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Slashin' turns, huh Mav?

The Hot Topic Cheerleaders!

Ha! This is a great conversation! Guess what? You're all right! I don't even ride my 20" anymore. I ride a Jackal and a Transition Double, but there is no way I or my parents could have afforded one of these kinds of bikes, (if they had existed) when I was a kid. Everyone should be able to ride what they want. The cost to markup comparison is relative. Of course disc brakes and suspension cost more than u-brakes and rigid forks. If you look at frame prices, the difference is bit more clear. It is close to twice as much. A few more inches of tubing don't account for that much of a mark up. How about if the main point is that mtb prices should come down and quality should go up? It's actually happening, slowly.

Agreed. It is harder, and of course tricks are going to be learned at traditional bmx style trails and step ups before they're taken to the slope, (which I enjoy seeing). What I don't enjoy is seeing kids who can't afford a decent mtb jumper, don't know that they can do the same thing on a lower priced, more durable bmx, out at the trails breaking their bikes and not being able to ride because they're constantly more focused on the equipment that the actual riding. This is where I have a problem with the distinction. Not at the pro level, but on the entry level. Riding a bike off a jump IS BMX, no matter what bike you're on. This fact is ingeniously hidden by the marketing departments of all the major bicycle manufacturers. They can sell mtb jump bikes, that cost the same to manufacture, for twice the price of bmx bikes because of this distinction. And as suicidedownhiller said, its a hell of a lot harder to do the same tricks on a mtb. So the focus is put on the bike, when that same kid could have just been focusing on the riding. Take a look at some of your favorite mtb jumper/downhill/4x/slopestyle riders bios. You might notice a common beginning between a lot of them.

Not at all. I'm laughing too. Im not being sarcastic when I say have fun. Let's break down these barriers, dirt jumping is dirt jumping, no matter what size wheels you're on.

Neg props away! That's ok. Your ignorance isn't your fault. You have been sold these definitions. Have fun on your heavy, expensive, fragile contraptions. I have a couple of those as well. Just realize that the kid out at the trails on the little bike that cost less than half of yours, and will last twice as long, is doing the same thing as you. It's the SAME THING on a very slightly different bike.

@bikeprox, I'm wearing a RAD racing shirt right now!

The guy that really started all this is Jose Yanez. He was the first to ever backflip a bike, invented ramp to ramp trick jumping, and he was doing it in the actual circus! He was the only one doing back flips for the next ten years after he invented it. http://myradself.webs.com/ http://mpora.com/videos/kNTrRMN49