Aggressive riders?

[crazycanuck]

+100000000 Irulan

Roxy-look at the link www.downhilldownunder.com/ and you'll get some idea

Downhilling looks like tons o fun but a bit too fast for me. The ages here in Western AUstralia that do downhill are very very varied. From young kids to fully grown men and even a few women! It's growing in popularity & possibly because of a local dude, Sam Hill.

[tulip]

Back in the mid-80s, I was racing in the New England Mountain Bike Championships. Mountain biking was pretty new on the East Coast, and I raced XC and downhill. During the downhill dual slalom, I ate it bad and cracked some ribs and got knocked unconscious. That was on grass.

Downhill stuff these days--mostly out west where there are huge boulders and impossible drops--seems to me to have grown from BMX and trials (we used to call it trialsin). In addition to speed, there's also alot of finesse and technique.

My brother was a very good downhiller, sponsored by SE back in the day. He still had a couple of really neat downhill bikes, and he still does it "for fun," but now that he has kids he's not so reckless. He was a nationally-ranked BMX racer in the 70s for his age group, and his skills really come from BMX. Having raced and completed La Ruta de los Conquistadores, I seriously doubt that he would consider XC anything but "real" mountain biking.

I have no interest in doing downhill anymore, but I do enjoy watching videos of really good downhillers who really know how to handle their bikes and the environment in which they do their stuff.

As for nerdgirl, this wasn't a good fit for her. It happens. No doubt she's having a great time wherever she is.

[MtnBikerChk]

I agree this thread got out of hand - whether she meant to insult some people by stating that if they are not "downhillers" they are not aggressive - we'll never know.

BUT people who throw online tantrums and "take their toys and go home" need to lighten up. It's the INTERNET.

I post here for the warm and fuzzies. I sincerely hope none of MY posts have pissed people off (sometimes my sarcasm doesn't translate on screen very well).

[Irulan]

still can't embed youtube here? WTF?

[Zen]

Give us a linky.

[crazycanuck]

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=38245

Irulan just created a new thread for it..