I want to ride my bicycle...

[AchrisK]

So, this is the biking thread.

Anyone do any biking? BMX? MTB? Road Biking?

I have always just loved riding. Never raced, but back in the 70's and 80's I rode a BMX bike constantly, and even got pretty rad at dirt jumping and some street (freestyle). Not like on the X-Games and stuff, but still pretty rad. I have always had a BMX bike, and in the 90's and 00's I was still doing some jumping (with my son) and some just plain ol' riding.

I recently got myself a mountain bike. It is a 2006 GT Chucker 2.0. At this point it is pretty much still stock. Got it for $200. It's sort of a dirt jumping style mountain bike. Smaller, tough frame, front suspension with 100mm of travel. Much more comfortable than a BMX (I am like 6-1). I have been riding on the street and on some trails, having a blast.

 

[Evil?]

I have always wanted to get more into riding. i used to love it when i was young, but I haven't owned a bike in years.

 

[Xorv]

I skate and I just landed my first varial kickflip today about 20 times.

 

[unknown]

@ lack of queen lyrics

 

[AchrisK]

I skate and I just landed my first varial kickflip today about 20 times.

Cool. My son went from BMX to skating when he was like in 6th grade (he's 15 now). He hasn't been skating the whole time, but he is messing around more these days.

 

[Rumpole]

I mostly just ride on the weekends, I've got a basic 21 speed mountain bike with front shocks, but I'd like to upgrade to a racer.

I tried riding to work the other day. It took about 55 minutes which really is just too long. Plus there's a head wind on the way there, a mega sea breeze on the way home and I have a pretty physical job as well. If I rode to work daily I'd definitely upgrade, but at the moment it's a bit hard to justify it.

 

[panzerfaust666]

ive been biking as long as I can remember. I love biking so damn much! I used to be really into downhilling; even had a DH bike and went down a bunch of famous trails in my backyard. Now I own a dirt/street bike ( Norco 250 ) and bike everyday. I cant do many cool tricks, but I can 180 on flatland and do some other weird spins. Im just now getting into dirtjumping.

 

[AchrisK]

I need to upgrade my forks. They are an RST Gila plus. Basically a low end fork they put on stock bikes. I am trying to decide between a dirt jumping fork which will be strong, but less good on the trail because of the stiff spring, and some kind of all-mountain which might be less strong, but will make the trails like buttah!

 

[panzerfaust666]

I have Rock Shox argyle's. Great fork, decent on trails as long as you can hang on for dear life ha

 

[Satanstoenail]

I was pretty mad into BMX as a kid. I built a pretty good one out of a hack piece of crap. Always wanted a Redline or a Mongoose though.

 

[AchrisK]

I have Rock Shox argyle's. Great fork, decent on trails as long as you can hang on for dear life ha

That is one of the ones I am considering. It has to be better, even for trails, than what I have now. I would like to get something with a through axle, which would also mean getting a new front hub.

 

[hexwind]

damn ! I want to buy a bike, i sold mine back in 2004 for some reasons. Now i want to get one coz i found some cool places to go to with a bike.
Dunno they are expensive or not here..

 

[AchrisK]

I was pretty mad into BMX as a kid. I built a pretty good one out of a hack piece of crap. Always wanted a Redline or a Mongoose though.

Sweet lookin' bike. Are those graphite Tuff Wheels? Bear Trap pedals?

I always had an ugly BMX bike, but I was rad, so it didn't matter. I had a Mongoose Supergoose in the 80's. I always rode Tuff Wheels.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Sweet lookin' bike. Are those graphite Tuff Wheels? Bear Trap pedals?

I always had an ugly BMX bike, but I was rad, so it didn't matter. I had a Mongoose Supergoose in the 80's. I always rode Tuff Wheels.

I dunno I just Googled "Redline" and that was what came up. Speaking of rad:

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

lmao.

 

[The Butt]

I don't bike anymore because some asshole hit me from behind doing 80 clicks an hour, last summer. Fuck that noise.

 

[AchrisK]

Here is me this past August. Too bad the pic wasn't taken a split second later when I was at the apex of my air...

 

[divine_torture]

@ lack of queen lyrics

You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene
And I don't like Star Wars

 

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[AchrisK]

Went for a couple of rides recently, one this morning and one Friday morning. I love riding. Today I was riding with a friend. There is one part of the trails called the half-pipe, which if you go to the left you roll into the section, and if you go right you get about a 3 foot drop. I went right and quickly realized it so I pointed left to tell my friend who was behind me. By then I could not get back to the left, so I had to hit the drop. Fortunately I was able to think quickly enough and pull up and land it fine.

I will be getting an upgrade to my cranks for Christmas. Getting Shimano SLX M665.

I really also want to upgrade my forks. That will definitely be my next upgrade.

The guy I was riding with is just getting back into riding. He went a little crazy and got a Specialized Big Hit. It's a bit much for these trails. He wants to get into downhill riding.