Again I am amazed by the abilities of these young riders. I have to ask though, considering the preoccupation with dirt jumping, what separates us from BMXer? Many of the moves we have seen thus far in the competition are pretty average for many 14 year olds riding 20 inch. Dirt jumping is cool to watch and it's fun but we are always going to be the poor cousin if we get obessessed by it. Mountain bikes were made to go fast over unruly terrain and to tame impossible steeps as well as get in the air. I am really feeling cheated by the lack of variety and creativity shown in the majority of the videos. Dirt jumping is the flavour of the month but let's not forget our roots people. We are mountain bikers after all.
Cam McRae
Upon further inspection of his little writeup on the UFC2 round 3 I'd say I'd have to completely agree with Cam on what he just said above.
Mountain biking won't progress in the streets or on the dirt jumps because it has already been done for 10 years by the bmx'ers. The only thing that seperates us from the Bmx scene is Trails. The one original thing is trail riding.
Just a little head's up for you.
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