Gotta admit thats a nice picture, even print/publish worth.

hehe though it would take you days to convince me to even think of riding down those stairs let alone in snow XD

XD yeah, only a hyena is stupid enough to ride his bike around in the snow.

But yeah I didn't actually ride down the stairs, at the time my RD hangar was slightly cracked from the summer season and I didn't order a replacement yet, so I just rode down the side of the stairs (to the right)

Thanks :3 I don't know about publish worth though. my photography is a little meh.

and a lynx. I did a set like that on my HT last winter

it was sketchy going down it on the side even. I have Avid Juicy 7 disc brakes on the front and rear, and both the front and rear tires were both wanting to lock up on me as I rode down.

Awesome. You've got a much better bike than I do. *jealous* :p

what's sad is its one of three XD I used to be sponsored, so I have the hookups.

lucky I need another bike as my HT is getting beat up as its my commuter and fun bike.

Yeah, would probably be good if you could find one of those 100mm cromoly dirt jump bikes, I believe Eastern has a pretty nice one for about $800 and Specialized used to have their P. series, but they got way expensive.

I know but they seem too heavy. I was looking at getting a DH or super XC bike if I got the money. Right now the frame is holding up but I have bent the RD hanger 3 times. I want a sponsership for road but dont know about how to get one. I usually dont like mountain as I have to study what Im riding before I attemp it. I am really good on road tho. I can manage an average of 19mph over 70 miles on my HT which is about as heavy as some DJ bikes at 33lbs.

Ah yeah I see. I mainly prefer technical Downhill. I've been to Whistler B.C. a ton of times, that's really my utopia up there. I always come back like 15 pounds lighter as well. With me it's usually wait around for the lift to open having no breakfast, then ride all until like 1PM grab just a hot dog or something in whistler village and then ride till the lifts close XD so I burn tons of calories because I barely eat anything. For me I assess things really quickly in my head because I'm very spacial intelligence. So even if I'm moving 40mph I can still access a jump or descent or rocks or whatever I'm going over very quickly. Having a single pivot frame and a inverted fork helps a lot too.

I don't know about getting a sponsorship with road riding, I would say just show up to tons of road events and get your name out there and such. That's how I got my sponsorship with mountain biking was I just did lots of reviews and was a lot of the time positive and I helped out customers and stuff, then I was given the opportunity to ride.

Depends all what you want to do. if you want to tear up the streets and ride on things you're not suppose to be on anyways, then a single speed dirt jump bike with a 90-100mm suspension fork is exactly what you want. if you want to do more road riding and still mess around, then look for a longer travel FR hardtail like the jamis komodo for example.

I usually am good in the winter or if there is no tree cover as I have use shadows to determine where stuff is( Im blind in one eye and half in the other with correction) so If the lighting isnt constant enought to throw a constant shadow I cant see it. Im in the process of memorizing a 9 mile trail here in indianapolis. Most of the big stuff Ive riden has been on accident. Ive rode off 5ft drop off a loading ramp since I was looking at my gps wondering where to go next and then bam luckily I was able to land it right and not get hurt. That was on a walmart FS mongoose that I trashed in 4 weeks. By the way how heavy is your DH bike as I might get one for commuting as I already have a 33lbs HT and carry 20+lbs in my backpack when I was training in the hills back home(23% grade sucks going up but is a blast going back down).

Yeah, I've destroyed many of those mongoose/magna wallmart and target bikes. even just riding those things off road breaks them.

my DH bike is 38lbs with the manitou travis, 42lbs with the marzocchi shiver. the average weight though for probably what you'll want to spend on a DH bike is probably going to be 42+ pounds.

How much was it? Is it a true DH or more of a AM bike

Full on DH/Race/Freeride Bike. MSRP was $2,499.00 + the brakes at $179.99 + shiver fork at $699.99 used. + maxxis minions $120 so total $3,497

So its not as bad as I thought it would be $>4000 for that light of bike.

You just have to be smart on how you build things. I used mainly freeride parts since they're strong enough. sin ringle Singletrack rims and stuff like that. but mainly I didn't have to try too hard because the frame is really light and really really strong to begin with.

Oh i just got a 28.5 AM bike finally

DUUUUUDE... I have been trying to find one of those black Shivers since 2005.

What frame is that?

Yeah, the '05 shivers are really hard to find. Seems that when you see a shiver it's a '02 or an '03.

It's a Ibex Zone FR-1 http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/.....ackprofile.jpg

And yeah, that's it at Whistler B.C. XD

Never been to Whistler. I've been to Snowshoe in WV, but I'm doing whistler this summer come hell or high water. I live on the west cost now so I don't have an excuse anymore.

That's a sick bike BTW.

Thanks. and yeah Whistler isn't too bad of a drive. I live near Portland, OR and it's about a 8 1/2 hour drive up there.

what do you ride?

you all are lucky

Have you ever rode up a set like that? I have only done one half as tall but then usually die off

up the set? no I've ridden down them. when it comes to going up stairs I usually jump up them. as jump the bike from the bottom of the stairs to the top clearing the back wheel over the last step. highest I can go is about 5 steps or about 4 feet

OH LOOK A SET! *pre-jump slip crack THAT WAS MY SKULL* You're such a dumbass ;)

Pshhhh, hyenas have hard heads I can handle it.

Ohh yeah, I'll never ride down that shit again though. holy shit. the entire way down the rear wheel and front wheel were both locked up and just sliding. How I made it down I still have no idea XD

When in doubt grab a fist full of throttle. ;) or pedal in our case.

Psh, just push off and hold onto the handlebars tighter. you know the harder you squeese your bars, the more it excites your suspension. therefore you'll stay up longer <-- Californian Freerider Logic

hahah! Maybe if you got a Rissie Bigfoot.

omg yes I have the karpiel frame to go with that!

I need my 12 inches in the rear...erm wait >.> I shouldn't say that around furries

Wait... whaaaatt you have a Karpiel?! U suck. >:{

Mmm yeah baby, I'm real good at sucking

But no I was being sarcastic, the frame that was made for the risse fork was a karpiel that had 9" spring travel and then a 3" air travel behind that so there was 12" of rear suspension.

lol u fag. I was about to drive to portland and beat your ass. j/k

You can't beat my ass D: but you can pound it.

XD okay I'm done with the gay jokes.

gay jokes make me puke a little. :X

everything makes you puke.

including this economy I want my Boot'r :<

yeah, I'm craving a new DH frame real bad as well. if the economy was better I'd really love to buy a Nikolai frame.

I see that steep downward slope on the stairs, those narrow railings, and that bike frame.....and my testicles already ache at the sight of possible racking i would receive if I attempted this.

Sweet bike man!