Here's a vid I put together from my first Black Diamond ride on my FSR DH. This bike kicked some serious ass! Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/WhLST1uVppI

Haha, nice finish, love it! Need to get a Cam like this for myself, looks fun!

Class, the last time i came flyinng off mine, i ended up in hospital

Mine is not the DH model though, maybe why?

great looking trails, awesome sound track but is that really a black run?

maybe just the name of the trail

It was listed as a black diamond run on a web site. But I'm not sure how they go about rating trails. Some sections were most definatly expert level while others were a lot easier. Either way it was bad ass!
It's called Braill trail in the Soquel Demo Forest near Santa Cruz, Ca.

I've broken my colar bone on my old Trek hard tail, but only a black eye; multiple bruises and a lot of road rash from my 98' FSR DH.
I don't think it'd matter what kind of bike you flew off of. It's not in the dismount that counts; it's all in the landing....

Just got around to measuring my bike yesterday, IIRC it was 17.5" from the center of the BB to the top of the seat tube.

Does this mean the frame is a medium?

I am 6foot in height, the bike does feel a little smaller than my Boardman which is a large, but i did want a smaller bouncy bike so i could throw it around a bit more.

My fun/beater bike that i love and built up. '97 FSR

Sounds like a medium.
I'm 6' and used to ride a 18". I enjoyed the smaller size for maneuverablility. My FSR DH is a 19" and it's perfect. I kinda took a risk buying it but have no regrets.

Rocked the trails yesterday, I more and more come to love the agility of this bike. Very precise steering in the midst of MUD and roots.

I don't understand how these old bikes can ride so well, its crazy!

I did a killer XC ride a couple of weeks back that had us climbing up moorland then a 2-3 mile rocky downhill, the bike was great.

I took mine to some local woods last monday that has a proper trail setup, i have done this slight downhill trail a lot of times in the past on my hard tail, never felt like the 98 FSR was "ready" enough to use it at a proper centre.

This time i knew it felt ready enough (although still needs improvements)

And i just flew down the trail, i remember getting to the bottom and thinking "feck me! either i did that a LOT faster or its a lot shorter than i remember"

So i climbed back up the killer fire roads and did it all again

Then i mooched off into the woods for some of the unofficial trails.

Such a brilliant bike with a longer travel front fork on it (130mm on mine)


Just need to change the front fork bushes and swap out the crappy brake callipers for some nice BB7

After hitting a tree and mangeling my brake lever I installed these monster bark busters. They're ment for moto cross, but bolted right onto my handle bars. They're kinda heavy and you can feel the wieght a bit when turning, but they're stout!
Luckily I was able to save my brake lever and the hydro's weren't comprimised. I just had to finish a DH course with my rear brake lever flapping about; Fun!.....

Not a 'proper FSR', although it does still have the same rear end...







Just waiting for my 36's to arrive now the Z150's have been sold. Over the coming months I am going to change the Diabolus cranks for Atlas, get some Mavic Crossline wheels and some Conti Rubber Queen tyres all in the name of weight loss.

It should still be happy enough being taken to Stile Cop, but should also be better for long rides.

Been playing around today. '00 drop off with 30mm more travel. Fits quite good into color scheme

Before and after