Mountain Biking - I may have to pick up a DH bike...

i may be going to Moody Bible Institute in Spokane WA.


SHAWEET?

going to washington? cool. you might also need an uphill bike from what i've heard.

shred the knar with jeebus

You're going to Washington and need a Downhill bike?

Go here and Doug will take good care of you: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?671714-TRANSITION-BLINDSIDE-Frame-900-**REDUCED-PRICE**

^^ Thank, santiago, Reduced further - - I want to get it sold. If you do end up going to MBI, there are a few of us who can hook you up with some good rides - -DH, XC, whatever. Lots of opportunities here.

Awesome! That sounds great. Honestly I can't wait, but it won't be til sometime in early january. will you still have some nice stuff?

Also, is there good riding in Spokane?

I heard the Next Power X is a pretty good DH bike. You should check it out. ;)

I heard the Next Power X is a pretty good DH bike. You should check it out. ;)

Haha nice Dude that's what I hear! For some reason my lbs doesn't have em?

Also, is there good riding in Spokane?There is a lot of good riding in Spokane (and just outside Spokane too). The best part is that a lot of it you don't even need a car to get to. There are trailheads inside the city limits (some just out of the downtown core) that you can ride to and then ride. And there are a few shops here that host weekly rides at various locations, so you can quickly get plugged in with other people to ride with and learn the trail systems.

That is insane! When you said "you won't even need a car" my ears perked! I'm coming from atlanta and that's a 38 hour tho one way with nothing else on the road. I'm very excited and its pretty much a definate that I will be going to mbi this spring. also, about how far is the campus from the trail heads?

and how far are you from spokane?

Dang, I may have to relocate to Spokane.

about how far is the campus from the trail heads?Here are a couple of examples: from the campus to west end (accessed from the parking lot of one of the municipal golf courses) of the Beacon Hill trail network = 3.5 miles

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=110600669631174723582.000493138a00421eb43b7

Or from campus west and south through downtown to the South Hill bluffs = 3.5 miles, over half of which can be car-free going on the Centennial trail, which runs through the Gonzaga U. campus (just south of where you'll be).

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4157869

Or you can keep going west another mile or less out the Cent. Trail to connect into the Riverside State Park trail network.

To answer your other question, I live 25 mi outside Spokane but I commute to Spokane for work every day.

Man! I am very excited! Just got off the phone with them and its 100%! Sell me a sick rig man! I will be on the trails every day after classes!

Hey D i was looking on the Spokane Craigslist and are those prices fairly cheap for DH bikes? here in Atl the prices are about 2x that for the same or worse stuff.

You really need to look close when buying Dh/ FR stuff. Not everyone takes care of there equipment like Never and D.

Pretty typical. With a local DH hill plus two lift-access parks inside 1½ hrs drive, there are a lot of DH riders here. Keep in mind a lot of that hardware is old; but Sundays are common as water.

Pretty typical. With a local DH hill plus two lift-access parks inside 1½ hrs drive, there are a lot of DH riders here. Keep in mind a lot of that hardware is old; but Sundays are common as water.

if i dont get my bike from you, i may have to bring you along when i get it. ill have the pro inspect it.

You really need to look close when buying Dh/ FR stuff. Not everyone takes care of there equipment like Never and D.

Hey, who is making up lies about me taking care of my bikes?

if i dont get my bike from you, i may have to bring you along when i get it. ill have the pro inspect it.

To do that, D charges a nominal $800 fee. But don't worry, his pro inspection service includes a Transition Blindside frame gently used by the smoothest old guy to ever straddle a DH rig.

To do that, D charges a nominal $800 fee. But don't worry, his pro inspection service includes a Transition Blindside frame gently used by the smoothest old guy to ever straddle a DH rig.

so your saying there should be no other option and it would be ridiculous for me to turn that offer away?

No, it's just D's fee and the free gift he provides to all of his customers.

Well then I think ut would be offensive to him if I turned down his services.

Doug is full of crap - no riding here - I think everyone drives cars, legal driving age is 4, Ithink it is illegal to ride bikes here.......

Really this is a great place to ride (Road, dirt, wood, etc) - let us know know when you get here.....between Doug and my LBS connections we can hook you up with a demo or 2.

Sounds like a plan! I will be there sometime early january, and from what I hear it will be very snowy! But you have to realize.. I can't go all out on a bike, I need something used but not abused

Hope you like to ski or snowboard as well.

Sounds like a plan! I will be there sometime early january, and from what I hear it will be very snowy! But you have to realize.. I can't go all out on a bike, I need something used but not abused

Too bad you didn't find out a month earlier. My V10 went for $2000 complete.

Take heart, Just picked up an FSA reducer headset online so will be able to assemble a complete Blindside - - for a good bit less than $2K.

Take heart, Just picked up an FSA reducer headset online so will be able to assemble a complete Blindside - - for a good bit less than $2K.

for a good bit less then 2k you better put my name on it!

Hope you like to ski or snowboard as well.

i cant really snowboard but i have always wanted to, all my friends did when i lived in Pittsburgh PA.. i was only 12 at the time

Again hit me up when you get here - I'm going up to the ski hill/mtb trails all the time - I have 3 boys, only one bikes (very well too), but the they all board (one is learning).

Again hit me up when you get here - I'm going up to the ski hill/mtb trails all the time - I have 3 boys, only one bikes (very well too), but the they all board (one is learning).

i most deffinatly will! Like i said though it wont be till January so dont expect me anytime soon, but when i do come up i would love to go riding with you guys!

^^ It's all good - - winter lasts 'til June around here anyway.

Jonny, come up here for a day and "get your feet wet" on some downhills that are several miles long.....then multiply that X10 for The PNW area.

Jonny, come up here for a day and "get your feet wet" on some downhills that are several miles long.....then multiply that X10 for The PNW area.

I'm in Tega Kay Sc right now.. That's not to far I don't think but I'm able to head home and I'm all ot of bikes