On holiday at Whistler bike park

[Papalazarou]

I'm staying at Whistler mountainbike park in BC. I can't believe the riding we're doing. It's pretty hardcore and a real body wrecker.
Here's a vid I found of one of the trails we did today. I'm new to north shore and didn't know what was coming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsYOXonYISs&feature=related


Cheers,


James.

[dan the man]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


gutted its on my list... Ride there in winter- ride there in summer..


move there permanant !

enjoy. awesome is the word

[dan the man]

PS. this is one of the best trails ive seen !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAccWTrnIQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Espurscommunity%2Eco%2Euk%2 Fforums%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D17057

[jaytip]

PS. this is one of the best trails ive seen !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAccWTrnIQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Espurscommunity%2Eco%2Euk%2 Fforums%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D17057
F**K THAT :eek:
I thought the single track downhills in Afan Valley were bad enough,i would never attempt that !!!
Maybe it was the camera lens/angle but some of those jumps looked very big.
It's testament to the quality of the bikes suspension though,that the camera didn't shake about as much as you would expect.

[Papalazarou]

It's crazy out here. Yesterday we did a trail called goats gully which you'd seriously struggle to walk up. I'm glad I bought a Downhill bike to do this as it's soooo punishing. Another cool thing is there are lots of hardcore female riders. The olny downside is that every morning I feel like I've been in a car crash!

Cheers,

James.

[dan the man]

Mint mate..love IT!

whats the bike..intense? cant make it out

[Papalazarou]

Mint mate..love IT!

whats the bike..intense? cant make it out

It's an Intense Socom. Today I went over to flat pedals because the clips were killing my feet. Now I'm learning not to pull up on table tops which is tricky; like unlearning 18 years of bad habbit! The first couple of runs today resulted in a couple of involuntary no-footers!Anyway, it's an awesome venue out here and 5 hours a day of riding is really improving my skills.


Cheers,

James.

[Kevin]

I've just picked up a mountain bike that I bought last week. It's nothing special, a FELT Racing bike. Nothing like the Colnago road bike I got a while back. Haven't done mountain biking before so just got this to try it out.

Holiday in the UK over now, it's back to the Alps for me today.:)

[dan the man]

Ive always rode flat for soem reason.. never fancied being tied in :D Been out today local routes..but god i was out of sorts.. no balance and flow spoilt my day :(