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Jared:.
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 02:28
Hey all, I'm a newbie here, My name's jared
I mostly do mountain bike racing photography...

Are there any other fellow riders around on these forums? surley there'd be a few eh?

Thanks.
Jim G
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 02:48
I ride (nothing too serious, no competition stuff - just mucking around in the bush)... I take photos whilst out on a bike but not of other bikers ;)
Nick Pro
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 06:42
I ride as well, Going on a ride today after school infact. When I get to drive I will get into DH and such. Diablo is only maybe 2 hours away.

I ride a 06 Specialized XC Pro
smcclelland
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 07:27
I ride, got hooked on it when I was living in the Seattle/Vancouver area. Riding an 08 Specialized Pitch Comp right now doing some XC/DH/North Shore stuff.
g_robins
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 07:54
I don't ride anymore but I do photograph MTB and cycle races, have a look,

http://www.grahamrobins.net/photos/BJW+Mountain+Bike+Race+2008/
http://www.grahamrobins.net/photos/Team+Axiom_T_T_Road+Race/
primoz
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 08:52
I ride (xc only) as much as I can, but only in summer. Winter is skiing time... of course when I have time :) Mtb is just behind xc skiing, when it comes to most beautiful sports for me.
AB8ND
21st of May 2008 (Wed), 09:33
I ride, but unfortunately with the price of gas it is easier and cheaper to just hop on my road bike and go than it is to drive to the trails. I'll be covering the Lumberjack 100 in the Manistee National Forest, Michigan in June.

Jack
prplegophr
22nd of May 2008 (Thu), 05:03
Yup, ride too. As long as there's less than a foot of snow on the trail anyway... so May through September or so.
Jared:.
22nd of May 2008 (Thu), 05:05
Yup, ride too. As long as there's less than a foot of snow on the trail anyway... so May through September or so.

That must be interesting, with the trails all soggy most of the time.

in AUS it's always bone-dry dust.
prplegophr
22nd of May 2008 (Thu), 05:19
The trails may be soggy, but they end at glaciers... so I guess it's worth it. Oh, and it's fun trying to outrun bears (sarcasm, they go 35 MPH+).

It's mainly XC riding though, I haven't found a lot of ridable mountains here. Looks like you're doing DH.
Jared:.
22nd of May 2008 (Thu), 05:29
The trails may be soggy, but they end at glaciers... so I guess it's worth it. Oh, and it's fun trying to outrun bears (sarcasm, they go 35 MPH+).

It's mainly XC riding though, I haven't found a lot of ridable mountains here. Looks like you're doing DH.

Yeah, I totally forgot about different diciplines for a moment.

I've heard about the bears and cougars chacing people, must be scary!

and trails ending at glaciers! holy crap! that's just so cool. Props.