Travelling XC to achieve downhill.

HarryJ

I'm really confused about the massive line that seems to be drawn between XC and downhill, can somebody please explain why and how?

I own an XC bike and ride for hours on end beating the crap out of hills and seeking out the best downhill and trails. What sort of rider does that make me?

Also how do 'downhillers' get up to the top of their hill?

Cheers, and hi btw, im new here.

The Northern Monkey

All Mountain?
I wouldn't get hung up on categories, they're all commercial bullcrap. just ride what you ride and enjoy it

Also how do 'downhillers' get up to the top of their hill?

uplift... ie a cable car or in a van with bikes attached to the roof/back.
or push i guess

xtreem

[b]bigbenj_08[/b] wrote:

I wouldn't get hung up on categories, they're all commercial bullcrap. just ride what you ride and enjoy it

+1

It's all about the jumps, the bigger you go the more bulky bike you need.
But because more bulky=more heavy, then you'll find out that 20kg bike is only
usefull for going down a hill, and not for XC.

supersonic

How DH is your DH harry? DH for me involves big jumps, maybe upto 20ft long, large drop offs (some garage sized), car sized boulders.

Anything less may be down a hill, but not always DH that needs the artillery.

xtreem

And don't bother about the what discipline you're riding.
It's Mountainbiking.

And depend of what sort of jumps are you doing, aquire apropriate bike for that.

HarryJ

How downhill? As much as allows me to live while giving the most adrenaline back. Garage sized drop offs would kill me and the marin would snap in two. Not THAT downhill.. yet.
'Mountainbiking' seems to be the best classification!

PS stacked it and got internal bleeding in my hand today, wicked.

supersonic

Lol, well enjoy what you do, and hope the injury is not too bad!

But you can see why there is a difference between out and out XC and full on DH! I do the bit in the middle usually lol. Whatever that is.