Freeriding = Gravity fuelled riding down (usually) severe terrain. Usually wearing body armour and a full face helmet and usually on a big heavy bike with lots of suspension travel!
Isn't Freeriding just getting on your bike & riding off into the hills/mountains/woods, taking it as it comes & riding up down & off stuff as you find it & then going home smiling & satisfied?
Or is that just mucking about?
Freeriding came from the snowboarding and skiing world and realted to not having any set rules and regulations to follow. I thought that this followed through to the same sort of thing in mtb, so along the lines of most of the comments here.
I once got attacked over on the singletrack forum though for labelling a ride as freeride and was told that it was just alpine xc.
I did a ride recently (see http://alpinebreak.com/2008/photo/col-vieux/) that I would have classed as freeride. it is similar to the Megavalance in Alpe d'Huez but am no longer sure what to call it
Cheers
Phil
Just a way of describing long travel bikes with slack geometry. Get a bionicon then you can join all the clubs however you *MUST* change your clothes each time you change the geometry tho, otherwise teh kool kids will point and laugh.
Surely in the purest form mtb'ing is all free riding, the act of riding a bike anywhere on any terrain up and down dale as opposed to being stuck to the roads.
Of course its not exactly that simple anymore but i think u can see what im getting at.
Surely in the purest form mtb'ing is all free riding, the act of riding a bike anywhere on any terrain up and down dale as opposed to being stuck to the roads.
Of course its not exactly that simple anymore but i think u can see what im getting at.
I agree, its riding where you not confined to a trail, you have the ability to ride where you want, choose your own lines and create your own path.
Surely in the purest form mtb'ing is all free riding, the act of riding a bike anywhere on any terrain up and down dale as opposed to being stuck to the roads.
Of course its not exactly that simple anymore but i think u can see what im getting at.
I agree, its riding where you not confined to a trail, you have the ability to ride where you want, choose your own lines and create your own path.
It seems MTB'ing has become a victim of the buzzword craze as its grown over the years.
Freeride is essentially gravity fuelled but is more about going big than DH is. Big jumps, big drops and big style without the racing mentality or constraints of DH riding. People like Vanderham and Shandro are freeriders IMO, not to be confused with Huckers like Josh censored who just want to jump off the biggest stuff possible.
I'm not sure if I'm into XC, All Mountain or Freeride? I like going down hill too! It's all too much - I'm becoming a Roadie (Sportive not Race or TT).
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Stu
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Tow Path Ted.
Absolute nutters!!
I like my nuts thanks.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af92 ... 010735.jpg
You can't say that someone with some XC 4" travel bike is doing freeride.
Bighit , 5 , BFe
Looks like my regular XC ride?
Or is that just mucking about?
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.
(come on, buy into the advertising monster....)
I once got attacked over on the singletrack forum though for labelling a ride as freeride and was told that it was just alpine xc.
I did a ride recently (see http://alpinebreak.com/2008/photo/col-vieux/) that I would have classed as freeride. it is similar to the Megavalance in Alpe d'Huez but am no longer sure what to call it
Cheers
Phil
Of course its not exactly that simple anymore but i think u can see what im getting at.
Merida
Austria 2012
http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/forums/vie ... highlight=
http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/forums/vie ... highlight=
i have got my thoughts on there. I is quite hard to define freeride and i guess that it means something slightly diffrent to alot of people.
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Hope that didn'T spoil your search.
I agree, its riding where you not confined to a trail, you have the ability to ride where you want, choose your own lines and create your own path.
It seems MTB'ing has become a victim of the buzzword craze as its grown over the years.
Merida
Austria 2012
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