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It's kinda funny: much of the classic riding here on the North Shore could
still be considered freeride – and a lot of the time you still have to pedal
for it. But, I still maintain that the bikes I outlined in this piece are
still spot on. The Mini-DH bike is not pedalable, so it doesn't fit the
original definition. Freeride evolved, and the type of bike that used to go
along with it got left behind in favour of the gravity bikes chosen by
professionals and the AM bikes chosen by the masses.
Nov. 25, 2013, 9:21 a.m. - morgman
#!markdown It's kinda funny: much of the classic riding here on the North Shore could still be considered freeride – and a lot of the time you still have to pedal for it. But, I still maintain that the bikes I outlined in this piece are still spot on. The Mini-DH bike is not pedalable, so it doesn't fit the original definition. Freeride evolved, and the type of bike that used to go along with it got left behind in favour of the gravity bikes chosen by professionals and the AM bikes chosen by the masses.