Who rode today? (6/7/08)

[Film4food]

Today was most likely one of the hottest days of the season and let me tell you, i was not ready for it at all. I brought a nice sized cooler with about 10 waters and a lot of ice, and i had to drink about a bottle between each run. Who else thought that today was a super hot/sticky day?

[bmxracer62]

i think my fork overheated! i drank about 2 gallons of water. i had to leave at about 2:00, it was too much. i got some good runs in though, im happy.

[phloedix]

i was there. i rode from 9 -12. haha. im glad i have a season pass. even tbhough it is a 2 hour drive. those 3 hours of riding was still a great time.. even though i gusted up my elbow on my last run. haha

[CBJ]

I thought today was perfect. Hot for sure but super had a great time.

[Film4food]

I was seriously thinking about just hopping in one of those pools

[WhoRyder]

i had a great time, but fatigue over came me @ about 1:30... i couldn't do it anymore... Helmet cam action will be posted in about an hour or so!

[yuroshek]

conditions were awesome today, all trails were super fast. my boys and I were doin a little photo shoot and were def the last ones off the mt. pics will be up in the next few days.

[bmxracer62]

I was seriously thinking about just hopping in one of those pools

i was gonna bring my swim suit up on the lift and go jump in that lake up top! it was looking very refreshing. i might do that tommorow.

[FOXROX]

anyone else going tomorrow?

[Film4food]

The lake looked so perfect to cool down in, with that perfect off shore breeze. Ill be up there tomorrow as well, hopefully were looking at a much cooler day without the humidity.

[nicks500]

it was definately one of the hottest dayys to be riding but it was worth it because i had a great last run and i was literally about 10 feet from hitting a deer after the second jump on lower dominion

[WhoRyder]

conditions were awesome today, all trails were super fast. my boys and I were doin a little photo shoot and were def the last ones off the mt. pics will be up in the next few days.


I was wearing a Black and yellow helmet and was sitting down on my ass on all trails... you got a picture of me?

lol

good seeing you today, bro!

[bmxracer62]

anyone else going tomorrow?

yea, i think its gonna be like today though, im takin it easy all day, well.... to an extent.

[bmxracer62]

it was definately one of the hottest dayys to be riding but it was worth it because i had a great last run and i was literally about 10 feet from hitting a deer after the second jump on lower dominion

i was on exudus like 3 weeks ago, some kid was on the otherside, he scared a bunch of deer, and they started runnin in front of me! i was to chase them down the trail. they were scared ****less, i felt bad. i guess they gotta be kind of used to the bikes by now.

[Film4food]

I took a wrong turn near lower dominion and must have went on a really old trail cause there were no signs of wear and tear, but i was going through and a whole bunch of turkeys were just hanging out in the trail.

[yuroshek]

I was wearing a Black and yellow helmet and was sitting down on my ass on all trails... you got a picture of me?

lol

good seeing you today, bro!

i think so! lol jk you gonna be up tomorrow?

btw i got bad sunburn just from takin my jersey off during runs.

[konarider1283]

anyone hit up reality show? or was it still closed?
And Dave...wat kinda helmet cam you got? :D

[WhoRyder]

i'm 85% going tomorrow....

I don't really have a helmet cam, i "taped" my Hi-def camera to my helmet and the results were... EHHHHH... you'll see, not that great... would have been better with out tall the vibration... sux...

but reality show was open and i got helmet cam of me hitting it.. :-)

[WhoRyder]

BMX, it's really weird that 5 BoXXers were misbehaving today, including mine...

WTF....

My fork is still making that crackle noise... WTF....

[bmxracer62]

reality show, i thought it was a waste of time to be honest, too short. i think they just opened it so people could get a little taste. i hope hey make it branch off to the left into the woods like on the the left of showtime(or whatever that trail is there)they said theyll be working on it all summer

[bmxracer62]

BMX, it's really weird that 5 BoXXers were misbehaving today, including mine...

WTF....

My fork is still making that crackle noise... WTF....



get this, mine stopped. i think. it cooled down or something. thats weird though. moisture? seals dont like heat? idk!

[WhoRyder]

My fork still makes that clicking sound.... it makes the sound after for is compressed about 20%, very annoying in deed... wtf.... I may need it rebuilt... maybe not, the fork has been spiking after about midday... weird.. felt great in the AM....

[Film4food]

Funniest part is my boxxer was acting up all day, making a noise that sounded like cracking plastic and it would leak a bit.

[WhoRyder]

yeah i think it was just too damn hot, remember with the stanchions going up and down that created heat as well i guess....

i dunno...

[Film4food]

yeah i think it was just too damn hot, remember with the stanchions going up and down that created heat as well i guess....

i dunno...


That would seem pretty logical, looking forward to a nice day tomorrow.

[FOXROX]

just poored for a good half hour... but should be fine tomorrow!

[Film4food]

weathers looking awesome tomorrow, http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/ski/hourbyhour/USNJ0531?from=dayDetails_topnav_ski

[FOXROX]

Hahah

[IAMAPRO]

I a whole bunch of turkeys were just hanging out in the trail.

That was DThomo and his crew, I swear on it!!

[WhoRyder]

IAMAHOMO is upset that i beat him down the mountain sitting on my ass all the way down...

[phloedix]

where was reality show at ? and what was on it ?

[Hamburgler]

where was reality show at ? and what was on it ?

Its right next to lower dominion, like a matter of 6 feet....if you hit lower dom you cant miss it.

IMO its an incredible waste of space. The kicker is cool, but that box is flat out stupid. What is there to do on it besides ride over it? Maybe some tricks if you are on a park bike, but i go there to ride big bikes. IMO that space could be used for more of those kickers...those are incredibly fun.

[NJMX835]

Its right next to lower dominion, like a matter of 6 feet....if you hit lower dom you cant miss it.

IMO its an incredible waste of space. The kicker is cool, but that box is flat out stupid. What is there to do on it besides ride over it? Maybe some tricks if you are on a park bike, but i go there to ride big bikes. IMO that space could be used for more of those kickers...those are incredibly fun.


I agree with that, lose the boxes & build more kickers, those wooden kickers just may be the most fun features at Diablo.

[phloedix]

is that the trail with the little wall ride thing and the rainbow box ? what is new on it ?

[konarider1283]

is that the trail with the little wall ride thing and the rainbow box ? what is new on it ?

no, thats upper dominion. if you enter the trail for the top of lower, right to the left is the entrance for reality show. its been marked off with tape for a while

[Film4food]

I loved the first kicker, but felt like i couldn't get enough speed also i think they would put a nice big double in place of the "box"

[S.K.C.]

I was there yesterday - rode from 9 to 1 then recharged and went back out at 3:20.

The "Fun Box" (as it's called in skatepark terms) I don't mind, but it's that you need to grab a few pedals to get up on it if you are on a full-blown DH rig. I could see it being cake to blast over that on a 4-inch travel bike or a hardtail though.

To make it easier to do tricks off of it I think the Trail Crew could widen the dirt deck that's on either side of the box - that way if you are going for a manual or a nose-press and things get crooked, you can roll off the box safely instead of winding up in a pile down below the dirt "deck" / tabletop that the Fun Box is built upon.

[Hesh To Steel]

Yesterday was fairly brutal. Didn't actually get on the lift til probably 10:45 (despite getting there at 8:30) since i discovered that my rear brake was shot as soon as I took my bike out of the car.

Did a bunch of runs, and by the time we got tired, it seemed like almost everyone had left, so we thought it was around 3:45-4:00. Went to a Mexican restaurant, ordered food, finally checked my cellphone, and it was only 3:15. Must've stopped riding sometime around 2 or 2:15. I don't know if it's just because I'm pathetically out of shape, but the heat took a lot out of me and made me feel like I was riding for much longer than I was.

Oh and for the record, I don't like those boxes either. Tried to take one today and completely wiped, went OTB and ended up in the bushes next to the box. I guess some people could find cool ways to "trick off" those boxes, but for me, I'll probably just be riding around them from now on.

[Film4food]

The heat surely takes a number on us.

[IAMAPRO]

To make it easier to do tricks off of it I think the Trail Crew could widen the dirt deck that's on either side of the box - that way if you are going for a manual or a nose-press and things get crooked, you can roll off the box safely instead of winding up in a pile down below the dirt "deck" / tabletop that the Fun Box is built upon.


Vey true. Box is fun nonetheless.

[tlproject7]

first time riding diablo this season and even in the heat it was awesome, there trail crew does an great job, ive been to whistler and still am very impressed with what diablo does in terms of trail variety and fun factor. yea so thanks diablo

[Ironjunk]

That would be cool if they put another box after the first box. Then after the second box you transition onto another kicker.

[FOXROX]

i was riding it on my ht, and it felt awkward to me. it felt like the lip was too steep, felt like i was riding into a wall and lawn darting lol. i think it is good spot and could have a lot of potential with all that space between there and green horn.

and for people complaining about the boxe and the kicker, it is not ment for full blown 8'' dh bikes. slopestyle is 4-5 inch bikes.



edit: they should make a wood kicker up to that box

[ICU812]

All the new stuff is fun, as always the trail crew did a great job. But......Think about a trail with like 15 kicker jumps in a row, some small ones, some medium ones, and a few large ones. All spaced accordingly, with one large drop at the end. :cheers:

[dhsean]

BMX, it's really weird that 5 BoXXers were misbehaving today, including mine...
WTF....
My fork is still making that crackle noise... WTF....

Add another why is my Boxxer sounding like it is going to snap. I had 110lbs in the air chamber. When I checked it it had 135. My Codes were not too happy neither. I guess the heat was hurting the bikes as much as it was effecting our riding. I rode both days but 2:30 each day was about as much as I could handle. Great weekend of riding anyway. Strip the bike down, rebuild, go ride, have fun. Repeat. It wouldn't be so fun if it was all easy.

[Hamburgler]

and for people complaining about the boxe and the kicker, it is not ment for full blown 8'' dh bikes. slopestyle is 4-5 inch bikes.

I see your location is new jersey, so maybe you are close and can pick and choose bikes to bring a different days. But for the rest of us that travel 3+ hours to the mountain are bringing bikes to ride the entire mountain.

If the trail designers/builders (who are GREAT) build the features for slopestyle bikes than they would have a specific slopestyle trail/area. Even then...there is no way, in a money making business sense or to please the general crowd that making such trail not fun for DH bikes would be done.

Thats why there is some widespread dissatisfaction with the features.

[FOXROX]

im not trying to start anything.... but it does say on the sighn that it is a slope style park

[tlproject7]

i feel the same way about the features, but us on big bikes dont need to ride the trail if we dont wanna. cool stuff for people who happened to be on little bikes

[WhoRyder]

i ride everything....... with my big bike, but, i do it SITTING on my ass......

[FOXROX]

i found it just as easy to do on my dh bike .....

[Film4food]

I like to have a little different terrain to mess around on my way down, just my view on the new features.

[yuroshek]

I see your location is new jersey, so maybe you are close and can pick and choose bikes to bring a different days. But for the rest of us that travel 3+ hours to the mountain are bringing bikes to ride the entire mountain.

If the trail designers/builders (who are GREAT) build the features for slopestyle bikes than they would have a specific slopestyle trail/area. Even then...there is no way, in a money making business sense or to please the general crowd that making such trail not fun for DH bikes would be done.

Thats why there is some widespread dissatisfaction with the features.

hey man if you dont like that one trail, theres about 40 others you can ride on your DH bike. they are just trying to have a variety of stuff for a variety of people.

[ROBSNUTZ]

DIABLO just build more and there will one day be enough to satisfy everyone. The new stuff is all great because its different. The step up almost killed me but was a great idea and spot. Das wall needs a few more haybails crashed into the tree there ouch. oh yeah HOT AS ****

[Polish Rambo]

Reality Show is a slopestyle area and is marked accordingly. It is going to grow on a weekly basis so check it often for new features. The general consensus over the past few years was that park lacked slopestyle features and that is what the riders wanted, so Dominion was given a make-over and Reality Show was born. So far, the feedback on these features has been overwhelmingly positive, and more and more riders are showing up with short travel bikes.

[be350ka]

I had 110lbs in the air chamber. When I checked it it had 135.

Hot air expands.

[jerseydirt]

yea it was mucho grande hot! my fork was not misbehaving though. it was enjoying the heat. i pinned greenhorn today!

[jerseydirt]

...with yuroshek, he drifted and i was like pffff.

[Huck Banzai]

manual the boxes, nosey the boxes, just ride the boxes...

I ain't no trixter, but they're a nice touch of variety. I'd like to see Chase, GR or Adam Hauck swing through on an SS bike or HT and see what they can make the box do!!

Where're the new core DH trails at? Im looking for those with a certain kind of grin!!

[NJMX835]

I just want more of those friggin' kickers man, those things are some serious fun!

[FOXROX]

actual satellites are coming soon!

[mtbripper]

I see your location is new jersey, so maybe you are close and can pick and choose bikes to bring a different days. But for the rest of us that travel 3+ hours to the mountain are bringing bikes to ride the entire mountain.

If the trail designers/builders (who are GREAT) build the features for slopestyle bikes than they would have a specific slopestyle trail/area. Even then...there is no way, in a money making business sense or to please the general crowd that making such trail not fun for DH bikes would be done.

Thats why there is some widespread dissatisfaction with the features.

Dude, quite your freakin whinning. i myself live 3+ hours away and only bring 1 bike. also if your unhappy about all the features go somewhere else to ride, parklogic rocks, you suck

[jerseydirt]

yeah so i like to ride bikes how about you guys? ummmm yeah and about that box just PIN IT YOU FAIRYS! put on some man pants and try it. dumb pvssy's!

[Hamburgler]

Dude, quite your freakin whinning. i myself live 3+ hours away and only bring 1 bike. also if your unhappy about all the features go somewhere else to ride, parklogic rocks, you suck

I guess most people can't read?

Please, point out where i am whining. I simply stated to the poster before me that they wouldn't build stunts to please ONLY smaller bikes, i never said the features weren't fun on a big bike.

[FOXROX]

yeah so i like to ride bikes how about you guys? ummmm yeah and about that box just PIN IT YOU FAIRYS! put on some man pants and try it. dumb pvssy's!

but i like my size 0 girl pants and eye liner just fine!

[bruiser2]

TRAVIS! I thought chris was the only one who uses eyeliner!

[matt2991]

What is Diablo's elevation? How long does it take like an intermediate rider to get down the trail? I don't mind too much about short runs because I heard the lift is pretty fast and the lift lines aren't too bad.

[FOXROX]

lines? usually there are none

[Electric_City]

and for people complaining about the boxe and the kicker, it is not ment for full blown 8'' dh bikes. slopestyle is 4-5 inch bikes.
edit: they should make a wood kicker up to that box

The majority of us ride DH or FR bikes. That's why people are bitchin' about it. why F' up a run with this feat in the middle? Not arguing one bit... Just sayin'. EC

[Electric_City]

The general consensus over the past few years was that park lacked slopestyle features and that is what the riders wanted, so Dominion was given a make-over and Reality Show was born. So far, the feedback on these features has been overwhelmingly positive, and more and more riders are showing up with short travel bikes.

What about the DH'ers? I've been asking for more DH stuff like BMW, Ripper, and Stigmata but nothing has been done! As a matter-O-fact, Slayer is now cut in half?:rant:

IS ANYONE HEARING ME?

Thanks, EC

[FOXROX]

well there all of the slope style stuff is on new trails... except upper Dominion. so its not like it is inter fearing with any dh.

slayer and evil bob were rarely ridin

[konarider1283]

well there all of the slope style stuff is on new trails... except upper Dominion. so its not like it is inter fearing with any dh.

slayer and evil bob were rarely ridin
none the less, they were still ridden trails...

[FOXROX]

so are the new ones.

[FOXROX]

i guarantee that the new ones have a hell of a lot more traffic then evil bob and slayer put together.

[konarider1283]

oh of course they do. I agree with you completely. but i still love Evil Bob.

[Electric_City]

i guarantee that the new ones have a hell of a lot more traffic then evil bob and slayer put together.

So should Dominion and these groomed trails be the only ones taken care of? Some of us ride technical you know. I have 8" f/r for a reason and groomed trails isn't it.

[Hamburgler]

C'mon guys, diablo has to keep up with its reputation as being the skatepark mountain. Along with having the biggest concentration of sam hill wannabes on the east coast. :biggrin: