True. I could drop out of college, leave my girlfriend, sell my car and all my clothes except my riding gear, and spend all the money I would save on bikes. Live at whistler in the brush by the top of the first lift. Snag the occasional clif bar and monster out of packs, and become a mountain man who has three bikes; one gnarly DH, one FR, and one XC for running from the park employees trying to chase me away. Three bikes and a fairly dramatic lifestyle change is enough right?
Five bikes right now; Turner DHR for DH, Norco A-Line set up All Mountain, Norco One25 for Pump tracks/DJ. Then I have a road bike for my long rides and a TT (Time Trial). I have two frames and parts also sitting around.
8 bikes, 1x Karpiel Apocalypse, 1x Surly Pugsley, 2x Schwinn Spoilers, 1x Giant Stiletto, 1x 1991 Kiss Miami Big Bastid ( not a typo, rocking horse shit made by Muddyfox between 89-91 ), 1x 1983 Ridgeback ( never had a model name, essentially a copy of a Ritchey P3 ), 1x mid 1980's Triumph road bike that I never ride
I have 5 my most prized is my GT lts 2000 . Btw I'm new here guys big hello from new York
I lifted this from some other site, thought you might be interested if you didn't already know. Cool having something with some history & a record ain't it
WHEN IT CAME TO COMPETITION, the LTS crushed its opposition. The strength of the LTS was its versatility over different terrain and bump eating performance. Downhillers loved them, and the race results backed it up. The biggest winning margin in the history of World Cup DH race was established with a derivative model of the original LTS concept. The infamous GT LTS DH. Ridden by Nicholas Vouilloz, the prototype GT LTS won on debut at the incredibly rough 1995 Cap d’Ail event by a massive 14.13 seconds, a record that remains unbeaten today. A year later at 96 Cairns World Championship, Nico, now onboard a Thermoplastic framed LTS DH running first generation Rock Shox Boxxers, defeated American sensation Shaun Palmer, who raced onboard the arguably the greatest DH bike ever, the Intense M1, to showcase how good the basic LTS design truly was, even against the latest generation of super bikes. An unknown British rider called Steve Peat was also winning British National and European regional events onboard an LTS DH. Back home, Michael Ronning, Scot Sharples and many other future World Cup racers also all kick started their racing careers onboard a LTS.