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OBJ Added a reply to How much of each discipline do you ride?
2/24/2016 8:49pm well considering that the average downhill run, say Whistler, is about 5 mins, and max out at three per hour. Then if you ride from 10 am to 8pm (extended play) that is 30 runs a day, or 150 minutes. and who can do that? my best ever was 22 runs in one day, so maybe 10 to 15 per...
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OBJ Added a reply to Where Would You Live?
1/2/2016 9:43pm "...now I hate a man that blows!" (Mulga Bill)....but...that has been my life for the last 6 years, 5 months every summer in Whistler, and then back home to Cairns for the summer. Now Cairns was host to the world cup in 2014 and again this year, there are so many really good downhill tracks within 30 mins of the...
OBJ Added a reply to Faster, Higher, Stronger - Share Your Best Tips
12/3/2015 3:06pm I have got to be the slowest learner ever, nothing natural in my abilities. Which is why i loved road racing so much, never a sprinter but good on hills. (lots of slow twitch fibres) But when i switched to MTB, I found that fitness did not help much. Brake hard, slowly round the corner, and then pedal up to...
Swanson 5000 Liked a bike check Swanson 5000's 2016 Yeti SB6C Umbrella Corp Edition
11/30/2015 11:39am
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OBJ Added a reply to Introduce Yourself
11/17/2015 12:52pm they call me OBJ, my first downhill bike cost me around 30,000, it was a used Giant ATX2, the fact that it coincided with my divorce of 15 years ago probably helped a bit in that cost! I have owned 12 downhill bikes since then, and 7 XC bikes I have been to Whistler 6 times and bike parks in...
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Updated a photo album OBJ and the Karver
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Updated a photo album backyard track
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