Lift served mountain biking

[gmcunni]

Originally Posted by MR. evil

I would guess you have V brakes and maybe 3" of front suspension. Good luck!

I'm illiterate when it comes to biking so i googled what V brakes are. The first hit was for "Shimano XTR BR-M970 V-Brakes" which cost more than my entire bike did years ago!

perhaps it is time for an upgrade.

[gmcunni]

Originally Posted by bvibert

Maybe you want to consider renting a bike while you're there...

http://www.mountsnow.com/mountainbik...summer#rentals

not a bad idea.. it would solve a few problems.

[bvibert]

With a 15 year old bike you're probably lucky if you have v-brakes, I was thinking canti's at best.

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by gmcunni

my bike is a 15 year old schwinn. I added a gel-pack seat cover a few years ago but that is about it in terms comfort !

When you were asking that question I was assuming you have a full suspension bike. You cant take that bile up the lift and get down without killing yourself. All the hill rent down hill bikes you would have more fun it you rented one of those.

Dont mind the signs about being dangerous. That is what the breaks are for.

[gmcunni]

Originally Posted by bvibert

With a 15 year old bike you're probably lucky if you have v-brakes, I was thinking canti's at best.

gold star for you. this is what mine look like

[Greg]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_brake_systems

[MR. evil]

Originally Posted by gmcunni

gold star for you. this is what mine look like

Those are cantilever breaks, old technology. Even when they were state of the art they sucked.

I say rent a bike while you are there. But if the time comes when you want to get a new bike shoot me off a PM. If you give me what you are looking to spend I can point you in the right direction. Never go into a bike shop without knowing what you need & want. Most of those places are worst than used car lots and they will try to put you into the most expensive bike they think you will go for.

[I [Hart] Skiing]

V brakes came out in 96 or so. The parallel/push setup of the first XT and XTR were very good designs. Currently I am running Hayes Nines withb 8" disc in the front and a 6" in the rear.

[drjeff]

Originally Posted by gmcunni

I checked the MT SNOW web site and noticed this warning
"ATTENTION: LIFT-ACCESSED TRAILS ARE FOR ADVANCED RIDERS ONLY!"

are they just trying to protect themselves or are the lift served trails tough?

most of my riding is on the "rails to trails" area in my hometown.

One of those trails covered under that disclaimer is Deer Run off the summit in it's 2.5 miles of meandering downhill glory. In the summer it's also maintained as a work road and much of the bike trail is car/truck width cleared dirt/gravel. It should be even more maintained for much of this summer as they'll be doing fan gun installation along it from the top of Carinthia to the top of the Sundance triple, and last summer on the trails where they were doing the fan gun installations they construction equipment had made a very well maintained roadway.

They do have a very detailed trail map, but not online as they want to to sign the waiver before they give it to you.

[gmcunni]

Originally Posted by drjeff

One of those trails covered under that disclaimer is Deer Run off the summit in it's 2.5 miles of meandering downhill glory.

That is EXACTLY what i'm looking for!!! Thanks Dr Jeff!

They do have a very detailed trail map, but not online as they want to to sign the waiver before they give it to you.

would you happen to have one you can share