john tomac, tinker juarez and ned overend

John Tomac, Ned Overend, Tinker Juarez among other riders in durango.

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• bike
• retread
• tremos
• john
• tomac
• tinker
• juarez
• ned
• overend

[barkon]

Those were the days 'eh?

I was never a pro but I actually got to race against Tinker back in the day. In 1992 on Kodiak Alaska there was a NORBA points series. Tinker flew up to kick our butts for points. The hill climb (1270 vertical feet in 2.5 mi) was postponed for him as his plane was late. He got off the plane, assembled his bike then went on to beat the best local time up the mountain by 3 minutes. Beat my best by 8.

Raced against him? Yes. Came close to him? Not a chance.

[zaskar1]

@barkon I met Tinker in Hermosillo Sonora Mexico, he came to race one day, I had the chance to spend some time with him, took him to and from the airport. A real down to earth guy.

He did race and won as expected, noone even came close to him. Just an amazing athete.

I have a windbreaker he singed for me =)

[ezanevemhelye]

What's the title of this song?

[zaskar1]

i believe its called 14th and jefferson by gas huffer

[tqanderson]

Pro mt. bike racing is dead. '90's mt. bike racers RULED!! What happened to X-country pro mt. bike racing? I remember back in the day racing in the '94 Cactus Cup and then a couple of months later playing pool in a bar in Phoenix while watching the re-broadcast of the pros X-country race on the bars TV. The focus shifted to DH racing and its "extreme" mystique. X-country is extreme. Anyone can rocket down a hill, but climbing, fighting guys for position on singletrack; now that's extreme.

[johninrijay370]

Today's XC Pros would complain that the course was too tough.

[wildlite]

Who else had a horn for Juliana Furtado?

[mpapet]

@ed1189

The UCI has tweaked the racing rules over the years to make the top-5 race closer with more passing, etc.  Less climbing and practically groomed courses with 'designed' technical sections and no jumps.

[1dannygraves]

I participated in all of The Cactus Cup Races also... The downtown Crit at night was a blast. I remember Bob Roll hitting a cactus and having blood spurting out of his arm at Pinnacle Peak one year. The Good Ole Days!

[cbinsyd]

@tqanderson awesome point man. Nail on the head.

I guess its one of those things, unless you do it, its hard to realise how intense competing against the guy behind you for 40km can actually be will when its 40 degrees celcius in the rough australian bush.

I've just bought a new bike last week, the '96 Avalanche has been retired - see you all on the tracks.

Peace.

[Carlitos7482]

Ah, the golden years of XC. Barends, clip pedals, and Grip Shifts, and jumps.

[ed1189]

Since when did Cross Country require jumping??

It seems more exciting than today's version of XC though...

[m015094]

@johncarew1000

Adam Craig is pretty badass though.  However, Overend is by far my favorite racer. I think that he'd give Lance a beating if he were a roadie.

[wwdhhhh]

jumps sweet....wut happend?