Mountain Biking??

[SpectacularDark]

Anyone here mountain bike? If so what do you ride?

[SpectacularDark]

I ride a 2002 Kona Lana'i for XC and i also road bike on the side. I just got it though at a yard sale for $20 but it's nice. It's a Nashbar Road 5000. But before the begining of summer, I hope to purchase a new bike...2005 Iron Horse Yakuza Aniki.

[team222badbrad]

I guess you could call it a mountain bike.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=2513014

Anyway, thats what I cycle around on when I find the time.

Price: $160 at Walmart!

I really use it as more of a road bike, but since I live in the Endless Mountain region of PA, the roads where I live are all up/down and left/right.

No flat places here
Sometimes I may take it for a spin in the wooded mountains all around my house.

[Rombus]

I ride a Kent mtb

What??? you never heard of KENT bikes? Well neither did i till i bought mine at a department store. Im hoping with some harder riding this season ill kill it and finally be able to upgrade. Ive had it for like 3 years though

[KyleGilbert45]

I wish I had the time/places to "mountain" bike. Around here in the midwest it should be called "hill biking" or "really flat land biking". I've always liked riding bikes and I used to hike trails at state parks, when I had free time in my life. If I lived really close to somewhere decent to mountain bike I would probably go out every time the weather was nice.

As for the bike, my parents bought me a Gary Fisher Advance a couple years ago, thinking I would ride it around campus. I think I've been on it maybe one or two times since, and now it just collects dust in my dorm room.

[Ian Curtis]

Why mountain bike when you can Mountain Unicycle!! My unicycle has three inch wide tire, a titanium axle, and a even a break!

[SpectacularDark]

Well not to affend you but a walmart bike isnt much of a mountain bike. i mean like real mountain biking...you know down hill and freeriding--thats what i do, and the occasional races. but yeh i tried unicycling and it turns out that 190lbs doesnt balance on them that well.

[RogerR]

i trail-ride around my area. its hard to find a mountain when the highest elevation in the area is a garbage mound at the local dump (though there are some nice drops in the local parks, and the single track isn't to be frowned on). i ride a 2003 gary-fisher marlin. i spend more time on my bike than i do in my car.

Originally Posted by SpectacularDark

Well not to affend you but a walmart bike isnt much of a mountain bike. i mean like real mountain biking...

the bike doesn't make the rider. i put some serious miles under the tires of my huffy superia. i keep it at my house and ride it when i go back home from college.

[DarkJedi613]

Originally Posted by SpectacularDark

Well not to affend you but a walmart bike isnt much of a mountain bike. i mean like real mountain biking...you know down hill and freeriding--thats what i do, and the occasional races. but yeh i tried unicycling and it turns out that 190lbs doesnt balance on them that well.

If you click the link that bike doesn't actually look too bad. Sure its not the greatest, but it doesn't look horrible either.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by RogerR

the bike doesn't make the rider. i put some serious miles under the tires of my huffy superia. i keep it at my house and ride it when i go back home from college.

Call me elitist, but anyone who considers themselves a mountain biker (or any kind of cyclist for that matter) doesn't ride anything that didn't come from a bike shop.

The best toy store bike you can get doesn't even approach the level of quality of a cheap bike shop bike.

I ride a Specialized Hardrock AI Comp FS. I've upgraded it a lot, but it's getting pretty old ('99) and too small for me.

[team222badbrad]

Sure it may not even come close to the strength and quality of a real mountain bike, but I can still have the same amount of fun.

If it breaks, then I could probably buy several more bikes for the price of a real mountain bike.

I don't even think my car is worth the price of my bike, but hey it gets me from point A to point B!

Willing to challenge anyone on the mountain, as long as they come to North Eastern PA!

[Cory]

Originally Posted by team222badbrad

Sure it may not even come close to the strength and quality of a real mountain bike, but I can still have the same amount of fun.

If it breaks, then I could probably buy several more bikes for the price of a real mountain bike.

I don't even think my car is worth the price of my bike, but hey it gets me from point A to point B!

Willing to challenge anyone on the mountain, as long as they come to North Eastern PA!

Sure, it's cheaper, but the added quality and support you'll receiver from a bike shop are worth the extra price, if you're anything but a casual rider.

[henryBsick]

Originally Posted by team222badbrad

Sure it may not even come close to the strength and quality of a real mountain bike, but I can still have the same amount of fun.

If it breaks, then I could probably buy several more bikes for the price of a real mountain bike.

I don't even think my car is worth the price of my bike, but hey it gets me from point A to point B!

Willing to challenge anyone on the mountain, as long as they come to North Eastern PA!

Bring it Bradley.
I ride a Haro VGF V-2
I do constant 20-30 mile trips throughout the summer with the occasional 50 miler. Every other summer I do a 210 mile trip on the C and O Canal, I think it is like somewhere in Maryland to Washington DC. Aside from those I take it and ride in a shale pit a half-mile from my house all the time, which is where the real mountain biking takes place.
I lub my bike

[Rombus]

Originally Posted by SpectacularDark

Well not to affend you but a walmart bike isnt much of a mountain bike. i mean like real mountain biking...you know down hill and freeriding--thats what i do, and the occasional races.

None taken, i know my bike isn't a real mountain bike, Heck, i was going to shoot some video footage (For editing practice) of me going down a hill that started off with a 6-8" drop off. Well, the drop off had a small cave between the dirt and the sidewalk cement, and i figured i could hide the camera in there to get a cool shot. I decide to try the entry first to be sure i could clear the jump without hitting the camera.

So i got a good start, did the jump, landed it fine.....or so i thought. After i landed i started to head towards a tree that was a few feet from my landing, I hit my breaks and steered from the tree. I ended up hitting a root the jutted out from the side of the tree and Endoed. Funny thing is, i completely cleared the bars, and ended up landing on my feet and slid down a bit before coming to a stop.
Damage to me? None. Damage to my bike? i tacoed my rear wheel, and ended up breaking my rear derailleur.