FoX Rider

Good point mael! Why didn't I think of that.

Maelstrom 

I love ignore...have a couple people I don't read. It works wonders...besides online stress is fake. You guys obviously don't get along so why antagonize each other.

FoX Rider

Yeah, I come online mostly at night to just relax and talk with other riders. Arguing with others online is a completely idiotic thing. I feel stupid for doing it.

Endo

The Great One Has Spoken

zimwe

Well in my honest opinion, mountainbiking has many forms, and if he wants to drops with a mountainbike of some description then he is a damn good rider, if he can do that and land them...damn, freeriding takes alot of skill and so do all the other aspects of mountainbiking like downhill, XC or dirtjumping. For people that think all it takes is balls, then maybe try and land one of those drops and then start mouthing off...

bruiser2

I'm just wondering what kind of riding is having true skill according to those who say he is fake. Yes, it does take a lot of balls to throw yourself down 50 feet(maybe some insanity) but to land it takes a huge amount of skill in my opinion. Are you saying that riding a bike on flat ground in dirt is hard? Hate to say it but almost anyone is capable of that. Having said that I have nothing against those who ride xc, I'm just trying to get my point across that it may not be the same skills you need for different types of riding, but it's still skill nonetheless. To say he is not a "real" rider is almost like saying that people with different skin colors aren't "real" people.

MattP.

Personally, I think he's a joke. He's talking about doing a 100 ft drop when the most he has landed is a 41 ft in Utah? Now he is talking about a century? He would kill himself. Oh well, he won't be doing his century soon since he just broke his back, tibia, fibia, and ankle doing a 40 ft drop in Virgin, Utah.

jeff williams

Real.
Somebody has to top it all off, that's Josh.
I think he should chill though, he's already landed the big one.

I think comparing Josh or other riders is a joke.
Unreal.

J-McKech

He is what pushes the sport to new extremes; with his bigger and badder drops/jumps the suspension transforms and thus trickles down to us. It's kind of like drag racing, to me it's not racing, as fast as you can in a straight line but it's all about power and thus the technology trickles down to us.

Blazinall91

to me it would seem like going big would the obvious next step when yu've become board with the mainstream. Think of it, you've done all these thigns that everyone else is now doing, what else can you do. GO HUGE! seriously, you F up a 30ft or 40ft drop and it's your life as with a lot of things in MTBing. Don't judge the guy unless know him and have had contact with him. Most time people percieve a person one way because all they see a small little side of the person not the whole person. Bender is known for his big drops and thats most of what you see

jeff williams

I've only seen pics of the Karpeil https://www.galbraithmt.com/images/jo...302_585pix.jpg
Orange? https://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Jim311

Freeriding isn't really my thing. Seems like mostly what's involved is a huge set of balls and a big bike. To each his own, however.

jeff williams

Some of the canyon stuff is hard to look @.
Scary.
I fell climbing as a youth and am still scared of height.
I do like rocks.
I seek them..on a bike, big ones.

Ontopic
I asked 2 guys on fs bikes during a road commute tonight into town - Bender =You know?
Ya.....dudes ILL.
Icon.

Offtopic.
This pic makes my blood rush.






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Jason222

Kyle Strait is a true rider. Bender can be called one, but in my opinion, he gets too much coverage.

Maelstrom 

Ironically only by the haters. As one of the few who has actually seem him ride, I reserve comment.

mx_599

a certain amount of what he is doing takes no talent what so ever. i don't get too excited over stuff i have seen on here.

mx_599

see....i don't think it takes balls, guts, etc. it takes a willingness to be a quadriplegic.

Hambone40

It takes a lot more than balls. It takes balls to try the drop. It takes skill to land it.

mx_599

uhhh..not really

mx_599

i'd have to see a pic of which one you guys are talking about....it would depend on the situation

sngltrackdufus

"a real rider"?? if the guy rides a bike he is a REAL rider..eh? SNAFU!
I would post pics of my bikes but i don't wanna be put down on the "poser" shelf

-=(8)=-

Funny thing is, show me any of the people who say he's not a real rider
do what he does. I dont think there would b any RedBull Rage type stuff yet
if it wasnt for him. He added something to the sport whether people think
its worthwhile or not.

Maelstrom 

And beyond the hucking, he can likely outride any rider on this site. His hucks are featured, but the guy can rip it up on trails.

-=(8)=-

^^^^^
Also.....Technology follows.
Look at Downhill(?) bikes pre-Bender and look at them now.
It can be argued that they would be that way anyway but I
think he moved the curve of technology forward by about 10 years.
We all have benefited from Bender type insanity in some way.

mx_599

i know you didn't say i said it, but for the record i never said he wasn't real rider. i do claim that some of the stuff i have seen on here from guys like him is no big deal.

a 50lb bag of rice can fall off a cliff...i can fall off a cliff, wow...

....and landing is not hard either. you either have a good down slope or not; if the latter, it will surely be a hard hit

this reminds me of when freestyle motocross was starting out in the mid to late 90's. a lot of stuff they were doing was nothing special. a knick knack patty whack isn't that hard. currently they are doing some real cool stuff.