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  • JoeyM

    March 21, 2011 4:01 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork

    gamby wrote:

    1988RedT2 wrote:

    What's a "freeride" bike?

    It means that it can leap off of tall buildings/cliffs and not break.

    Danny MacAskill's free riding video was a bit of a youtube sensation not too long ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw

  • gamby

    March 21, 2011 6:35 p.m. gamby SuperDork

    JoeyM wrote:

    gamby wrote:

    1988RedT2 wrote:

    What's a "freeride" bike?

    It means that it can leap off of tall buildings/cliffs and not break.

    Danny MacAskill's free riding video was a bit of a youtube sensation not too long ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw

    Semantics, but that's more "trials" riding--or "urban freeride". An off-road freeride bike is almost like a moto-x bike without the motor. Huge suspension travel designed mostly for downhill hucking. Trials is more low-speed obstacle-tackling, although now they're throwing hucking into the equation. As I said--semantics.

    As for those Diamondbacks--SWEET. ACS rotors on them are PIMP.

  • NickF40

    March 21, 2011 7:46 p.m. NickF40 HalfDork

    haha ^^ Heath and that video of that downhill, yeah I can't get enough of that!

    Man, this topic got me inpsired to go out and ride today haha you older guys, let me baste in your knowledge

  • March 21, 2011 8:16 p.m. mndsm SuperDork

    gamby wrote:

    JoeyM wrote:

    gamby wrote:

    1988RedT2 wrote:

    What's a "freeride" bike?

    It means that it can leap off of tall buildings/cliffs and not break.

    Danny MacAskill's free riding video was a bit of a youtube sensation not too long ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw

    Semantics, but that's more "trials" riding--or "urban freeride". An off-road freeride bike is almost like a moto-x bike without the motor. Huge suspension travel designed mostly for downhill hucking. Trials is more low-speed obstacle-tackling, although now they're throwing hucking into the equation. As I said--semantics.

    As for those Diamondbacks--SWEET. ACS rotors on them are PIMP.

    I remember riding one as a kid. It wasn't mine, I was stuck with a chain store Huffy that I straight rode the wheels off of. I actually completely forgot about that bike until about a year ago, and then the hunt was on. All I knew was it was a pink diamondback with a white saddle. The Mike Dominguez seems to be the best I can find.... i'm still trying to track down what the saddle was.

  • Trans_Maro

    March 21, 2011 11:37 p.m. Trans_Maro Dork

    mndsm wrote:

    All I knew was it was a pink diamondback with a white saddle. The Mike Dominguez seems to be the best I can find.... i'm still trying to track down what the saddle was.

    Just needs a basket and handlebar streamers.

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