Colorado is the toughest in the U.S.?

[LIBERATOR]

I bumped into a guy on Dakota Ridge, and he was from California, he had
done races, he was 35 years old, and had been MTBing since MTBing
started.

He told me that when MTBing first started, the bikes couldn't handle
Colorado, and people wouldn't want to come here, because they'd destroy
their bikes, as well as likely get injured.

Now he says technology has made the difference, the suspension, &
engineering, now, has made Colorado the premiere place to MTB. He said
in the early years he'd stay in California, or goto other states that
weren't severe as Colorado because the mountains & trails are so rocky.
He mentioned that he hasn't seen switchbacks, steps, & steep long
downhills anywhere like he has in Colorado.

Is Colorado that tough compared to other states (for those of you whom
have traveled)?

 

[Shawn]

LIBERATOR wrote:
> I bumped into a guy on Dakota Ridge, and he was from California, he had
> done races, he was 35 years old, and had been MTBing since MTBing
> started.

He was five?

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per LIBERATOR:
>I bumped into a guy on Dakota Ridge, and he was from California, he had
>done races, he was 35 years old, and had been MTBing since MTBing
>started.

I *think* I bought my original Stumpie over 30 years ago.

Could be wrong.... but it seems like it was mid-seventies.
--
PeteCresswell

 

[John Nichel]

(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per LIBERATOR:
>
>>I bumped into a guy on Dakota Ridge, and he was from California, he had
>>done races, he was 35 years old, and had been MTBing since MTBing
>>started.
>
>
> I *think* I bought my original Stumpie over 30 years ago.
>
> Could be wrong.... but it seems like it was mid-seventies.

Could be that AMR doesn't give a rat's ass about mountain biking.

--
"This Basil. This Basil's wife. This smack on head."
-- Basil Fawlty

 

[JD]

Shawn wrote:
> LIBERATOR wrote:
> > I bumped into a guy on Dakota Ridge, and he was from California, he had
> > done races, he was 35 years old, and had been MTBing since MTBing
> > started.
>
> He was five?


Either that, or it's gary fisher and he's found what Ponce DeLeon was
looking for.

JD

 

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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per LIBERATOR:
> >I bumped into a guy on Dakota Ridge, and he was from California, he had
> >done races, he was 35 years old, and had been MTBing since MTBing
> >started.
>
> I *think* I bought my original Stumpie over 30 years ago.
>
> Could be wrong.... but it seems like it was mid-seventies.

Nah, first Stumpjumpers appeared in the early '80's.

'Remember the eeeiiiiggghhtiiees?' --Goat Boy

RE: original question: No, Colorado is definitely not
more technical than other states' mountain bikin,
generally speaking. But we do have big damn climbs
and lots of em. Altitude, too, contributes to the difficulty.

Robert

 

[Jim Geiger]

> RE: original question: No, Colorado is definitely not
> more technical than other states' mountain bikin,
> generally speaking. But we do have big damn climbs
> and lots of em. Altitude, too, contributes to the difficulty.
>
> Robert

You *do* realize that, when you reply to Liberator, that you are replying to
a homeless, certifiable mental case, don't you?

 

[LIBERATOR]

Jim Geiger wrote:
> > RE: original question: No, Colorado is definitely not
> > more technical than other states' mountain bikin,
> > generally speaking. But we do have big damn climbs
> > and lots of em. Altitude, too, contributes to the difficulty.
> >
> > Robert
>
> You *do* realize that, when you reply to Liberator, that you are replying to
> a homeless, certifiable mental case, don't you?

I don't think they believe you or even paid attention to your madness,
Virginia, and It sounds like you're jealous I'm getting attention from
people you can't control. Perhaps you ought to bother someone else.
What is Stephanie wants to kick your ass, will your witchcraft work on
her? I don't think it will, dear.

 

[LIBERATOR]

Shawn wrote:
> LIBERATOR wrote:
> > I bumped into a guy on Dakota Ridge, and he was from California, he had
> > done races, he was 35 years old, and had been MTBing since MTBing
> > started.
>
> He was five?

20 years ago would be 15, dear.

 

[Shawn]

LIBERATOR wrote:
> Shawn wrote:
>
>>LIBERATOR wrote:
>>
>>>I bumped into a guy on Dakota Ridge, and he was from California, he had
>>>done races, he was 35 years old, and had been MTBing since MTBing
>>>started.
>>
>>He was five?
>
>
> 20 years ago would be 15, dear.

Gee hun, mountain biking's been around for thirty plus. I got my fist
MTB 22 years ago and it was a mass market *Bianchi* ferchrisake. Hardly
cutting edge.

Shawn