Where and when did you start riding???
11-19-07, 03:25 PM
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Where and when did you start riding???
I started when I was 11 years old I'm 38 now I got sponcered by SE when I was 16 it didnt last long due to the High Crime neiborhood I lived in and the inabuility to keep a bike safe during those years.. But then I started racing Cruiser class because I naturally got larger so I had to go somewhere I wasnt gonna stop riding. Mountain bikes started to get a liitle cooler but for a long time us Hard-Core BMX'ers at least the ones i kicked with would rather pump one gear than look like a dweeb granny crankin up a hill. Now that I'm alot older (And now Smarter!) I've fonud a love for mountain bikes, It still started with a Hard -Tail but now I have my Nomad and I'm gonna have some real fun now!!
11-19-07, 05:29 PM
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At four years old I tackled my first bike, as I grew, so did my bikes until about 12 when the bmx bug hit. Got some Royce Union, I think, then my Hoffman ep and did flatland from about 14-17. The car kind of got me out of riding along with school. Got into mtb's about 2 years ago and here I am.
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Started on training wheels at age 3.
Started BMX riding at age 7
Trasitioned to mountain biking at age 9.
Been riding empty lots and construction sites as well as some local trails and tracks. I've been riding all my life, and i plan on going big with it someday. =D
Started BMX riding at age 7
Trasitioned to mountain biking at age 9.
Been riding empty lots and construction sites as well as some local trails and tracks. I've been riding all my life, and i plan on going big with it someday. =D
11-19-07, 05:48 PM
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Age 6 on a 24" coaster-brake single-speed; age 12 or so, 20" Columbia "Stingray;" age 13 - 24" unicycle; also age 13 - Suzuki 80cc. From there a series of dirt bikes/race bikes took over. Raced indoor short track, flat track, scrambles, rough-scrambles, motocross and desert cross country.
At about age 45, I bought a full suspension Mongoose at Costco (
) and took up mountain biking.
At about age 45, I bought a full suspension Mongoose at Costco (
) and took up mountain biking.
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11-19-07, 10:39 PM
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Got my first bike [red Supercycle] on my 6th birthday. No training wheels - my parents were core. First real off-road ride was when I was 13 on a Woolco 10-speed in the Weaslehead. It's been downhill [and uphill] ever since. 
11-19-07, 10:47 PM
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Started Riding at age 10, racing at 12. I'm 16 now and race Expert XC. First bike was a huffy 5 speed, now racing something a little nicer.
11-20-07, 12:01 AM
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Whistler, age 27, 5 years ago. Whistler has a horrible gym which is beyond horrible (I was a power lifter and this is a "fitness" center") so I needed something to do.
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Oaxaca, Mexico 4 years ago.... I got serious and started mountain biking.
11-20-07, 12:47 AM
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Learned how to ride a bike at age 5, while vacationing in Madrid. Started racing BMX at 11 years old. Started working at a bike shop at 15 or 16. Got into road riding in college, and also mountain biking back in '91.
Just never quit riding.
Just never quit riding.
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11-20-07, 06:23 AM
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I have no idea when I started but according to my folks it was before I started walking.
What I do remember, I went from a bigwheel to something called a "Cheetah" (a type of trike) to a Schwinn BMX at around 4 or 5. Rode BMX until I was 10 then added road biking as well. Stopped riding both at 17 while I was in the service. Got out of the service in '90, bought my first mtb, a Bianchi, in Phoenix,AZ and started racing XC and DH on it.
Oh yeah, and I started riding dirt bikes (desert) at age 10 and road racing at 21.
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What I do remember, I went from a bigwheel to something called a "Cheetah" (a type of trike) to a Schwinn BMX at around 4 or 5. Rode BMX until I was 10 then added road biking as well. Stopped riding both at 17 while I was in the service. Got out of the service in '90, bought my first mtb, a Bianchi, in Phoenix,AZ and started racing XC and DH on it.
Oh yeah, and I started riding dirt bikes (desert) at age 10 and road racing at 21.
DBD
11-20-07, 08:33 AM
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Hey, I had a Cheetah too! My parents have a film (no video back then) of me riding it in our driveway. I think I was 3 or 4 at the time!!!!
It broke when I rode it down the stairs of the neighbors backyard. Got a bloody nose as well.
I guess that's when my parents knew they were in trouble!!!!
It broke when I rode it down the stairs of the neighbors backyard. Got a bloody nose as well.
I guess that's when my parents knew they were in trouble!!!!
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11-20-07, 10:12 AM
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Mt. Everest, age 7. Though, by the time I got to the top, I was 8. Then I rode down it. After that, I took off a few years. Recently, at age 86, I have begun riding again. This time, I'm keeping it more local.
11-20-07, 10:24 AM
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K-2 is a little closer and only a few feet shorter than Everest, I hear the lift ticket's quite affordable also!
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If you're suggesting this as a future endeavor, I appreciate it. However, at my advanced age, it's hard to ride with my oxygen tank. Not to mention that my joints get stiff in the cold.
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Started riding bikes in 1970. Had a 1969 Peugeot PX-10, then a 1970 Colnago.
In 1972 I had a roommate named Gary Fisher. He had a collection of old-one speeds that we started using for town bikes. We started taking them off-road, and one thing led to a lot of others, and I became a mountain biker.
In 1972 I had a roommate named Gary Fisher. He had a collection of old-one speeds that we started using for town bikes. We started taking them off-road, and one thing led to a lot of others, and I became a mountain biker.
