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Originally Posted by heleu
and a full suspension Intense Tracer (do they still make those?).
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Intense do indeed still make bikes, the M9 being their downhill specific sled:
I know what you mean about finding time to go mountain biking, but its so worth it.
Compared to riding on the road which was designed for cars, riding on trails specifically designed for your bike, and to push the limits of you and the bike as one, is just soooo much more rewarding to me.
Don't get me wrong, yes, its completely dangerous, but then again people die riding bikes on the road as well. Statistically i'm sure injuries are less prevalent riding on the street, but as long as you stay within your boundaries riding at whistler, you can easily have a blast and not get injured.
It's people like me who go up there, and decide on a whim to huck the crabapple hits, or race a buddy down dirt merchant, we are the people who end up in the hospital at whistler.
For me unless that risk of serious injury, or death is there I'm bored. I want to push the limits of what I think I can do.