Oldschool Downhill Video
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Splatter Paint
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Brilliant! 
How about a RetroBIKE downhill race!?! I've still got my body armour from when I rode the SAMS downhills in 1997. Saying that, my work have just reduced my BUPA coverage.... :shock:
How about a RetroBIKE downhill race!?! I've still got my body armour from when I rode the SAMS downhills in 1997. Saying that, my work have just reduced my BUPA coverage.... :shock:
losidan
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Splatter Paint":32g7hjlx said:Brilliant!
How about a RetroBIKE downhill race!?! I've still got my body armour from when I rode the SAMS downhills in 1997. Saying that, my work have just reduced my BUPA coverage.... :shock:
Every time I have a bash round the trails I keep thinking about trying to put on an old skool DH race...except I wouldnt have a clue where to start!
LeeDevelopment
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Absolutely mint! Loved the guy going down the steps whilst sat on the tube!!!
mikefoster
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That was classic. Brings back memories of early NEMBA downhils BITD.
I like the one were the rider was going so fast there was never a chance he was gonna make the corner, and he didn't and ended up down the field. Reminds me a bit of my riding style back then.
As so many have said in previous posts "why had nobody thought to drop the post a couple of inches?" Narrow flat bars and all the weight over the front end was never gonna be a winner was it?
That vid has made my crappy week seem better now.
Glad i had the chance to be part of that scene but glad there are no too may photos to prove it.
I like the one were the rider was going so fast there was never a chance he was gonna make the corner, and he didn't and ended up down the field. Reminds me a bit of my riding style back then.
As so many have said in previous posts "why had nobody thought to drop the post a couple of inches?" Narrow flat bars and all the weight over the front end was never gonna be a winner was it?
That vid has made my crappy week seem better now.
Glad i had the chance to be part of that scene but glad there are no too may photos to prove it.
That was brilliant the best ive seen in a while,thanks I M
I cant help thinking how far we've come on braking and tyre wise.
Front ends skidding out all over and definitive proof [should further be needed]that cantis do not work,and i imagine theirs were set up perfectly
Is the camera angle on the steepness of that hill deceptive :?
probably is a lot steeper that it looks ,but i does look kind of tame.
Some of them ,the disc wheel guy @ 4:22 in particular, must have had balls of cro-mo :shock: his simple solution was ,if you brake you fall,so you dont brake
Orange 71
I would never laugh
:roll:
I cant help thinking how far we've come on braking and tyre wise.
Front ends skidding out all over and definitive proof [should further be needed]that cantis do not work,and i imagine theirs were set up perfectly
Is the camera angle on the steepness of that hill deceptive :?
probably is a lot steeper that it looks ,but i does look kind of tame.
Some of them ,the disc wheel guy @ 4:22 in particular, must have had balls of cro-mo :shock: his simple solution was ,if you brake you fall,so you dont brake
Orange 71
Which rider,what time on the clock were you?[the vid counter that is]
I would never laugh
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midnite_drive
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that...............................was.........................................amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
loved the taco'd wheels and tantrums lol!
loved the taco'd wheels and tantrums lol!
