[montanabiker]

Hello, I've been a mtn biker for 15+ years now always riding on hardtails. I'm looking into maybe getting a used 8"+ travel freeride/downhill bike to play with but am wondering how most of you get up the mountain in the first place in order to ride down it? Seems like a dumb question but pedaling a 40 pound super plush bike up hill sounds pretty hard. I imagine a lot of you are racers, I'm not one but still want to try a downhill rig out. Do most of you ride downhill only at ski areas where you can ride a chair lift up? Ride in areas where someone can shuttle you up with a truck? Or do some of you simply walk your downhill rigs up the mountain? Just curious.

 

[Secace]

We shuttle whenever possible not so much due to the fact that riding up is hard, but you get more bang for your time considering the ride down usually only takes a fraction of the time it would take to pedal back up. You can make maaaaany more runs on most trail systems during a day or a session if you've got a cheater back to the top.

 

[captain spaulding]

Depending on what you get it might not be all that hard to ride back up the mtn.. no it's not as easy as a 20lb hardtail, but I didn't think it was all that hard to pedal my 44lb freeride bike back up the hill over this weekend..

 

[29Colossus]

Chairlift

 

[intheways]

I rode a lot of trails in Missoula on a Bullit. It's built up in the mid- to high-30lb range, but still good enough for Silver Mountain. I've got a 66 Light on the way to get a little more beef. I don't imagine I'll need much more.:thumbsup:

 

[captain spaulding]

Just think about how much easier it'll be to ride your hardtail back up after riding a heavy ass dh bike up..

 

[Mudd]

22/34 gearing.

 

[08nwsula]

I like to take a lift, but I almost always ride up.

 

[Phi.Design]

Shuttle when possible. But my bike is 43 lbs, and I hardly ever use the granny gear. I chug along up to the top. What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger!

 

[Cru Jones]

Gas Power

How do you get up the mountain?

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[Guest]

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beans beans they're good for your heart, the more you eat the more you fart the more you fart the better you feel which means more beans for every meal

uhh yeah I chair lift, or shuttle, sometimes walk...
rarely pedal

 

[=ChrisB=]

Shuttle, hike-uh-bike or just suck it up and pedal like a madman.

 

[SHIVER ME TIMBERS]

shuttle, or push the bike.....pedaling is for XC'ers....man if you pedaled to the top of our trails you would be blackballed.....guys wouldn't want to be around you...they would start handing you wine coolers instead of bears.....and it gets worse then that

 

[ebxtreme]

Chairlift (whistler BP)
Pedal - Fromme, Galby, Cypress, local FR stuff, other BC epic stuff
Shuttle - Seymour, Cypress

I don't find doing a climb on my dh bike all that hard. I raise the saddle, drop it in 22-34, crank up the propedal and spin away. I sorta take on a zen state when doing it. A local ride goes up 1500-2000 feet and takes an hour to get to if I keep spinning without any breaks. I push if things get too steep, I'm hungover, etc., but the grade isn't all that bad. Same goes for fromme which is a really easy grade up.

Bob, in our group, you'd be given a wine cooler if we saw you pushing up stuff!!

Cheers,
EBX

 

[Sombrio69]

im forced to push me bike up, snce there are no hills around here taht are big enough to need a chailift and none of the DH trails around here r shuttleable. but its not that bad since it only takes about 3 min to walk up

 

[RyBread]

ride it up

come on, it is not that hard. My DH feels like an xc, and it does perfectly well going up the hill. Plus it will give you a stong back and calves.

 

[renderedtoast]

Earn your ride down, by pedaling up. I hate to pedal uphill, but it seems to make coming down a wee bit more worthwhile.

 

[xKREDx]

ride it and push it........

 

[WorldWind]

Drop onto the small ring and spin... lean forward to keep the front wheel connected.














any other way and you are just a gravity junky :yesnod:

 

[Phi.Design]

Yeah I'm all about earning the decent by sweating a bit first. Keeps me in shape. I honestly think my legs have almost doubled in strength since I started riding seriously. They ladies in my harem think so anyway.