Comments on: Ski slopes + mountain biking? http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/ A journal of Nick Drago's weekend bike rides and other cycling news Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:00:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: John http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-1047 John Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:16:01 +0000 http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-1047 Whoops, http://www.mbta.ca . Sorry. Whoops, http://www.mbta.ca . Sorry.

]]> By: John http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-1046 John Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:15:23 +0000 http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-1046 In British Columbia, nearly all ski resorts offer great mountain biking in the summer and have done so for years. Whistler, North America's largest ski resort, has a huge Crankworx bike festival in late summer. I live near Whistler, love lift-enabled riding, and am surprised it is not offered nearly everywhere. A lot of it is downhill yes, but good XC and plain recreational fun can be had as well. Check out http://www.mbta.com. In British Columbia, nearly all ski resorts offer great mountain biking in the summer and have done so for years. Whistler, North America’s largest ski resort, has a huge Crankworx bike festival in late summer. I live near Whistler, love lift-enabled riding, and am surprised it is not offered nearly everywhere. A lot of it is downhill yes, but good XC and plain recreational fun can be had as well. Check out http://www.mbta.com.

]]> By: Nick http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-66 Nick Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:51:07 +0000 http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-66 Thanks for your comments. I'll have to check that out... I have been meaning to try some singletrack trails. Don't worry, I think I'll get comfortable on singletrack before I move to downhill. ;) Nice to talk to another cyclist from NC. Thanks for your comments. I’ll have to check that out… I have been meaning to try some singletrack trails.

Don’t worry, I think I’ll get comfortable on singletrack before I move to downhill. ;)

Nice to talk to another cyclist from NC.

]]> By: Garry http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-64 Garry Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:34:17 +0000 http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-64 Yes, actually downhill mountain biking is my craving! I live in North Carolina, too. Sugar Mountain is an awesome ski slope to ride. I wouldn't suggest a beginner to step foot on a downhill mountain bike trail. Start smaller like on a singletrack trail (and there is tons in NC!). There are downhill mountain bike camps offered (at ski slopes) that can take you to that next level. Of course, wrecks are part of it. But, practice makes perfect right? Mountain biking is a rush filled with adrenaline! If you ride, stick with it! Yes, actually downhill mountain biking is my craving! I live in North Carolina, too. Sugar Mountain is an awesome ski slope to ride. I wouldn’t suggest a beginner to step foot on a downhill mountain bike trail. Start smaller like on a singletrack trail (and there is tons in NC!). There are downhill mountain bike camps offered (at ski slopes) that can take you to that next level. Of course, wrecks are part of it. But, practice makes perfect right? Mountain biking is a rush filled with adrenaline! If you ride, stick with it!

]]> By: Nick http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-61 Nick Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:24:09 +0000 http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-61 That's an amazing clip. I love all the people with cameras... was he trying to break a record? In any case, that's not something that people do every day. I wasn't too familiar with downhill mountain biking... sounds intense. I guess I didn't make the connection between that and the mountain biking I do (if that makes sense). That’s an amazing clip. I love all the people with cameras… was he trying to break a record? In any case, that’s not something that people do every day.

I wasn’t too familiar with downhill mountain biking… sounds intense. I guess I didn’t make the connection between that and the mountain biking I do (if that makes sense).

]]> By: Adrian http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-60 Adrian Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:25:53 +0000 http://weekendcycling.com/2007/02/ski-slopes-mountain-biking/#comment-60 I'm not a mountain biker, but: There's a whole sport unto itself called "downhill" racing. they use really have full suspension bikes and shimano even makes compressed-air shifters for them so they can quickly shift gears while both wheels are in the air. The great movie "2 seconds" tells the story of a downhill racer forced into retirement, turned bike messenger, rediscovering life. here's an unrelated clip of a guy doing downhill on a volcano and wiping out spectactularly, but apparently with surprisingly little injury considering... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-162891478515007486 (this is NOT "2 seconds") I’m not a mountain biker, but:

There’s a whole sport unto itself called “downhill” racing.

they use really have full suspension bikes and shimano even makes compressed-air shifters for them so they can quickly shift gears while both wheels are in the air.

The great movie “2 seconds” tells the story of a downhill racer forced into retirement, turned bike messenger, rediscovering life.

here’s an unrelated clip of a guy doing downhill on a volcano and wiping out spectactularly, but apparently with surprisingly little injury considering…

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-162891478515007486

(this is NOT “2 seconds”)

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