How long have you been biking for?

mudanoman · 03-13-2006, 02:20 PM

I have been doing it for about 7 years on and off. How about you? On-Road / Off-Road it all counts. Peace, Ivan

East Bay Rich · 03-13-2006, 03:21 PM

started seriously riding in the last year of college:
Gary Fisher - Hoo Koo Ekoo 1999-2001
SC bullit 2002-2004
Nashbar Steel frame 2003-2003
SC chameleon 2004-2005
Intense Tazer 2005-current (2003 model)
Soul Cycles Titan 2005-current
(fill in blank here) 2006-?

MTBTHIS · 03-13-2006, 03:28 PM

mmmm.....
xc and, back then, "extreme trai"l-Specialized Hotrock!(1998-2002)
Trail, XC- Specialized Hardrock(2003-2005)
DJ, Race, Urban-Woodman(2005-present)
GOOD STUFF! LOVE THIS SPORT!
-Phill

obionespeedonly · 03-13-2006, 04:12 PM

You did say "Biking", not MTBing, so let's see I was 5, now 28 years later...

mudanoman · 03-13-2006, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by obionespeedonly

You did say "Biking", not MTBing, so let's see I was 5, now 28 years later...

Well yea...I think its obvious we are talking about post-three wheelin' / training-wheels :09:

motomack86 · 03-13-2006, 04:31 PM

Got my first bike when i was 5,it was a mongoose bmx with the mag wheels.
Got my first mtb in 1988, and i still love to ride as much now as when i was a kid.Im 31 now so about 26 years.

StratGuy · 03-13-2006, 04:45 PM

Id say about 2 years now..

thePINKster · 03-13-2006, 06:24 PM

it depends what kind of riding..
my dad took me to places like rockville and lime ridge back when i was about 10 on this piece of crap, completely rigid schwinn... he TRIED to get me to roadbike, and we did a couple of tandem rides, but i just hated spandex.

My first race EVER was in about 97 up at shasta.. it was a DH race where i lost my chain with that piece of crap schwinn.

then i raced bmx not too seriously when i was about 12.

Now i'm 16 and i've been racing MTB for about a year. so riding has always been somewhere along the line while i've been growin up.

udir510 · 03-13-2006, 06:24 PM

bmx from 8 to 12, freeride and dh from 13 - 18, except i haven't been able to ride for like the last year, stupid military college! oh well next year i'll be rippin it up in vermont cali style!

obionespeedonly · 03-13-2006, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mudanoman

Well yea...I think its obvious we are talking about post-three wheelin' / training-wheels :09:

I didn't add thos three into the equasion.:09:

Rye Bread · 03-13-2006, 07:56 PM

hmm, i voted wrong, training wheels came off when I was 3, so 15 years now.

-Ryan

Sirbikesalot · 03-13-2006, 08:01 PM

I've been seriously biking since my freshman year in Highschool when I met Grande. I remember I had an awful fork shudder when I used my front v-brake on my Trek 6000 (worn fork bushings) and everyone told me to ask "Grande" about it. I went to him and he started inviting me on rides and such. I remember I was scared ****less of their huge motorcycle looking bikes and the 4 foot drops they would do. Immediatly I was hooked and blew my savings (which at the time was ment for a dirtbike) on parts for my Trek. Grande got me started in the sport and is always very supportive of me and my riding. It's now my senior year and Im racing competitively in my second year of Jr. X and have one of those motorcycle-looking bikes of my own. :01:

Brian B. · 03-14-2006, 09:22 AM

I am 36 so around 30 years.

red Schwinn Stingray with banana seat and apehangers. upgraded to regular seat and motocross bars years later in the 70's. jumping off curbs.

couple of bmx bikes in the 80's. Webco, Mongoose, Boss. 1st time riding at Calabazas.

Peugeot Orient Express mt bike around 1984. Before suspension was around.

Peugeot Canyon Express 1988 or so.

Novara Ponderosa around 1994.

Bontrager Race lite in 1997. First bike with suspension. 2". Raced Sea Otter Cross country and Dual Slalom on it.

GT bmx cruiser in 2000? Raced Sea Otter Downhill on it. Became a local at Calabazas

Cheeta hardtail in 2002 or 2003. Raced Sea Otter mountain cross on it.

Planet X Split tail in 2006.

oldmike · 03-14-2006, 12:13 PM

First went to calabazas Aug 03 on my 24 cruiser, never dj'd before then. got my first mtb dec 03. so about 2.5 years.

eureka · 03-14-2006, 05:35 PM

bmxed 7th grade, mountian biked a year till it got stolen, rode other peoples bikes for 6 months, got a bike and have been ridin ever since. (now im a junior in HS)