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jmenau

Oct 10, 2007 at 5:45

2007-10-10

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Palmela, Portugal

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Palmela DH 1996

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DH starting on the castle of Palmela, near Setúbal (Portugal). Same spot in 1997 here: http://www.pinkbike.com/video/125191/

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ruigonzales (Oct 26, 2008 at 15:46)

I was there racing. I had a Marzocchi DH3 80mm travel and a Sintesi Bromont 100mm rear travel. We had to gain speed up to 60km/h to make the double on 2.0 tyres. That was the spirit. Nowadays bikes do most of the hard work for the pilot.
A GT com suspensÃ£o e triangulo traseiro fluorescentes Ã© o Nuno Moca por exemplo. Marco fidalgo com a Parkpre, JoÃ£o Cordeiro na Sunn a ir ribanceira abaixo e a ficar maltratado... VÃ¡ lÃ¡ em 96 ja havia guiadores sobreelevados e andava na altura com um prato de 50 dentes mas sem travÃµes de disco q eram coisa rara ainda! Em 94 grande parte da malta, pelo menos no regional do Minho, fazia a prova de DH no SÃ¡bado com a mesma bike com que fazia a prova de x-country no Domingo. CÃ¡ fica um pouco da histÃ³ria do DH TUGA. Bons rides! Rui Silva

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dhfredrik (Apr 12, 2008 at 10:10)

Looks like the DH bike industry has changed a little since 1996! And thank god for that!!!

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willdirtjumper (Jun 12, 2008 at 1:48)

damn some nice crashes in there!
bet they were thinking 'itll be fine, ive got 4" of travel!'

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FRseis (Oct 19, 2008 at 11:35)

Este Ã© o vÃdeo com mais feeling que jÃ¡ vi atÃ© hoje! NÃ£o hÃ¡ nada como ser old school.
Obrigado pelo vÃdeo! Smile

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jmenau (Mar 10, 2010 at 6:27)

Also watch the year after, Palmela in 1997 here:

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/125191/

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enjoii (Mar 31, 2008 at 12:55)

Vod lol?

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kurt63 (Jun 4, 2008 at 8:48)

This is manly ! A part of me wish it would still be like this.
Imagine the fear they feelt.

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JDIOGO (Dec 19, 2007 at 7:15)

estes sim os verdadeiros rider's

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dranoel (Dec 8, 2008 at 6:11)

whoaa! the faceplant @ 93 looks extremely painfull!

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Monority (Aug 19, 2009 at 21:37)

must be frustrating wiping out on lips like that nowadays

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Wantedlonewolf (Mar 27, 2008 at 15:02)

Old school babay Yeah!!

downhilladdict (May 29, 2008 at 15:39)

lol look at 45-48. how's that even happen?!?!

rippin-norco (Nov 21, 2008 at 18:10)

wow i could pwna ll em with a stock shred 2-4

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kr1stu (Dec 26, 2008 at 10:22)

rijos... =)

Nessa altura ja tava td encaminhado... ^^

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TOONORCOFORYOU (Dec 15, 2008 at 8:17)

looks like a eat it fest to me Smile

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rodrigonogueira (Feb 18, 2009 at 14:15)

Loucura... ainda me lembro! Minha rica pro-flex!!

nddesign (May 27, 2009 at 8:18)

algo diferente essas pro-flex. com akelas suspensões malucas da girvin :o)))
eu lembro-me da minha grisley nimbus 10. era top.
a volta que as bikes deram.

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kikoguarda (May 3, 2009 at 14:17)

47.12 !!"##$%&/

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freeriderab (Apr 9, 2008 at 14:38)

Estes Ã© k dominavam com rigidas

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riderviper (Sep 2, 2009 at 16:06)

LINDO!

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lighting1000 (May 23, 2008 at 11:36)

very nice old school Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡

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SuperBock (Jan 6, 2009 at 7:13)

VOD.....VOD.....VOD.....VOD....
ALL THA WAY!!!!!

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ridetolive666 (Aug 4, 2008 at 10:46)

bike well be changed...

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tomkennedy (Aug 20, 2008 at 18:22)

wow can you say loosen up guys!! kool old school DH

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shox2000 (Aug 4, 2008 at 12:24)

yeaa!

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PizsamasBanan (Apr 6, 2008 at 9:23)

lot of crashes Big Grin

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luis66 (Apr 16, 2008 at 12:41)

old school!

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M-a-R-c-I (Jun 24, 2008 at 1:48)

old school Big Grin

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ricardompp (Mar 19, 2008 at 16:20)

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downhiller4eva (Aug 25, 2008 at 11:44)

what the name of the song??

jmenau (Aug 29, 2008 at 9:08)

How about to see the vid till the end? ItÂ´s there!

johnysss (Mar 8, 2010 at 17:19)

squash that fly fu manchu

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