Kestrel
Active member
Speaking of bumps...
I pulled my brother's old late 90s Trek 800 out of from under my mom's house. Figured if MTB was a great workout for so many MotoGP folks, then I should be giving it a go myself. Little did I know that mountain bikes have basically morphed into motorcycles in the last decade or so. Did some basic maintenance on the bike, threw a few $20s at it, and went on my way.
Been riding some local trails, but unfortunately doing all of this on a fully rigid bike with old schol 1.95" tires in the super rooted forests of NC isn't all that... comfortable. I miss the suspension of my DR, and that's saying something.
Thinking about spending some money to buy some sort of cheap hard tail. Figure with a decent front fork and the big cushy tires that are so popular these days, I can probably get by. And... if I like it somewhere down the line, perhaps throw some more money at it. Damned MTB stuff makes dirtbikes look cheap as shit though.
That said, it's amazing what sort of trails, jumps, parks etc have been created for bikes. I can see myself really getting into this. Seems to draw from a lot of my favorite aspects of OHV dirtbiking.
I pulled my brother's old late 90s Trek 800 out of from under my mom's house. Figured if MTB was a great workout for so many MotoGP folks, then I should be giving it a go myself. Little did I know that mountain bikes have basically morphed into motorcycles in the last decade or so. Did some basic maintenance on the bike, threw a few $20s at it, and went on my way.
Been riding some local trails, but unfortunately doing all of this on a fully rigid bike with old schol 1.95" tires in the super rooted forests of NC isn't all that... comfortable. I miss the suspension of my DR, and that's saying something.
Thinking about spending some money to buy some sort of cheap hard tail. Figure with a decent front fork and the big cushy tires that are so popular these days, I can probably get by. And... if I like it somewhere down the line, perhaps throw some more money at it. Damned MTB stuff makes dirtbikes look cheap as shit though.
That said, it's amazing what sort of trails, jumps, parks etc have been created for bikes. I can see myself really getting into this. Seems to draw from a lot of my favorite aspects of OHV dirtbiking.