Mountain Biking

I think that these Canadians are feeding us a line! :)

If mountain biking is so great in Vancouver, why is it that they come by the ton to Oregon and Washington? Was there riding just recently and just about every ride was a "poached" ride. And all the talk is about Anti-Mtb'er. They are already registering your guns and next they will work on bikes. When do you Canadians have to register your bikes? :D

Or, is it that Oregon and Washington have the best mountain biking on the face of the earth.
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Scaramanga. Yes, the Fondriest rocks!

Robert
 
I'll have to cast my vote for Oregon having the best MTN biking bar none! When I lived there I was a fanatic-- riding every spare minute I wasn't traveling to or from a race.

Since living in other "good MTN bike states" I've never been able to get the passion back... nothing can compare to that Oregon single track!
 
Heh. I admit, I've never been riding in Oregon, but it'd have to go pretty darn far to beat out West Virginia. Take Snowshoe. Dump out a pile of rocks, basketball to VW size, tilt 25 degreees, and spread out over a few miles. Heaven.

Indiana, on the other hand, has no mountain biking. None. So I bought me a road bike, and have been happy ever since! :D

Later,
Chris
 
I may not win any popularity points by saying this but I am one of those people that have a problem with some bikers.
I live in the country about five miles from town. We have a constant stream of bikers on the roads in the area. The roads are hilly and crooked and are simply not safe for someone to ride a bicylcle on. It is common to top a hill or round a curve to find a bike in the middle of the road. They will refuse to move to the side forcing you to dive for miles at time until it is safe to pass. A nice bicyle path was built approximately five years ago over a route stretching 13 miles along the road. Very few use it. Their excuse? The road is smoother and they prefer it.
As Hube said I suspect that bicylist, like many other groups, have a small percetnage that make a bad name for the rest.
As far as having the same rights my sister once told me they (bikers) paid the same taxes and had the same rights to the road as I do. I replied that I pay taxes on the sidewalks to but I'm not allowed to drive my car on them.
Everyone of the bikers I "talk" with are from town and come out here in the country to ride. I'm not one of the motorist discussed above that cusses and then becomes quiet at a stop. I prefer to get out of my car and "encourage" them to ride their bike in town. Most agree after our dicussion that they would prefer not to have a Swinn shoved up their.....well you get the idea. ;)

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Gunslinger

I was promised a Shortycicle and I want a Shortycicle!
 
The problem with bike paths is that people walk on them. I'd much rather share the road with cars than with out-of-control rollerbladers, pedestrians wandering around in a daze, people walking their five dogs who just LOVE to chase bikes, etc... Sidewalks are the same way.

Also, I have never seen a road that was safe to drive on but unsafe to pedal on. Doesn't seem to make alot of sense to me.

Bikes are cars, just smaller. We obey the same traffic regulations, and have the same privileges as any other auto on the road. That's the way that it works, and we're all better off for it.

Later,
Chris
 
a schwinn up my.. well that would constituue serious bodily harm and well you get the picture!!!!!!!!!! very hard to run in look cleats
 
Gunslinger: I agree that as cyclists we need to be aware of cars that need to pass us. However, we cannot ride on the sidewalk. I know it is illegal in my state and probably others as well.

Remember, that's why it's called a SideWALK. Not Sideride.

Keep the rubber side down.

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Strength does not come from physical capacity.
It comes from an indomitable will. -- Mahatma Gandhi
 
Kamakaze, no I did not get to ride the Reaper, but most of the trails up there are like that. Many are over my head, both literally and figuratively :(, but Ladies Only, Oilcan, Pipeline, and Espresso are trails that I do enjoy until I get my skills up :)
As far as bicycle registration goes, My bike is grand-fathered as a "Shore" bike, and I can legally own a long-travel fork because I have a $5 tax stamp. However, I have to maintain the minimum 11 North-American parts count, or I can't have the bash-guard, hydraulics, and big fork at the same time. All of these things have been classed as "assault bike" characteristics, because bike owners were too apathetic to vote in the last federal election. There is also a minimum frame size of 17", unless you are a bike dealer or manufacturer. Lucky for me, I have a few bikes that I bought privately at a bike show that the gummint doesn't know about. Careful Yankees, bike registration is coming to your country next!
Clead
 
Clead.. now that was hilarious!

Now, what if I ride a 16" GT? Is that still legal? I mean, its technically an 18" frame, but GT measures theirs differently. What should I do? :D

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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!

oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"

As seen in Atlanta's AJC, The Vent: "In response to Cynthia Tucker's column on executing the mentally ill, I pose this question. Why is it that "this country" is only interested in taking care of the mentally ill AFTER they kill an innocent person?"
 
On a tangent, I saw a report today that studied which sports cause the most emergency room injury visits. The results of the top five (most to least dangerous):

1. Basketball
2. BICYCLING
3. Baseball
4. Soccer
5. Softball
 
Kamakaze, do you have a class 2 license? I hope so or a big guy named Bubba's gonna be your new owner.
Clead.
 
Humpf! :(
If it ain't got a throttle, it ain't a bike.

[This message has been edited by RAE (edited September 01, 2000).]
 
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