Mountain Bikes - Who rides and races? Post your bikes.
- Thread starter Curtis Guise
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jon coleman
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have chance to get a ' haro' mnt bike, full susp, those bigger wheels, nice & new, are they any good??
Curtis Guise
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It looks like Haro's are still sold in bike shops so I'm sure its good. Other big brands like Schwinn and Mongoose became Walmart/Target bikes years ago which brings the quality down.
Offspring
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The "best bike" is the one you'll ride as often as possible!
jon coleman
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racing bug is biting, always thought of mountain bike racing, is my rock hopper any good?, no suspension class?, vintage cls,?and the Big question ,age classes?thanx.best race org place to start?
Curtis Guise
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The Quick n' Dirty races in Escondido are fun but they don't have a vintage class. And they only do them in May-June. For beginner men they have 16-36, 37-48 and 49+. It's 2 laps on a 4.5 mile course. It's not a very rough course but the Hard Rock with no suspension probably wouldn't be ideal. If you get that Newer Haro you mentioned you would be all set.
jon coleman
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cool, i can train & dial in that h .suspension valving over the winter, thnx
Curtis Guise
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jon coleman
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red bull thing on broad cast tv, kelly mcgarry 72 hrs with .holy crap these guys are Gnarley!!
Curtis Guise
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jon coleman
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is there still gonna be mnt bike racing?, doggonit, i got the racing bug bad and im broke!, oh well,
Curtis Guise
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Hopefully again soon. MTB racing is cheap compared to desert racing if you already have a bike.
I raced the California Mountain Bike Series at Vail Lake in Temecula at the end of February and intended to do their race March 15th but didn't ride enough in-between races and it rained a ton that week of the race. And I thought they were going to cancel because of C-19 but they ended up racing... It was a 7 mile loop XC race. I got 1st at that first race but there were only two of us in the category I was in LOL. I did an extra lap to see how I would place in the next higher category and I would have been 3rd out of 10. I'm looking forward to the Quick n' Dirty Thursday night series at Lake Hodges in Escondido May/June.
Curtis Guise
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If you compare it to me racing in the 90's then yes I was sandbagging. I'm definitely not in the same shape I was back then. Trying to get back close to it though LOL.
I've done some gravel bike rides with a local brewery and there are guys older than me that have way more endurance. It's crazy to see and motivating.