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| Im sure he's feelin it, and every muscle in his body hurts. Today Darsh
and
| I pushed our new Winter X bikes up the ski hill to test our skill at something we had no idea
| how it was going to work, come to find out it
one
Quoted message said:| of the funnest things we'v done on the snow. It did have its scary
moments,
| but after the first few turns and learning the stopping part it was a
blast.
| Who would have ever thought that bikes with skis riding on the snow
would
Quoted message said:| ever happen. www.winterxbike.com
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| I wish I had a picture of Darsh on the hike up to around 10,000
feet.Put
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| this way- I asked him if he was all right, because he look like [censored]!!
(Can
| you say pathetic shape!!).Im sure he will be out there tomorrow carvin
turns
| though.
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| Snowboarders suck !!! Nobbi
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Have you tried jumping them yet? looks like awesome fun on the web site.
Simon....wishing it would snow in uk...and that 2 tectonic plates would suddenly collide midway
through uk and form some decent mountains......
I did get a bit of air. Certainly not a lot of it, but enough to get a feel for the landing and
such. I had a fair amount of speed due to terrain and a certain lack of control. The jump felt like
doing it on a bike. I popped up a bit, and had room for a kick, but held back. Of course there is a
difference, but I can't lay my mind on it at this point.
You can carve like a demon. You can sort of carve on a mountainbike, but without edges, you are not
carving. That is an aspect that differenciates the two as unique. It seems simple enough... take the
wheels off and put skis on. It is that simple, but to have a grasp on what is lost and what is
gained, is hard to dicipher.
I just told a friend about my vision of Sunday. The hill will be impecable. The "wales" that are
created by the snow machines will be smashed and spread throughout the mountain. The cats will
devour the terrain making the freshest morning corduroy you can imagine. Fortunately, this is not
only a vision, but it will be the truth regardless of the weather.
I can't wait.
darsh