Posted by: Squint
Posted by: Kenny
That said, I love it. The punchy climb is so satisfying on the rare occasions I get it.
yep. tho can't say i'm unhappy about the bypass
North shore features that live rent-free in your head
The bungee log will live forever in my memory.
Ned's a-frame circa 1998. Just two canoeish pieces of wood over that crossbar. Took me a long time to work up to it. Then it got rebuilt, then it got gone.
Posted by: Couch_Surfer
Ned's a-frame circa 1998. Just two canoeish pieces of wood over that crossbar. Took me a long time to work up to it. Then it got rebuilt, then it got gone.
That was my first ever skinny! Still miss it.
Posted by: syncro
Posted by: Polymath
All the micro features on all the trails that get removed and dumbed down. Seventh, for example. 25 years ago it had this abound. Now, you can take a wheelchair down it.
I haven't ridden severed in a few months, and while the trail has changed over the past 25yrs to say that it's devoid of micro features and has been dumbed down to the point of being able to ride a wheelchair down is a pretty wild claim.
Really? I doubt you went down it 25 years ago then to be able to compare. I can and it is smooth. I have a map book from 1997 that retorts on the trail "guaranteed to please your dentist". I don't see or feel that today.
Posted by: heckler
👍. I have a rigid Rocky Sherpa Polymath can borrow. Steel is Real!
My Knolly Ty Ti does just fine. And it doesn't rust.
Posted by: Ride.DMC
Posted by: Polymath
All the micro features on all the trails that get removed and dumbed down. Seventh, for example. 25 years ago it had this abound.
25 years ago you were probably on a hardtail with a 2.5" travel fork, Vee brakes, 2.1" tires on 26 inch wheels, and a seat post that was pressed against your diaphragm as soon as the trail pointed down.
Take the bikes of last century on 7th Secret today and I expect you will quickly get reacquainted with all those micro-features our modern bikes just float over now.
Nope, and I can directly compare. There is a difference from offering an opinion and actually having been there. I was. That trail is paved compared to the past. For some idea the best comparison I can make in the same real estate is Executioner, but add more consistent bump. There is a reason all new riders go down Seventh and the same cannot be said for Executioner....had Seventh been kept original it would NEVER see the traffic it does. It only sees the traffic it does, and from a lot of newbies to boot, is because it is so smooth. And funny, the bike you describe is the bike I first had that was real, and we had no problem then, but now you need a FS with a motor......progress indeed.
Posted by: Polymath
Posted by: syncro
Posted by: Polymath
All the micro features on all the trails that get removed and dumbed down. Seventh, for example. 25 years ago it had this abound. Now, you can take a wheelchair down it.
I haven't ridden severed in a few months, and while the trail has changed over the past 25yrs to say that it's devoid of micro features and has been dumbed down to the point of being able to ride a wheelchair down is a pretty wild claim.
Really? I doubt you went down it 25 years ago then to be able to compare. I can and it is smooth. I have a map book from 1997 that retorts on the trail "guaranteed to please your dentist". I don't see or feel that today.
I think you guys have lost sight of the original thread, isn't there a "dumbing down the shore" thread somewhere still?
Rent free in my head, the waterfall on Cambodia, I pitched myself hard on the last 2 steps (now rolls) just before they did rebuild, superman ejection, flew about 20 feet onto the bank landed hip first. Since then, haven't been able to wrap my head around even trying it until Thursday evening, finally just committed and rolled in as slow as possible.
That is a section that has always been hard for me on a 160mm bike (used to hit it on the DH bike back in the day), but the equipment (brakes & suspension) is so much better now.
Just goes to show that some of these things are still possible to get again, when your confidence and the conditions are at the right level.
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