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freeridekid
11-12-2006, 03:06 PM
While all the rain has been flooding the west side, we have been getting just enough rain in tri-cities to make for some (relatively) nice dirt.
http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/Dawntherockets/?action=view&current=100_2242.flv

http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/Dawntherockets/?action=view&current=100_2237.flv

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/Dawntherockets/100_2243.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/Dawntherockets/100_2234.jpg

drifting before i packed the berm down haha
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/Dawntherockets/100_2223.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/Dawntherockets/100_2220.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/Dawntherockets/100_2188.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f370/Dawntherockets/100_2187.jpg
PacificPointer
11-12-2006, 03:27 PM
Nice pics!!!!!
maddogdh
11-12-2006, 06:41 PM
sweet vid clips
iridebikes
11-12-2006, 07:57 PM
Nice dude. Looks like you're enjoying your sunday?
hungryleprican
11-12-2006, 08:36 PM
nice bike
Hack
11-12-2006, 08:44 PM
Ya..sweet video.
freeridekid
11-13-2006, 12:00 AM
ya the best part about those trails is they're like 2 minutes from my house! BTW thanks to fluidride for hooking me up with the sunday, its sick:biggrin: as you can tell by the pics, i love cornering, and the sunday is a cornering beast:cupidarrow:
hungryleprican
11-13-2006, 02:17 AM
where are those trails? they look like fun

BTW i got my sunday at fluidride too!
same exact bike cept - the hayes nines (replaced w/ juicys)
freeridekid
11-13-2006, 06:23 PM
where are those trails? they look like fun

BTW i got my sunday at fluidride too!
same exact bike cept - the hayes nines (replaced w/ juicys)

the trails are in richland, WA (Tri-Cities). they're pretty short though cuz
they're just on my neighborhood hill. we've got a pretty long trail in progress about a half hour west in benton city, but i haven't ridden it lately.
Snacks
11-13-2006, 06:28 PM
I hope the good weather stays in effect though Thanksgiving. We'll be over there for 4 days with the bikes:biggrin:
freeridekid
11-13-2006, 11:43 PM
I hope the good weather stays in effect though Thanksgiving. We'll be over there for 4 days with the bikes:biggrin:

ya, i will be snowboarding all thanksgiving weekend, but i bet state patrol will be in awesome condition!
ktown.freeride
11-13-2006, 11:57 PM
trail looks good, but the corners look even better :brows:
iridebikes
11-14-2006, 12:09 AM
BTW thanks to fluidride for hooking me up with the sunday, its sick

I'm glad you like it. I remember your dad coming in. Nice guy. My buddy Joe used to live in West Richland. His family lives down there. I think sometime we'll have to make a trip and bring the bikes!

How long are the trails? pretty short? or do you get a bit of a ride before having to go back to the top?
trailhacker
11-14-2006, 01:25 PM
.My buddy Joe used to live in West Richland. His family lives down there.
Joe Thomas?
iridebikes
11-14-2006, 06:14 PM
Joe Thomas?

no, Joe Corbett
Snacks
11-14-2006, 06:55 PM
no, Joe Corbett

You mean there's more that one person named Joe in the Tri-Cities area?!?!?!?:huh: I'm shocked:p
SteezyWeezy
11-14-2006, 07:00 PM
nice berm pics!
freeridekid
11-14-2006, 07:23 PM
I'm glad you like it. I remember your dad coming in. Nice guy. My buddy Joe used to live in West Richland. His family lives down there. I think sometime we'll have to make a trip and bring the bikes!

How long are the trails? pretty short? or do you get a bit of a ride before having to go back to the top?

those particular ones are pretty short. there's one that's a little bit longer than sst and with more vertical drop and more natural terrain in the same area. i'll try to get some pics of that sometime. if it ever gets finished, the trail in benton city will be well worth a ride, and its shuttleable:biggrin:
urbaindk
11-15-2006, 02:49 PM
Good looking stuff. I just applied for a job at PNNL. Nice to know there's stuff to ride out there if I were to get an offer...

How is the riding in that area in general?
freeridekid
11-15-2006, 11:41 PM
Good looking stuff. I just applied for a job at PNNL. Nice to know there's stuff to ride out there if I were to get an offer...

How is the riding in that area in general?

its alright as long as its not summer. there is a decent sized cross country trail-system and lots of hills to build trails on (people don't really care if you build trails because it's just sagebrush and grass). there's also a decent concrete skatepark and there should be a metal ramp one coming soon as well.
Snacks
11-16-2006, 12:27 AM
It's one of the better places to ride durning the winter in WA. State.

Yah, summer not so much.
urbaindk
11-16-2006, 11:38 AM
It's one of the better places to ride durning the winter in WA. State.

Yah, summer not so much.

Is it desert hot or something? (I know nothing about Richland.)
Snacks
11-16-2006, 11:41 AM
Is it desert hot or something? (I know nothing about Richland.)

Very, but it's a dry heat so it's not that bad:biggrin:
joelsman
11-16-2006, 11:46 AM
don't forget the dirt is mostly sand and silt, when it dries out over there you are in a big sand dune basically
trailhacker
11-16-2006, 02:21 PM
Is it desert hot or something? (I know nothing about Richland.)
Yes, expect averages during the summer to be high 80's to 90's.
Dry heat my as...

On the flip side, it is desert cold in the winter too.
freeridekid
11-17-2006, 01:13 AM
i'm proud to say we got up to 112 this summer haha. dry or not, that is HOT! and somehow my twisted mind thought it would be fun to actually ride in that heat. it wasn't
urbaindk
11-17-2006, 03:35 PM
Lovely, thanks for climatology data.

We have a month or so of weather in the 90's here with humidity to match. It can be pretty miserable. Fortunately we don't have much sand and plenty of shade. (Maybe I should stick around afterall?)
Snacks
11-17-2006, 03:42 PM
Lovely, thanks for climatology data.

We have a month or so of weather in the 90's here with humidity to match. It can be pretty miserable. Fortunately we don't have much sand and plenty of shade. (Maybe I should stick around afterall?)

The weather in the Tri-Cities is actually pretty nice. Four seasons, and the heat isn't too bad because of the low humidity. That is what the killer is in Seattle high 80's with 100% humidity:disgust:
trailhacker
11-17-2006, 06:06 PM
... Seattle high 80's with 100% humidity:disgust:
Ummmm...
I don't know about the 100% humidity but definately more than E. WA.
I am guessing jdschall is on the east coast. With REAL humidity.

Seattle gets humid but nothing compared to the eastern parts of the states.

Count on a regular 90's for a good part of the summer but with minimal humidity. The down side is there is practicly no trees - NO SHADE!
Except the shade part it is tolerable.
freeridekid
11-18-2006, 03:25 AM
its not too bad as long as you have a camelback basically
downhilla fosho
11-18-2006, 09:48 PM
Ill cornering man. Ironhorse is the way to go man. How's the Sunday treatin ya?
freeridekid
11-19-2006, 07:09 PM
it's so sick, beats the heck out of my old diamondback. when i rode whistler this summer it was finally about goin fast through the tech sections rather than just trying to get down them. i never would have believed what a difference a bike could make, but it does! (wow that sounds like a friggin testimonial haha but oh well i love it that much)
bcd
11-19-2006, 09:49 PM
HEY freeride KID

looks like you have some race blood in ya'

way to hit the berms!
ktown.freeride
11-19-2006, 11:24 PM
hey freeride kid, i'm gonna be picking up a sunday team frame next week from fluidride and build it up...im soo excited. by the way, i know charlie because i run cross country with him.
urbaindk
11-20-2006, 12:43 PM
I am guessing jdschall is on the east coast. With REAL humidity.

.

Yep, Maryland.
ChelanDHer
11-20-2006, 01:38 PM
Speaking of humidity, I was in Louisville, Kentucky in October a couple years ago. I was walking around in a a t-shirt and shorts, temperature was about 70 or so and I was sweating. Ridiculous how the humidity is back east.
kona-ryder
11-20-2006, 07:53 PM
^^^ I used to live in Pittsburgh, PA. It would be above ahundred degrees and humid as hell in the summer. You would get out of the shower and 10minutes later feel like taking another one because you would be sweating already. Ohh yeah, sick trail. I am making one like it in my feild. I will post some pics when its done.
freeridekid
11-20-2006, 11:08 PM
hey freeride kid, i'm gonna be picking up a sunday team frame next week from fluidride and build it up...im soo excited. by the way, i know charlie because i run cross country with him.

ya i think he told me he knew you. that's sweet ur gettin a sunday, what do u haver right now? oh and is it an 06 or 07 sunday?
freeridekid
11-20-2006, 11:10 PM
^^^ I used to live in Pittsburgh, PA. It would be above ahundred degrees and humid as hell in the summer. You would get out of the shower and 10minutes later feel like taking another one because you would be sweating already. Ohh yeah, sick trail. I am making one like it in my feild. I will post some pics when its done.

ya i love those kinds of trails: so simple and easy to build, yet so fun!
its also nice to be able to really charge the turns w/o having to worry about flying into a tree if u mess up