Diablo Opening Weekend Roll Call

[JRogers]

Well, this weekend is coming to a close- less than one week to opening day! Who's going?

I should be there both days on my MC 9.5. Lots of new parts without much ride time, so I expect to be doing lots of tweaking as things break in...or just break.

[TankerX]

i'll be there, custom blue sunday on the mountain!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/bikefiend/IMG_1476.jpg

[pain]

ITS SUPPOSED TO RAIN NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !:disgust1: :disgust1: :disgust1: :disgust1: :disgust1: :disgust1: :plthumbsdown: :plthumbsdown: :plthumbsdown: :plthumbsdown:

[pinkshirtphotos]

it rained last year :twitch:

[JRogers]

Weather I looked at says maybe scattered storms on Friday, but clear on Saturday and Sunday. It's a week away, though, so who knows at this point.

[c.o.d51]

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Vernon&state=NJ&site=PHI

Looks like there's a chance of showers on Saturday.

I should be there on my Race Link. I can't wait for opening day, it'll be a blast.

[TankerX]

way to ealry to speculate, my 2cents!

[dhbuilder]

I should be there both days on my MC 9.5. Lots of new parts without much ride time, so I expect to be doing lots of tweaking as things break in...or just break.

tighten your grips.
:disgust:

[dirttastesgood]

i'll be there. sean will be there riding his trusty goat with his pink shirt and camera, i have some stones ready.

[konarider1283]

Ill be there on this shiny 303 ;)

[pinkshirtphotos]

its shiny because your afraid to get dirt on it! this saturday we RACE

[konarider1283]

oh shes quite dirty after bombing skyline yesterday
and yea sats the day

[JRogers]

tighten your grips.
:disgust:

BA-ZING!

:clapping:

[Woolleyfooley]

ill be there. either on a grey rocky mountain switch or on a sunday wc. cant decide which one yet haha.

[quickneonrt]

i'll be there both days w/ blue sxt and my silver demo9. Still thinking of selling the d9 but can't seem to let it go. 3 days to go, the winter flew by. Can't wait to see ya all up there.

[demo 9]

ill be there. i ride my bike down mountains for fun!

[pain]

ill be there with demo9

[whale]

i will most likely be there coming up from DC... i'll either be on my blue IH SGS FR with a 888 or a silver heckler with a 66 (or both, not at the same time). i can't wait to hit up the new trail and another season of diablo trips. :drool:

[TankerX]

i'll be there with my bike and my friends on their bikes too!!:cheers:

[demo 9]

ill be there with demo9
ah schit. dont follow me.

[pain]

ah schit. dont follow me.

dont worry you will be behind me

[demo 9]

dont worry you will be behind me
u race intro...

[pain]

u race intro...

yeah with a bike that wieghed 55 pounds...now i got a nice sub 40 pound bike

[demo 9]

its not the bike its the rider. owned

[pain]

yes but the rider cant get any better if the bike is holding him back

[quickneonrt]

yes but the rider cant get any better if the bike is holding him back

excuses, excuses... a good rider can ride almost anything

[Excoudos]

hey pain just remember i race like 2 years ago intro for 3 of the races chain less on a stright 8 and took 3rd. so yeah the bike might help alittle but its the rider. and o ill be there on my c-dale gemini with demo 9.

[DownCycles_Stef]

I'll be there on Sunday with all of the Down Cycles crew that hasn't gotten in thier training for Platty this weekend. Oh yeah, and i'll be pimping the new ride.

http://a6.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/15/l_652526ceb4f9fbc03e5f9e85586ed815.jpg
http://a937.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/47/l_6256e5fe9a4c68518664ca38d50acd10.jpg

-Stef

[pain]

hey pain just remember i race like 2 years ago intro for 3 of the races chain less on a stright 8 and took 3rd. so yeah the bike might help alittle but its the rider. and o ill be there on my c-dale gemini with demo 9.

lol dont worry that was all set up and i was making **** up :imstupid:
but yeah ill be there on my bigiht

[ini88]

i'll be up Saturday - Brooklyn TMX.

[nappyho]

I'll be there too, riding your mama...

[Hollywood]

I will be there rusty as a nail both days from the DC Area. Will be riding either a Blue Norco Atomik or a Black Norco Shore. You can't miss me and I am sure I can't miss the trees.

[pinkshirtphotos]

pink shirt
nikon camera
green sungay

[quickneonrt]

pink shirt
nikon camera
green sungay


ah man there goes the weekend!

[pinkshirtphotos]

i will also be selling rotor lube. it makes your bike faster. only 5 bux a bottle!

[jcook90]

i'll be there on sunday, red r9, white tld jersey i think.

[bruiser2]

i will also be selling rotor lube. it makes your bike faster. only 5 bux a bottle!

hahaha i almost didn't get the rotor lube joke...:imstupid:

-J.P.

[vernonrider90]

anyone want to lube my rotors?

[DHJUNKIE]

yeah ill be there saturday... alllll red R9.. WC... fox moto helmet... names Mike..

[JRogers]

Weather forecast looks clear during Sat and Sunday! Gotta go to my stack of tires and see what'd be best.

Work has burned me out so hard this week, I can't wait to be bombing down the mountain. My 66SL is teh suck, but whatever. As long as it sort of works I don't care.

[Timekiller]

14 1/2 more hours.....

[pinkshirtphotos]

13.5 hours to go

[Timekiller]

leaving work now... (13 more hours) and Ill probably only sleep like 3 of them.

See you all in the a.m.

[pinkshirtphotos]

i plan on getting at diablo around 7:30 come early and get some preride photos.

[dirtyjrzy1031]

every run is a race run for me get out of my way. and take that blue sunday that u painted with can and trash it

[dirtyjrzy1031]

every run is a race run for me get out of my way.

[jcook90]

yeah i got a lacrosse game tomorrow. sundays free just my dad said have to do all my homework by saturday night which is gonna suck. w/e its worth it

[pinkshirtphotos]

1.5 hour

[bruiser2]

about 1 hour...even though i won't be there:twitch: :twitch:

[dirttastesgood]

every run is a race run for me get out of my way.
keep telling yourself that

[JRogers]

Just took a shower after getting back. Fun day today. Crazy loose stuff.

[jcook90]

whats tempest like? i'm going tomorrow, SOO pumped.

also, the lift opens at 9 right?

[JRogers]

whats tempest like? i'm going tomorrow, SOO pumped.

also, the lift opens at 9 right?

Yeah, 9. It's a really fun trail. To get there, go straight off to the lift towards the race course start gate. keep going on the road past the gate; Tempest is right there. A few nice jumps. The end part is nice and flowy. Rock drop kind of comes out of nowhere; keep your eyes open.

[pinkshirtphotos]

alpine is dusty. wear a sars mask.

[BulldogDH]

I'll be there sunday,with my cove peeler.:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: http://i4.pinkbike.com/photo/1309/pbpic1309368.jpg
http://i5.pinkbike.com/photo/1309/pbpic1309369.jpg

[NJMX835]

Really dusty today, but a lot of fun anyway.

It's looking like rain up here now, if we get a little bit of rain tonight, tomorrow morning will be perfect.

[jcook90]

dude whats that peeler weigh? it looks like a tank

i messed up my wrist yesterday hitting a kid in lacrosse and now it hurts to bend. riding tomorrow could be potentially stupid but i'm so pumped i dont even care.

a little rain will be nice, %60 chance tonight

[DHJUNKIE]

yeah... pray for some rain tonight guys... and look out for a looottt of changed things... outta no where.

[pinkshirtphotos]

looks like rain here. but i dont want it. the dust made some awsome pictures

[JRogers]

yeah... pray for some rain tonight guys... and look out for a looottt of changed things... outta no where.

No kidding. I was in the air looking down thinking "well, I wasn't expecting to land on wooden steps...this might be rough..."

[DHJUNKIE]

No kidding. I was in the air looking down thinking "well, I wasn't expecting to land on wooden steps...this might be rough..."

yeah... not many ppl i talk to or saw ride it actually stayed on the pedals.. i dunno a few things i didnt like but i did have a blast.

[konarider1283]

No kidding. I was in the air looking down thinking "well, I wasn't expecting to land on wooden steps...this might be rough..."

hmm were u riding the norco? cuz than i think u were in front of me when that happened heh.

was sooo fun up there today, cant wait to get back up :D

[pinkshirtphotos]

i shot a few people on the stairs and watched them fall. not a fan of them myself. it is a nice spot to take photographs.

[jcook90]

what stairs? is this something else thats new?

[JRogers]

hmm were u riding the norco? cuz than i think u were in front of me when that happened heh.

was sooo fun up there today, cant wait to get back up :D

No, I was on a Mountain Cycle. It's right near where the berm/stepdown on the open course is. It used to be a little roll in deal. Now it's a bunch of wood stuff. I slammed through it a few times...clipless definitely helped.

[c.o.d51]

what stairs? is this something else thats new?

On Crap Shoot, after Dom's there's that berm that drops down into a choppy section. Well, they decided to put wooden "stairs" in there. It's nasty. They did a few things that I really don't like (the sand berms on Alpine and all of the "water bars"), but it was still a good day. Tempest is a pretty fun trail, and Phantom was quite smooth. Can't for the Open now!

[jcook90]

yeah i learned the true power of the stairs today...came in a little fast and rather than go down the little smooth line to the left i went down them. both feet slipped the pedals at the same time, was on the back fo the seat for a few steps, bounced onto the tire then back up onto the seat, and slowly and painfully dismounted from my bike.

other than that, diablos as awesome as ever

[whale]

great weather this weekend! i ended up borrowing an r9 frame for potential purchase and loved it. who was taking photos near the wall rides on alpine? i think there were a few taken of me near the end of sunday and i would like to check them out. i never really stop to session and take photos because we are always too busy riding. i was wearing an old green puma t-shirt and riding a blue r9.

i'm not sure what was up with all the installed logs (erosion? speed check?), but a few of them were fun to use as jumps into the berms. i was also dissappointed that BMW was closed... looking forward to hitting it up later this season.

[demo 9]

wont the water make the dirt go in front of or over the logs leaving just logs after a rain storm. correct me if i am wrong but i think the old trenches were better?

[quickneonrt]

wont the water make the dirt go in front of or over the logs leaving just logs after a rain storm. correct me if i am wrong but i think the old trenches were better?


it will wash the dirt out, they tried it on a section of waterboy last season and it didn't work. It would wash all the dirt out around and under it and there was a just log.

What I don't understand is why they don't quickcrete the berms so they don't get rutted out after the first month. Also why not quickcrete around the logs to prevent the dirt from washing out?

[Electric_City]

Any pics of these logs/stairs?

[pinkshirtphotos]

quickneonrt

whistler dosent quickcreet berms. they let them get ridden for a week. after the week they close the trail and dig out the brake bumps. they then put cinder blocks in the dirt and cover them. brake bumps will never be more then 1 inch deep.

Electric_city
i will post some pictures of the stairs when i get home.

[Timekiller]

Yea.. the stairs are wicked crazy on a hardtail.. I had to pinch the seat with my knees cuz my feet were popping off like crazy.

[konarider1283]

quickneonrt

whistler dosent quickcreet berms. they let them get ridden for a week. after the week they close the trail and dig out the brake bumps. they then put cinder blocks in the dirt and cover them. brake bumps will never be more then 1 inch deep.

Electric_city
i will post some pictures of the stairs when i get home.

um i dont know what ur talking about but being that i was in whistler for a week and first hand experienced the brake bumps, they were way over an inch deep, and not one of the trails was closed once while i was there for any type of maintenance that youre talking about...

[bruiser2]

once again...Where is dom's denial?!?!?

[jcook90]

bruiser - ride to the top of alpine but continue down that fireroad. it'll go up to the right a little to crapchute, but its blocked off from that side. so take a right after it and then like the trail forks left or right where dom#4 went. go left and its right there

[bruiser2]

a lil' confusing kuz i didn't know where dom #4 was but maybe i'll remember or ask sum1 there... thankx!

[jcook90]

okay...fireroad past the top of alpine. it'll curve down to the left, then flatten out for a while. at the end of the flat it breaks to the right a little, then splits. go left. if you go past like a red barn/house building thing then u went the wrong way.