Mountain Bike Racing - Downhill

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myenzo
05-30-05, 06:56 PM
Next season if I have the money, I want to start downhill racing. Does anyone know of any good downhill bikes, (keep in mind that I am only 15 so I'm on a budget). I also might do mountain cross or super D, so any suggestions there would be greatly appreciated.

southern91love
05-30-05, 07:09 PM
dude im 14 too, im getting a hella nice dh bike soon, its goan be a sinister r9 www.sinisterbikes.com and im going to put all custom peices on it. you should defintetly get a realy good bike at first , because if you dont your gona end up spending more in the long run, you might just get a realy nice frame and fork and slowly upgrade the other parts, but im going all out. good luck dude,. check sinister, sana cruz, or specialized if you need to neeed ton eed to save $$$
madbiker555
05-30-05, 07:37 PM
14 all the way! How much were you planning on spending?

southern91love
05-30-05, 07:47 PM
4 grand. shimano saints, hays hydrolics, fox 40 rc, all that good stuff
snakehunter
06-10-05, 08:44 AM
check out transitionbikes.com and check the dirtbag, it would be a GREAT DH/FR/SD ride.... thats what Im gonna race mine with AND its only 2600 for sucjh a NICE ride
Hüp
06-17-05, 03:04 AM
The 14 forum... If you wanna do all that, you're gonna want a 4-by. Those things can do anything.
McGRP01
06-19-05, 12:13 PM
check out transitionbikes.com and check the dirtbag, it would be a GREAT DH/FR/SD ride.... thats what Im gonna race mine with AND its only 2600 for sucjh a NICE ride

Transition doesn't make a DH bike, those are FR bikes. REALLY NICE freeride bikes, but not really suited for DH racing.
madbiker555
06-19-05, 04:24 PM
The 14 forum... If you wanna do all that, you're gonna want a 4-by. Those things can do anything.

4-by's are more of a supercross style racing bike, if you wanted to use it for DH then you would probably destroy the bike.
McGRP01
06-20-05, 07:59 AM
4-by's are more of a supercross style racing bike, if you wanted to use it for DH then you would probably destroy the bike.

Supercross?
Maelstrom
06-20-05, 09:20 AM
4-by's are more of a supercross style racing bike, if you wanted to use it for DH then you would probably destroy the bike.

While thats what they are built for they are solid enough to handle dh courses. The travel might not feel so nice but it will survive. I have seen them survive 20 runs a day on whistler doing 12 to 14 ft drops pretty consistently...
myenzo
07-06-05, 10:03 PM
What exactly is supercross??? Also does anyone know anything about super D racing? I was thinking of doing that until I can afford a DH rig.
madbiker555
07-06-05, 10:17 PM
What exactly is supercross??? Also does anyone know anything about super D racing? I was thinking of doing that until I can afford a DH rig.

Supercross...http://www.extremesports.ltd.uk/wheretoride/graphics/hexthorpe-bmx-track/hexthorpe-panoramic.jpg

The only thing I know about super D racing is that it is a transition between XC and DH.



While thats what they are built for they are solid enough to handle dh courses. The travel might not feel so nice but it will survive. I have seen them survive 20 runs a day on whistler doing 12 to 14 ft drops pretty consistently...

:eek: Norco tough I guess.
myenzo
07-06-05, 10:20 PM
Looks like fun
madbiker555
07-06-05, 10:26 PM
Looks like fun

I wanna try it. :)