pure east coast dh rig

[eddiebrannan]

http://www.pinkbike.com/m/disk01/pinkbike/photo/pbpic206370.jpg

just missing chainguide, but woah, that's a big bike!

[GRIZZ]

wtf is that:???:

[UrBaN hAxOr]

THATS A DH EXTREME FOR SURE... MAJOR SHOCKER

[Del]

i dont get it. All the guys on the eastcoast are so odd with their duallies hahaha. You ask em why they need such a massive bike and they spout off some BS about rock gardens. I wouldnt want to see what they upgraded if they hit the shore or something here.

[eddiebrannan]

welll the riding's less about stunts and whatnot and more real steep dh. still freeriding more than race dh, but faster and less stunt-oriented than what you guys ride. for sure shore riders are more skilled in terms of overall versatility, but the riding here's different and people want big-travel, slack angled, fat-tired bikes that just roll stuff. in new york we don't build plankwalks and bridges and whatnot so the rock-garden thing is appropriate. it's really more about just picking a line and hammering through whatever's there, which is why guys like 3" tires and molto travel.

probably just to do with basic laziness about trail-building :lol:

[Millstone]

Originally posted by Del
i dont get it. All the guys on the eastcoast are so odd with their duallies hahaha. You ask em why they need such a massive bike and they spout off some BS about rock gardens. I wouldnt want to see what they upgraded if they hit the shore or something here.
its the drops to flat.

:D

[kona_rider10]

Thats a really big bike awesome for those rock gardens.

[Howard-Guitars]

the east coast riding is just different than the "shore" riding you guys are used to. I have talked to many and their opinions are that the east coast is much more technical terrain (?i dont really agree on that...) but in general just different type of riding. Alot of hardcore (and i mean hard.core) rock gardens, alot of small slope then 40degree slope then back to small slope, just different. You deff. want to have your bike setup differently for riding east coast and the shore. (i have never ridden the shore, but from seeing pictures and talking to people in general, this is how I came to this conclusion:)

[Howard-Guitars]

p.s. eddie, is that yours?

[LOBOTIDULATOR]

got enough plugs in that outlet?

[Howard-Guitars]

i got to say, that bike sure looks cool but how heavy is it? looks like a tanks, plus it has monsters:eek:

[barry]

looks like a pretty shitty DH bike to me. 24s, 3.0s, Monsters, cromo cranks.

that being said, i'd ride it in a second :D

[Loopie]

I feel the pain:D I rode a V10 with '03 Monsters and a 3.0/2.65 Kujo combo for a while:lol:.....it rode thru/over ANYTHING.

[aShogunNamedMarcus]

Ohhh thats nice. I think that could be rode fairly well out here actually.

I'd still want a Cortina Avy team frame (http://www.avalanchedownhillracing.com/avaframe.html) if I was looking at a Cortina :D

[eddiebrannan]

not mine, but i'd ride it in a second too. barry as i said it's a freeride dh rig, not a racer. built for big drops and rolling stuff.

[Sobot_FR]

What are rock gardens??

I have a pet rock.

[white ri0t]

I would like to see what extreme trails and gardens of rock warrant such a large and complexly shockered frame.

[eddiebrannan]

ok diggs i'll write a letter to cortina and tell em you say there's no need to continue production of this bike :rolleyes:

[white ri0t]

I just want to see what you guys are riding! it must be extreme judging by your bikes! Is that too much to ask?

P.S. if they do stop making them, tell them to make one last one and mail it to me OK

[eddiebrannan]

like i said it's mountains only with less work done on the trails so more rocky and irregular and no bridges etc. so wider tires for loose stuff and not getting stuck between rocks, 24s for less rotating weight. big travel for soaking up the bumps.

shore stuff seems to be relatively smooth with specific drops and whatnot. this is more like just constantly riding over rocks and roots and stuff, so a lot of travel is a good thing

[white ri0t]

Oh, it's rooty and rocky here, chundery as hell. Fairly slow though. You spend a lot of time on roots and odd shaped rocks. It's hard to describe. Sounds like you've only seen the shots of the "buffed" trails, but there are a lot that are choppy, rooty, muddy, slippery...hard to describe unless you've seen it.

[eddiebrannan]

yeah i guess… anyway that's the way folks like their bikes round these parts. built so you can roll and roll fast. and no skinnies or anything

[SEKTER13]

Here on the east coast most people build there duallys like that. Sometimes I personally dont think that much bike is needed, but just my opinion. Going on what people who have ridden both west and east coast, and from videos, the trails here are like someone mentioned, not a constant downhill, but slight incline, then massive steep, then right back to slight, and over and over, and very technical and fast, fairly wide though usually, where as from what i see on the shore is slower speed, very technical, and crazy stunts. we just ride wide natural technical lines as opposed to tighter stunted lines. Just my conclusing, I could be wrong. Not all of us build our bikes like that either, I ride a small travel dually, works for me. I agree that some riders dont need that much bike though, some of the bikes here in Cape Breton are insane for what we have to ride...