Originally posted by "Bukkake"
The kids starting these new trends aren't mountain bikers. They're BMX'ers having an identity crisis.
I think "Mountain Biking" is having an identity crisis. How many times have you heard XC riders say that DHing isn't true mountain biking yet that's how it started in Marin with the repack crowd, they were shuttling to DH then they added gears to get up the hills easier. Oh no, now they're XC. Then comes the Shore with it's technical moves and harsh terrain that requires moves like wheeley drops, which we didn't invent we took from trials. Time goes by and the equipement gets better and we start going faster, start looking for more jumps and flow and start using skills that, OH MY G*D, BMXers have been doing for years before us just on different terrain. Now you have DH parks where we don't climb much, MMMHHH, sounds like shuttling but without the vehicles. Back to the top.
Mountain biking doesn't need to be pigeon wholed, that's what makes it soo great.
How many of you that have been riding for more than 5 years are still riding the same type of rig on the same terrain with the same skills? Better yet how many of us only have one kind of bike?
What do you feel like doing with your bike today?