this is a fact. the gods of downhill cycling are very jealous and selfish gods, and they only allow those who have paid the proper tribute and sacrifice of 10 years and 5,000 miles to ride downhill. if you attempt riding downhill without having done this, you will get to the end of the ride, possibly look at your friends and say "wow, that was kinda fun, i might want to try that again," and then just keel over dead, stricken down. i can't think of how many people i've seen just die riding downhill because of that. (well, i can't think of any because i've never seen anyone die riding downhill, but i'm sure there are plenty of foolish rubes who think they can just ride a bike downhill because they "like" it or "it's fun" without 10 years of experience and 5000 miles under their belt).

oh, my friend, who has ridden knolly and other downhill bikes, is currently downhilling on a santa cruz blur. yes, a santa cruz blur is his downhill bike.