hard next season, but the possibility of really restricted arm intensive sports bums me out more than a season off the snow. I will start skinning for exercise soon though
Yeah my house is in tahoe so I don't even know what this 'snow' stuff is. I'm parked in bootleg/boulder city for the next few days. holla
Lake HavasuQuote:
Originally Posted by RaisingArizona
All this white ice (there's plenty of blue, too) in new england has me dreaming about bikes..I went out on the studs today and it was nice but I want some dirt and rocks. Or snow
MTB was my first love, and as stoked as I have been to get into skiing (as well as a great early season here in NoCo/SoWy), I have been feeling tinges of longing for my two wheels. I recently envisioned the scenario where, after being so pumped to ski, graduating, moving to a place where it dumps all the time, I will awake one morning to realize, holy shit, I love bikes too much. I'm moving south. We shall see....
Sitting here in Tahoe and thinking about how much mountain biking has saved my season. The close riding (Carson, Sly Park) is riding fantastic right now.
Yeah, it's the not having to completely obsess over the weather part that I like. It's almost always there if you're willing to get off yer ass and get it.
That's definitely one of the nicest parts. Unless you're in a rain spell. I've been camped in pisgah national forest waiting out rain for days to get some riding in. I've done lots of rain riding, and it's sucks worse than any snow conditions... Assuming there's snow. But it usually dries faster than it snows
I don't mind rain at all, only part that sucks is cleaning everything after. As long as you're not out all day long.
Where do you live? I ride in the rain in Wyoming just fine. North Carolina? Virginia? West Virginia? Fuck that.
Single speed FTW. Get out the big brush and the hose and simple green. 5 minutes later, voila. If you're real picky, brush the chain a bit
Depends where you live.
Here we have a lot of bentonite clay...rain= instant death march.
Some trails run better than others.
Some are absolutely no-go.
I feel ya. I used to live in southwest Va, and it was all clay. Couldn't ride a lot of the year. Actually, I can ride more in Wyoming in January than back there.
I rode today in Sedona, it was incredible, that place is the new spot in the south west right now. It was probably around 60 or 65 today and sunny. Dirt was choice so I'm ok not having snow but we need to get some at some point. I'm starting to think I better just like riding more than skiing because we haven't had any good snow on a real base for four years. I'm getting tired of spending my money on skiing when it barely even happens.
Mtb is also a lot less heavy on the drive times, for most people. Even if you have snow really close, chances are it's farther than the local trails. I love being able to hop on my bike and just pedal out the door, and go for a ride. I've always had that until now... thanks to some jackwad who bought up a bunch of land, we now have a 10 minute jaunt down I-80 to get to the trails :/
I'm an outlier. 3 ski hills within 15 minutes. 45 minutes to legal Mtb trails.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyborg
Lucky, at least in the winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by disc0ver
Ahhh, the key word is "legal". Trespass trails are always good fun.
The other thing, for most, is even if the ski hill is close, you can't ski to it. My local trails used to be a 20 minute drive or a 30 minute ride (45 if you took some other trails.) needless to say, I rarely drove. I don't mind driving, but I know some people can't stand piling in the car to go recreate.
No new snow? Why not ride! Phil's world was great last week and going to sand canyon this week. Nothing better then going for a Nordic ski in the morning and a great ride in the afternoon.
Must be sweet. All of my bike trails are under snow for the most part. At least the local dirt jumps melted out today, they should be fun until the next dump.
I have ridden 3x in last week or so. Yeah, it is fun. but I am dreaming about skiing almost every night.
there is no real mtn biking in tahoe. one or 2 small trails. otherwise 45 minute drive to decent riding.
big storm on the way. fingers crossed for several feet of sierra cement so we can actually have a ski season.
Sucks when all your trails face north huh? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by lph