There's room for both the modern DH bike, and hardtails. UCI should introduce a hardtail category for DH, right up to World Cup/World champs. XC ski-ing has classic and freestyle, so why not?
Also, how about a combined category, with XC and downhill?
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Moder DH..pure joke. 28lb. bikes, 48-52 tooth big ring and a rider that has actual skill to ride that bike. I'll take that any day over a stripped down motorcycle frame at 40lbs, 44 tooth big ring. Not much skill req'd to ride the "new" bikes...the bike does the work. Oh yeah, I was one of those "old timer" dowhhillers. Today, downhill is laughable. little skill req'd, I nearly fell asleep recently watching one guy pedal hiss ass off going by me at...30mph! Not the old time speeds of 50-60 mph
Cannot compare the tracks, neither you, nor your skinny bike could ever do the todays world cup tracks, whith the speeds and times of the todays riders... pure utopia to think otherwise!
@johnl3430 #Couldn't put it better myself as I im in my 50s and still racing against mtbs on single track courses with my cyclocross bikes! I find that modern bike are just becoming point and go skill compensator's to some people
Man oh man things were so different back then.
mickeywantstostab 2 years ago
There's room for both the modern DH bike, and hardtails. UCI should introduce a hardtail category for DH, right up to World Cup/World champs. XC ski-ing has classic and freestyle, so why not?
Also, how about a combined category, with XC and downhill?
DHTCF 2 years ago 3
"Also, how about a combined category, with XC and downhill? "
Like Enduro?
skullmanUK 1 year ago
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Moder DH..pure joke. 28lb. bikes, 48-52 tooth big ring and a rider that has actual skill to ride that bike. I'll take that any day over a stripped down motorcycle frame at 40lbs, 44 tooth big ring. Not much skill req'd to ride the "new" bikes...the bike does the work. Oh yeah, I was one of those "old timer" dowhhillers. Today, downhill is laughable. little skill req'd, I nearly fell asleep recently watching one guy pedal hiss ass off going by me at...30mph! Not the old time speeds of 50-60 mph
johnl3430 3 years ago
Cannot compare the tracks, neither you, nor your skinny bike could ever do the todays world cup tracks, whith the speeds and times of the todays riders... pure utopia to think otherwise!
kinobester 3 years ago 2
get your head out of your ass!
sonordrummer1982 2 years ago
there's no skill involved in bombing a fireroad..
cptspauldin 2 years ago
@johnl3430 #Couldn't put it better myself as I im in my 50s and still racing against mtbs on single track courses with my cyclocross bikes! I find that modern bike are just becoming point and go skill compensator's to some people
popeye2cv 1 year ago
and btw looks like morten jemtegaard rode a GT RTS, right?
pyromaniac1207 3 years ago
nope its a Verlicchi, and the rear shock is a marzocchi air/oil unit. That's a Marzocchi XC300 front fork.
They made the bike for Iron Horse back then and Kona used the same design.
brianhunttv 3 years ago
but rob warner did^^
pyromaniac1207 3 years ago
OMFG did you see the bike?! how the hell could they race on that!? :|
exodu266 3 years ago
they had no other?!
pyromaniac1207 3 years ago
lol that dude giving out 'hints & tips'.
skullmanUK 3 years ago
man i bet that was shit scary downhilling on bikes like that
taius20 3 years ago