What is downhill MTB?

cammyb96
cammyb96 Posts: 107
edited July 2012 in MTB general
what is downhill MTB? and what defines a downhill MTB bike?

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  • waby1234
    waby1234 Posts: 571
    Is this a result of your other thread?

    viewtopic.php?f=20005&t

    This might help;

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downhill_mountain_biking

    http://m.guardian.co.uk/environment/bik ... pe=article
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  • Majski
    Majski Posts: 443
    This might give you an idea.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfMQdFGTKAs
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,786
    edited July 2012
    Downhill

    Downhill bike
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    It is literally riding down hills, normally quite fast, usaully on technical courses with a big bike designed to do such a thing
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    a DH bike

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  • Majski
    Majski Posts: 443
    nicklouse wrote:
    a DH bike

    n6237856256181881775329.jpg


    I'm not quite sure what that is! but it's got 40's so it must be a DH bike
  • cammyb96
    cammyb96 Posts: 107
    So DH is a timed race and the bikes cost many thousands xD
  • Clank
    Clank Posts: 2,323
    edited July 2012
    cammyb96 wrote:
    what defines a downhill MTB bike?

    Very slack head angle to put the riders weight back on steep decents and to allow smoother absorbsion of frontal hits with less freaky loading transmitted to the headtube/frame. It also means that on steep slopes the head angle is still favourable so steering control is maintained
    Slack seat angle.
    Long travel suspension to absorb some very bit hits (8-10")
    Triple crown fork to reduce twisting under big hits and to eliminate the traditional steerer (a weak point of bike design)
    Very robust frame to hold it all together
    Often single front ring, and close-ratio rear cassette (these machines generally aren't intended to be ridden uphill)
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  • Clank
    Clank Posts: 2,323
    cammyb96 wrote:
    So DH is a timed race and the bikes cost many thousands xD

    Now you're getting it.
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  • Majski
    Majski Posts: 443
    It's also best to dress like a motocross rider who got his head stuck in a toilet seat.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Majski wrote:
    It's also best to dress like a motocross rider who got his head stuck in a toilet seat.
    we have not been out drinking have we?
    ;)
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  • Majski
    Majski Posts: 443
    nicklouse wrote:
    Majski wrote:
    It's also best to dress like a motocross rider who got his head stuck in a toilet seat.
    we have not been out drinking have we?
    ;)


    Not yet!
  • styxd
    styxd Posts: 3,234
    we have not been out drinking have we?

    :lol:
  • Fallsalot
    Fallsalot Posts: 23
    nicklouse wrote:
    a DH bike

    n6237856256181881775329.jpg

    No idea what bike that is, or its ability but it looks like porn.......
  • Clank
    Clank Posts: 2,323
    Fallsalot wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    a DH bike

    n6237856256181881775329.jpg

    No idea what bike that is, or its ability but it looks like porn.......

    That'd be an RB Boxster. A bit like Nicklouse's, I beleive.

    viewtopic.php?t=12610600

    And yes, it's bike pr0n.
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Downhill is the most fun you can have on a bicyce.
    Mainly fast, steep and technical tracks with big jumps and drops.
    A lot of xc and road riders seem to think downhill is for lazy riders but if your riding properly and getting in every opertunity to pedal then a fast downhill run can be as exhausting as a tough climb.
    Most DH racers are pretty quick on an xc bike as well.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Majski wrote:
    It's also best to dress like someone in pyjamas who got his head stuck in a toilet seat.
    FTFY

    As for lazy, only if spending a fair amount of time in hospital is considered lazy.
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    deadkenny wrote:
    Majski wrote:
    It's also best to dress like someone in pyjamas who got his head stuck in a toilet seat.
    FTFY

    As for lazy, only if spending a fair amount of time in hospital is considered lazy.
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  • paul.skibum
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    CG is French and therefore lazy. He wont mind, he knows the score.
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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    paul.skibum wrote:
    CG is French and therefore lazy. He wont mind, he knows the score.
    :lol::lol:
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  • Majski
    Majski Posts: 443
    Clank wrote:
    Fallsalot wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    a DH bike

    n6237856256181881775329.jpg

    No idea what bike that is, or its ability but it looks like porn.......

    That'd be an RB Boxster. A bit like Nicklouse's, I beleive.

    viewtopic.php?t=12610600

    And yes, it's bike pr0n.


    Really, people actually like things that look like that? Looks like it was made from scrap!
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    RockmonkeySC wrote:
    A lot of xc and road riders seem to think downhill is for lazy riders but if your riding properly and getting in every opertunity to pedal then a fast downhill run can be as exhausting as a tough climb.
    .

    This is so true, pushing a DH as hard as you can is exhausting!
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Thewaylander wrote:
    RockmonkeySC wrote:
    A lot of xc and road riders seem to think downhill is for lazy riders but if your riding properly and getting in every opertunity to pedal then a fast downhill run can be as exhausting as a tough climb.
    .

    This is so true, pushing a DH as hard as you can is exhausting!

    I will never forget my first DH race. Only a 1:15 track but I misted up my goggles and had to pull them off while pedalling flat out and at the end of my run I just collapsed on a tree trunk while trying to keep my breakfast down. Then I looked at the timing screen & realised how slow I was.
    Second run was better after 3 energy gels and half a loaf of soreen and a couple red bulls! I was bouncing off the walls waiting at the start line :-)
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  • Majski
    Majski Posts: 443
    Soreen is proper riding food!
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Majski wrote:
    Soreen is proper riding food!

    Soreen before a ride. Ale & cake after.
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