Mountain biking, anyone? - United Bimmer Community

**Dudesky** · 06-12-2005, 08:10 AM

Anyone into mountain bikes? For street, I use a Trek 4500. But for the trails, I built a Rocky Mountain from the ground up . . saved a lot by getting parts from eBay. Working on a Bimmer is tough, but bikes I know!

**delmarco** · 06-12-2005, 09:11 AM

I do mountain climbing and hiking...never took a bike with me though...
I'lll look into to it....Have you tried the PAlisades trails in Fort Lee right above the GW bridge...I hike there alot and see bikers all the time.

that is me at the front!

**Rooz** · 06-12-2005, 09:14 AM

My brother and I used to be into mountain bikes hardcore, we both have bikes imported from France $1000 each...

**Dudesky** · 06-12-2005, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by delmarco

....Have you tried the PAlisades trails in Fort Lee right above the GW bridge...I hike there alot and see bikers all the time.

Yea, nice place. Last time I was there, some asswipe kids were tearing ass on their bikes past hikers. No respect for the land or the people who share it. I hate that shit- gives riders a bad stigma. I'm usually at Chimney Rock or Cheesequake Park, going to Hunter Mountain next month. Can't say I've done mountain climbing, maybe I'll give it a try one of these days.

**delmarco** · 06-12-2005, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Dudesky_E36

Yea, nice place. Last time I was there, some asswipe kids were tearing ass on their bikes past hikers. No respect for the land or the people who share it. I hate that shit- gives riders a bad stigma. I'm usually at Chimney Rock or Cheesequake Park, going to Hunter Mountain next month. Can't say I've done mountain climbing, maybe I'll give it a try one of these days.

Hunter Mountain....I love that place...I been snowshoeing there along time ago...we did the mountain side (notthe ski side) and went all the way up to the old fire tower and cabin....If you climb the tower to the top you can see for miles in all direction...pristine!!!!

witeshark · 06-12-2005, 12:41 PM

Nice bikes! Mountain bikes are all about gearing

I like that back round in the second bike pic

**beem** · 06-12-2005, 07:22 PM

i used to mtn bike ALL the time.. but then i started running low on money and didnt feel like saving up when all the disc brakes started coming out.. So i havent really mtn biked since then. I got into triathlon though and that pretty much kicks ass all on its own!

**Dudesky** · 06-12-2005, 07:59 PM

Yeah, I haven't gotten around to disc brakes yet either. It gets expensive when you're into it. The Rocky in the pics has run me about $1600 so far, would have been around 2 grand were it not for eBay. Then there's Rooz & his bro with the $1000 bikes . . . people don't think much about bikes, and when they hear how much you've spent on one, they think you're out of your fricken mind!

Triathlons? I'm impressed, that shit is no joke, man. I also run 15mi per week, but tri's are out of the question for me . . . I can't swim

**RealBmw 02** · 06-13-2005, 12:36 AM

I used to mountain bike, but not nearly as serious as you guys were. I am more into backpacking. I have made many trips to the High Sierras near Lake Tahoe. I have been out for days at a time without seeing a single person not in my group. The longest trip I have been on so far has been 8 days, and we covered about 75 miles. If my leg heals soon enough this summer I will take a trip up there in mid-august.

**Hoppy** · 06-13-2005, 12:36 AM

my buddy shane used to bike. this is his setup like... 2 bikes ago. just happend to have the pic. no biking for him now. hes in the marine corp. he actualy snaped the fork one day. it came down on his foot. and almost cut off his big toe. it was hanging on by a thread

he got some miminal funding from them or something. still cool shit

**Dudesky** · 06-13-2005, 05:41 AM

Sweet, Marzocchi forks up front . . 24 bikes ain't cheap, they're built like a brick shithouse. Note the gusseted head tube area and the reinforced yokes in the rear. From his setup, looks like he was a dirt jumper?

**Hoppy** · 06-13-2005, 11:59 AM

dirt jumping and downhill racing. he would even ride park from time to time on it. only mountain bike there

**528man** · 06-13-2005, 12:56 PM

i have a cannondale for streets, but i never really ride. its like a 600$ bike i got for 150 used. really really lightweight. the only mtn biking ive done what on a trail around a lake near me. its really fun. i think im going to go more often.