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flag Jose-David-DH
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 16:04 Quote
bryandickson wrote:
EDIT: Thats quite the story to go along with that! Atleast your back doing what you love by the sounds of it!
did you looked at the seat? Big Grin it's gonna be on a wall next x-mas when i buy something new

and wasn't that bad... i had food 3 times each day and moved every 2 days so no claustrophobia on small war-movie-like cells wich was my biggest fear when i saw them... the worst part is thinking about your family, you know you're ok, you know you're strong... but you never know how your family is so you start thinking "oh shit, this is gonna give my grandma a heart attack" but i'm happy that nothing serious happened when they got the news and there's no psychological shit (shitloads of hate to that rat is not a psychological problem, it's pretty normal)

fun fact... going home, i told my family that i had eat rice and lentils (google translator, don't know if right... this stuff) for 2 weeks... i wanted a burger! so after 2 weeks with commies i ate a huge burger with bacon and a coca cola... months later, i saw Iron Man and lol'd


edit: oh and you really learn that any day, life could f*ck you up so you have to live like there's no tomorrow, ride bikes every day and have fun
flag thebillygoat6000
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 16:07 Quote
Jose-David-DH wrote:
bryandickson wrote:
EDIT: Thats quite the story to go along with that! Atleast your back doing what you love by the sounds of it!
did you looked at the seat? Big Grin it's gonna be on a wall next x-mas when i buy something new

and wasn't that bad... i had food 3 times each day and moved every 2 days so no claustrophobia on small war-movie-like cells wich was my biggest fear when i saw them... the worst part is thinking about your family, you know you're ok, you know you're strong... but you never know how your family is so you start thinking "oh shit, this is gonna give my grandma a heart attack" but i'm happy that nothing serious happened when they got the news and there's no psychological shit (shitloads of hate to that rat is not a psychological problem, it's pretty normal)

fun fact... going home, i told my family that i had eat rice and lentils (google translator, don't know if right... this stuff) for 2 weeks... i wanted a burger! so after 2 weeks with commies i ate a huge burger with bacon and a coca cola... months later, i saw Iron Man and lol'd
damn dude that seat has been through a lot and glad you kept positive and didnt go insanelol but seriously thats f*cked up what they did
flag Jose-David-DH
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 16:14 Quote
what really saved me was that a couple of old friends and my family had told me to talk nicely and say please, thanks, etc to every person, no matter who they are, and a history teacher that told us about Ghandi, peacefull revolution and stuff (i had to talk to the commies so it was better for me that they think i'm a nice, peacefull person who agrees with their commie shit but disagrees on the armed revolution part)

and read the burger part... it tasted like if freedom and heaven had a baby... i have to go... memories are too much for me so i would kill for a burger right now! BRB

EDIT: #feel like a hipster #instagram #food #hashtag #stuff

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flag thebillygoat6000
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 17:34 Quote
Jose-David-DH wrote:
what really saved me was that a couple of old friends and my family had told me to talk nicely and say please, thanks, etc to every person, no matter who they are, and a history teacher that told us about Ghandi, peacefull revolution and stuff (i had to talk to the commies so it was better for me that they think i'm a nice, peacefull person who agrees with their commie shit but disagrees on the armed revolution part)

and read the burger part... it tasted like if freedom and heaven had a baby... i have to go... memories are too much for me so i would kill for a burger right now! BRB

EDIT: #feel like a hipster #instagram #food #hashtag #stuff

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damn you were not kidding haha
flag goonrider
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 17:49 Quote
mmmm burgers!!!!
anyhow here goes
started riding my brothers old bike some "walmart" type rigid thing with knobby tyres,
cant remember what it looked like or the name.
first full sus was similar, red walmart bike with suspension that didnt work...(broke almost everthing on it jumping it etc and when the crank snapped i gave up on that bike)
got a scott voltage around 2005 from my local shop for my birthday but had to pay half by mowing lawns (similar to this)
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next i built my first custom build bike, a santacruz jackal, (craziest spec ever as i looked up to the freeride boys in NWD films on totems and decided i would do anything to get them)
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next up was my first DH bike
a jamis diablo which i loved alot!
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next was a corsair konig as i wanted to be a slopestyler!
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next up was a hardtail 4x bike nukeproof snap only owned the frame for a short while..
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next up was the parts of the snap became this
set for some summer missions down south 2010 double
and around the same time i got my first race bike
which changed around like so.
side view 2010 tr450 hadley mavic 721 descendant elixir rc4 sdg i fly fox 40rc2 maxxis lg1
new shiny 888 ti and chunked stem
i really was into dh alot by now and very addicted to trying to ge the best possible parts and sexyness!Wink
and it ended up like this after about 3 years of smashing her!
now with ti goodness tr450
next up was a lapierre DH 920 earlier this year (but i hated the flex in the rear end, and sizing wasnt quite what i liked )
chur seeing double
so i went back to transition!
up the hill with ti spling
and heres proof i use my bikes!
my baby all ready for a clean
Smile
flag ratcat
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 17:57 Quote
Loving this thread, awesome to see how people rides and riding style has evolved Smile
goonrider wrote:
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Also this konig is freaking sweet Beer
flag Spicy-Mike
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 18:16 Quote
Niceeee bro. That face while you were about to hit that corner was intense hahaha.

But lesson learned, never leave Transition for another bike...
flag goonrider
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 18:30 Quote
Spicy-Mike wrote:
Niceeee bro. That face while you were about to hit that corner was intense hahaha.

But lesson learned, never leave Transition for another bike...
Mad this face haha
freakin cant wait for carbon tr450 !!
another interesting fact is i added up my chainreactioncycles orders over the years!
over $8000 NZ dollars went into those bikes
flag Spicy-Mike
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 20:16 Quote
Damnn. I think i've spent about 1k dollars in parts but weeks worth in pure time, by DIY, custom, painting, filing, filling in marks, quality 3m taping...etc.
flag jonah94-bik3rb0y
Posted: Dec 1, 2012 at 20:57 Quote
Yo good job getting the thread up mike! tup

Good stories guys! Really interesting seeing how we all got to where we are now some way or another! Smile

I'll get my story up soon. I just have some other pics i'm trying to get together when I have some time. (posting this on the go right now)
flag marlon-d
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Posted: Dec 2, 2012 at 0:49 Quote
Well here it goes. It starts with my first bike. A "16 Norco Bearclaw. It was actually pretty cool now that I think of it. Learned how to ride when I was about 6.

Then I got a Haro that I should have ridden more.

And then I got this rad CCM:
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It was pretty G. my friend got me into mtb and I rode XC on it I broke it alot and pimped it out fosho.

Then I got into "gravity" mtbing. Then I got this. Which I had for a while. I loved it.:

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During all that, I got this from a old buddy for cheap. I got new bars, rear shock, seat, stem and pedals for it. And put on my old BB5s.
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Then I got some new brakes for it:
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Then I put an Elixir on my P.Grom:
dirt jumpin bike

THEN I got this frame and built it up in time for Whistler. The bike got raped in Whistler
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reign getting built.
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Then there was the final version on this:
P.Grom update.

Then my buddy gave me this. Her name was natasha:
natasha

Then I got a BMX to jib around on:
My ugly ass-DK Cygnus.

Then I got near to the final version of my Reign:
My bikes.
New rims are on

Then I got it alllmooost finished and got a normal chain for the BMX:
Updates. Rawed valve on fork and new tires. Bad lighting. Bad pics.
updatez.

Then the Reign was in slope mode for a while (with new cranks):
made it more sloap for now.

Then I finished the Reign! (kinda):
Attempted to edit a photo of my bike.
Now trying to sell it/the frame. The guide has also been hacksawed a bit.

And I'm currently building this sketchy bike up. Has a pike now. Das it.
Hustler.

And here's my XC bike. Cause why not make this post even f*cking longer?
Offroad Proflex 720
Aww yiss.

Note that I've had many of these at the same time. I currently have the Proflex, Reign X, and Hustler.
flag pasteldepapa
Posted: Dec 2, 2012 at 13:48 Quote
Before I write my story I think we should all post pictures riding on our bikes, to show how we evolved together with our bikes hehe, I'll take the liberty of doing so.


1) I first went to our local trails on my brother's haro ex1

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The funny part about this is that it was a size xL, and I was about 1.6 mts tall hehe, this led to many over the bar falls

2) After that I built up my own dh hardtail, which was a generic frame, suntour duro forks winzip mechanic disc brakes, and mostly crappy pieces.

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I also hit the first "big jump" on this bike hehe

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3) Still the same bike but upgraded pretty much every single part on it, this is about halfway through:

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Marzocchi z150 forks, rear hydraulic brake, etc. I spent most of my time doing street during this time.

4) Still same hardtail, but with good pieces, rock shox pike 2007 forks, slx cranks, xt front brake, etc.

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Unfortunately I can't find any pictures of the bike alone, but you get the idea. I began riding more downhill again.

5) I broke my collar bone 3 days before this bike arrived! I can't begin to explain how much it sucked, had to wait 3 and a half months before I could ride it.

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went to a couple of races on this bike

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Began riding a lot of downhill

this is what it looked like before I sold it

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6) My favourite bike ever, I can't begin to tell you how much I love it, and would only consider changing it for something that I could use to climb more (but that will only happen if I get badly injured or something haha!)

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don't have many pictures riding it as it's been a pretty busy year, but I kind of like this one

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flag Spicy-Mike
Posted: Dec 2, 2012 at 14:06 Quote
Thanks for sharing.

And yeah that REALLY does suck...breaking your collarbone right before your bike arrives lmao. I would of just said f' it and rode anyways.
flag Jose-David-DH
Posted: Dec 2, 2012 at 14:32 Quote
good idea! i'll post riding pics from my 1st kona because i don't have anything older

1st "big jump" was like 2 meters high and 6 meters long

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when i was into urban DH type of things, still on the kona but with a 888 (good old italian 'zocchi)

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building a park on the generic hardtail, just before those commie days

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1st day i rode the Mob, a few weeks or months after the commie days (those dudes look old but they're still fast) lol


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few months after that, 1st podium experts 4X, i organized that race because my friends said that beating the old guys wasn't enough

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that day, i was doing almost everything

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having fun in bogota... was riding street and then the redbull mini stopped next to us and we got free redbull

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then, commies got killed so i moved back to my hometown... DHing on the Mob

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then, the saddest days of my life came, i had a GF and i wanted to take her here and ask her to get married so i sold the mob frame and the argyle and did some reservations but she dumped me for no reason so i cancelled the reservation, lost just like $200, got the marin and the 36 and started riding with a way more agressive style because riding was the only thing that made my mind clear and bullshit-free

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then, the marin cracked and i got the kona... riding not as agressive as on the marin, but went faster by just having fun and being stupid

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and here i am today, riding the kona, faster than i have ever been and getting better every day

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Forest Fire

by Jose-David-DH
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EDIT: to learn more about the commie days, read 1st page on this thread, it's too long to quote Razz

 


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