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So I was sitting here drinking my white communist and thinking that I might become addicted to racing. I entered my first one at mt. Snow last weekend and although it got rained out I can't stop thinking about going fast. Usually I am thinking about a million thing but this time I can't stop thinking about blowing through rock gardens. I haven't even gotten a race run in and I am already hooked. I have been freeriding for about 8 years but I have never cared about the fastest way to get from top to bottom. This is like a whole new aspect of mountaint biking. Discuss it amongst yourselves.
Re: The addiction of racing
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:04 pm
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Follow your vision and just destroy it!!! and have fun thats what its all about
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I am starting to not care about racing anymore. This is my 8th year doing DH and racing DH and I am just getting sick of racing. I hate waiting at the top for my start time.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:03 am
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I go through cycles. I break it up - the racing - so that I don't get tired of it.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:14 am
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I stopped racing and bikes got fun again and I stopped crashing and getting hurt.
I stopped racing and bikes got fun again and I stopped crashing and getting hurt.
same here.
plus im not wasting $60 a weekend cuz i never won anything hahaha
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:06 pm
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mt snow got rained out? how lame.
i still LOVE racing. freeriding is great and all, but the adrenaline that comes from racing cant be matched by freeriding. for the 10 years ive been riding DH, i still love racing
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:41 am
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I became addicted to Dirt Merchant to A-line.
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:42 pm
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[quote="dirttastesgood"]I became addicted to Dirt Merchant to A-line.[/quote]
It's been a while since I hit whistler but that Dirt Merchant trail was awesome! Which was the one wit the steep rock chute like the one at diablo but bigger?
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:27 am
dirttastesgood
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Maybe Joyride and Schyler?
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:26 pm
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[quote="dirttastesgood"]Maybe Joyride and Schyler?[/quote]
Joyride! I can't wait to his those again
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:11 am
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banshee, where abouts in upstate NY do you live? I am in Glens Falls. As for racing, I had to stop for a bit due to funds being too low. I am having a lot of fun tooling around and going free-riding in the meantime. Racing was fun though! The most focused I will EVER be is during a race run, nothing compares. Eat it up!!
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:22 pm
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nor_beaster wrote:
banshee, where abouts in upstate NY do you live? I am in Glens Falls. As for racing, I had to stop for a bit due to funds being too low. I am having a lot of fun tooling around and going free-riding in the meantime. Racing was fun though! The most focused I will EVER be is during a race run, nothing compares. Eat it up!!
ahhh, poor pussy
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:40 pm
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[quote="nor_beaster"]banshee, where abouts in upstate NY do you live? I am in Glens Falls. As for racing, I had to stop for a bit due to funds being too low. I am having a lot of fun tooling around and going free-riding in the meantime. Racing was fun though! The most focused I will EVER be is during a race run, nothing compares. Eat it up!![/quote]
I am in Saratoga Springs and try to hit up the SMBA trails as much as possible. As far as expensive goes, go into debt, it's the american way! Hey George, does Laz let you register for the race oin sunday. I might not be able to make it on Saturday?
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:48 am
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yep up until sunday 10 am. you stil want some tires ??
matt don't ya remember steve's friend with the banshee ?
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:48 am
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you remember steve, he used to race a long time ago
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:00 am
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ViciousDHer wrote:
you remember steve, he used to race a long time ago
race long time ago, still lurk today....
I used to love it, I go through phases. I have no interest in racing at this point and have a difficult time even getting any desire to ride my DH bike.
I do remember my first race, I loved the feel of one run to get it right and hit everything the way you wanted to. We will see how things go.
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