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The last weekend's race had quite a few severely whooped out steep downhills (reversed uphills, hence the whoops). Many of them had ledge and rocks in the whoops, which means improper line choice leads to going OTB. The keys to going down these is rearward body position and moderate speed. The intention is to keep the front wheel light, or up. This is achieved by standing and keeping your butt wayyyyy over the rear fender. The rear brake can be used to keep your bike in the groove (more brake will slide you back center). Front should stay rolling, but you shouldn't really be using it extensively. The exception is slowing down before a major drop to achieve the appropriate speed. Line choice is always critical. Beginners often avoid rocks and ledge, but those obstacles can often smooth your descent, as opposed to having the front drop into a hole in the dirt.
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one of the guys at the 24 hour race yelled out on the final lap "just commit bro you're good!" i committed right into a tree at the bottom of the hill
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shacked up with Brenda posted:bibs and bees Good luck! Take some video.
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Busy weekend Start  Off camber  Big crowd  Holeshot  Field track  Dangerous pipe repair shacked up with Brenda fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Sep 4, 2018 |
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shacked up with Brenda posted:Dangerous pipe repair *completely safe pipe bomb repair
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I block the way for my buddy Tom; I'm actually almost 12 minutes ahead of him, I just waited for him at a "known control" after gas (lunch) so he could try and keep with me in the afternoon section. Tom is normally faster than me, so I'm rubbing it in hard. Of course, the first thing I do is flop it over in a creek. After this creek we shoot up some waterfalls, and I stopped to pivot turn left and he got around me. Unfortunately for him, he lost it on a bridge 10 yards away, and I didn't see him again for 1.5 hours and 2 checks. The afternoon was brutal. We met up again in the second to last section, where I had been in a mud hole for 5-6 minutes. I had just got free when he rolled up. We did the last 10 miles together, constantly leap frogging eachother each time another got stuck or crashed in the green and slimy uphill rock gardens. 
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Nice day at NHMX
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I always wanted a dirt bike growing up, same goes for playing hockey and having a drum set. Those were three things I wanted most as a kid. My parents are awesome but they never got me a bike, they knew a drum set would be obnoxious and hockey was expensive. I got my first job when I was 15 and bought a drum set in my own. When I graduated college and started my first career job I started playing hockey and have been playing for the last 10 years. Saturday at the age of 34, I bought my first bike. A 2007 WR250F  I'm super excited and can't wait to get riding.
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pix of riding
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Supercross thread got bumped to the archives, so I'm posting here to say that the Monster Energy Cup was a very entertaining race. Hope Savatgy gets a good deal with Kawasaki after that.
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man he's full of piss and vinegar aint he, that was a hard landing
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NHMX this weekend Video shows me on the Yam, buddy Tom on the KTM 250 XC, and Anna on the 250. This is lap 14, we all passed eachother like 100 times. Super fun.  https://i.imgur.com/pUHEXXx.mp4 shacked up with Brenda fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Oct 22, 2018 |
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Because no one will see it in the other thread, RedBull Straight Rhythm: 2 Stroke only(and one electric) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URvUycXKV4s
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Watched it live - was super good.
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shacked up with Brenda posted:NHMX this weekend  Skreemer posted:Because no one will see it in the other thread, RedBull Straight Rhythm: 2 Stroke only(and one electric) I need McElrath's skeleton gear immediately if not sooner.
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friend's sweet ride on sunday
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shacked up with Brenda posted:friend's sweet ride on sunday My tailbone hurts just watching that.
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shacked up with Brenda posted:NHMX this weekend Draggin' your feet around asking to gently caress up your legs. Just FYI.
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Went to a new MX track in NH on Sunday called Sandbox NH. Here's a pic of the GF on my bike over a table.
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shacked up with Brenda posted:pix of riding Since buying my bike in October, my buddy also wanted a bike so we picked up his (a crf250x) a few weeks back. Our schedules finally clicked this past weekend so we got out to Tahuya State Forest near/on the olympic peninsula of Washington. It was a blast. We both had a poo poo ton of fun and I'm kicking myself for not getting into riding sooner. It was exhausting but in a good way. We avoided the tight single track for the time being and stuck to quad trails as they were slightly wider. There were a lot of sections of loose river rock which was weird to ride through and just made me feel very uneasy. It was kind of like riding on a metal grate where one wheel wants to go one way and the other wheel the opposite. I need to pick up a better pressure gauge to play with tire pressure. I think I might have been too high. I also need to make a few minor adjustments to control placement (brake pedal, shifter) as they felt very high and low and generally difficult to reach with my foot.  Seriously though, it was a ton of fun but way more exhausting than I expected. And if riding all day wasn't enough, I had a hockey game at 11pm the same night. I fell asleep drat near instant when I got home at 2am this morning.
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Verman posted:Since buying my bike in October, my buddy also wanted a bike so we picked up his (a crf250x) a few weeks back. Our schedules finally clicked this past weekend so we got out to Tahuya State Forest near/on the olympic peninsula of Washington. It was a blast. We both had a poo poo ton of fun and I'm kicking myself for not getting into riding sooner. It was exhausting but in a good way. We avoided the tight single track for the time being and stuck to quad trails as they were slightly wider. There were a lot of sections of loose river rock which was weird to ride through and just made me feel very uneasy. It was kind of like riding on a metal grate where one wheel wants to go one way and the other wheel the opposite. I need to pick up a better pressure gauge to play with tire pressure. I think I might have been too high. I also need to make a few minor adjustments to control placement (brake pedal, shifter) as they felt very high and low and generally difficult to reach with my foot. That's great. Tahuya is some fantastic riding. Some of the single track is pretty easy too (some is, uh, not). Like there's one that goes by the river that's just really, really nice riding.
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Europeans vs. Americans in MXWorld: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOpORr2NE6c
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Skreemer posted:Europeans vs. Americans in MXWorld: I enjoyed this, but ... from the description "The only time American and European riders face-off on the same track is at the annual Motocross" but... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOTQXnjJkrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0EcOC9ReUQ
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Second real ride on my bike. Meet up with some dudes off thumper talk at tahuya. It's been freezing overnight aground here and there was some frosty and ice on the trails. Things were damp and slick as it warmed up. Might have hit 40 this afternoon. Any stick over 2 inches thick was trying to pull me off my bike. The logs and rocks were straight death. I tried single track and holy poo poo that's hard. It's so tight I never felt like I had enough room. I dropped my bike probably a dozen times and ended up beneath it once. The weirdest things were insanely difficult. It was exhausting but a fun time. I was the newbie and the guys were super patient and helpful. They even adjusted my suspension and tire pressure to help with the bouncing around. I'm the one standing there with the thumbs up holding my bike while this internet stranger lays in a thorn bush adjusting my bike. The other photo is someone adjusting their own bike while I take a break from falling.  
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"Do enduro!", they said. "It'll be fun!", they said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI4MjrYUDp4
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Slim Pickens posted:Do you have to qualify for hard enduro, or do they just let in anyone with enough money and mental illness? For things like the Erzberg Enduro, there's a qualifier, but they take the first 1500 riders that place. Most of the WESS events they bill as "amateurs race next to their heroes." Then again at things like Erzberg when you have maybe a dozen total cross the finish line. Some of the beach races I know are straight up, buy in and run what you brung.
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All that I'm aware of have qualifier rounds the days before hand, with the exception of Romaniacs, which has a large series of classes allowing less talented riders to play at suffering.
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Yo someone make a fantasy sx thread tyvm
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shacked up with Brenda posted:Yo deeters make the fantasy sx thread tyvm
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I'll throw one up this weekend. You guys know if the pulpmx fantasy league from last year will just keep working?
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I went to a local shop and the 2019 crf450l was the same price as a 2019 excf500 so Monday I pick up my new orange dirt bike yay
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Can't let the dirt bike thread completely die. For those of you in New England, I'm going to check this out tomorrow. Not a race, but something different from the usual trails. 
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Misty lovely days are the best for riding up the mountain 'cause there's less traffic, kills the view a bit though. I went up just fine, coming down was more of a challenge though, I'm not comfortable taking hairpins while standing and modulating the front brake, I was locking up the front a lot too.   
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There's what, like half a dozen Seattle area dual sport/dirt riders now? We should do a goon ride sometime this coming month.
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Yes please, I long to show off how bad I am at riding my 701
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I'm based out of Seattle and I've got a street legal WR250 that I'll probably have a license to ride on road if I get off my rear end and take the test this summer. Until then I'm always up for trail riding.
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