October Giveaway - Orange P7 Frame, Unreal Junior Frame, and Twenty6 Dualie Levers

[DirtyDog]

This month we will be giving away three prizes to First, Second, and Third prize winners.

First Prize: Orange P7 Frame (http://mtb.unrealcycles.com/catalog/item287.htm)

Second Prize: Unreal Junior Frame (http://mtb.unrealcycles.com/catalog/item198.htm)

Third Prize: Twenty6 Dualie Levers (http://mtb.unrealcycles.com/catalog/item393.htm)

All three prizes are courtesy of Unreal Cycles (http://mtb.unrealcycles.com/) - Thanks Unreal!!!

http://ridemonkey.com/giveaway/orange.jpg

http://ridemonkey.com/giveaway/junior.jpg

http://ridemonkey.com/giveaway/26lever.jpg

To enter this months giveaway, post your favorite photo of you riding and a few words about how you are the world's best (or worst) rider, or whatever else you have to say about the pic. The winners will be randomly chosen from all entries where the poster made an effort and adequately followed the instructions.

Thread will be closed at the end of the month, winners to be chosen shortly after. Good luck!

Only post in this thread one time! If you post more than once, you are disqualified.

Note: by entering this contest, you are agreeing that if you are the winner of the prize, a permanent record will be added to your user profile describing the prize you have received with a link to the prize page.

[Transcend]

That P7 is a fun XC bike!

[NJHCx4xLIFE]

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/njhcx4xlife/diablo%208-1-08/Vincerockgap-Edited.jpg

This is one of the few good shots I have of me because it is my camera and I'm the one who takes the pics. This was shot by a friend half assed holding the camera sideways, not looking through the viewfinder and he just hit the shutter button kind of guessing. Not too bad for him not trying or even adjusting the aperture/shutter speed.

[Mr Ridiculous]

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5761/asudsracegi0.jpg

That's me doing my first DS race. Racing for the WVU cycling team at the Appalachian State race earlier this fall. I did ok, a guy from my own team beat me in the second or third round, probably due to me being wildly out of shape and us having to walk back to the top after our runs. Very nice DS course though and I had a blast.

[ire]

http://www.brettluelling.com/photos/begin_race.jpg

I'll be the only guy to post a non DH photo :) This is a photo towards the beginning of the state championship cross race and I was leading the group. The race was special for me because it had been a long journey to that point and I ended up winning the race. So I guess on this day I was the best rider, although some race since then have shown that I can be either the best or worst rider. :p

[HAB]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t231/dgolay2k2/david_m_skinny_178.jpg

I love this pic for a few reasons. It came out nicely, and shows me concentrating hard on a challenging obstacle. Additionally, I am, as far as I know, the only person to clean that skinny in the configuration seen in the photo (it's since been made a bunch easier).

[allsk8sno]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/allsk8sno/Biking/petebeingpete.jpg

this is my favorite riding photo of me, it was my first time ever trying no footers...needless to say it didn't turn out too pretty!!

[fortenndu]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2905494471_986675f2ed.jpg
I am the greatest rider ever because I raced the U.S. Open 3 weeks after I broke two bones in my hand, dislocated 3 fingers, and sprained 2 fingers. I really wanted to race so I threw on a brace and tried to race, I ended up falling on that hand in my race run and rode the rest of the course 1 handed. It was good stuff. I win.

[Brian HCM#1]

Here I am pretending to ride. Sorry about the quality, Slice took it.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a46/BrianHCM123/Picture01512.jpg

[Toshi]

me on the north shore. i'm neither the best nor the worst, always held back by my sanity but usually not my bike handling.

http://toshiclark.com/images/biking/trail/north%20shore%20-%20august%2014,%202004/Images/8.jpg

[Bikerpunk241]

Photo courtesy of Damian Breach. This was my first and, so far, only World cup. Made me feel pretty pro to have my photo up with the big guys. Thanks Damian!

[Morgan]

I do fine, love to blow $hit up:happydance:

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/Capmo/mb.jpg

[Mike.rider]

http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2535/pbpic2535152.jpg

Good times riding bikes that about sums it up, I ride because its a hell of a good time and to be outside and enjoy life thats what make me a good rider is having fun and giving back.

[balfa-dude]

http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2538/pbpic2538745.jpg

As you can see in his face, my boy concentrates when he rides, and grandma says when he grows up he'll be in the olympics.

Technically I suppose it's me riding. :)

[monkeyboy424]

here is a picture of me crashing at colleigate (probably spelled wrong) nationals last year. it was pretty much the best and worse thing ever. i managed to slip out going in a straight line after the creek gap, and i never let go of my bars.

commit and eat ****! thats the saying right?

[mrpercussive]

This is probably one of my favourites... It was the picture of the month on Dirt Cartel for May 08... It's from my early days when i started out... And now, i would like to think i do better... XD

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/2426407696_8d3856d10f_b.jpg

[Swine]

Well, this is sadly the only pic i have of me riding. I am the best rider in the world becuase i always have fun when i ride. :)

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn263/mcgowsd/fghgj.jpg

[skerb]

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v253/62/1/12701760/n12701760_35610084_4789.jpg

im definatly the best rider because I have the most fun, this is me on pilot rock at pisgah nf, probably my favorite trail in the history of ever

[ADudeOnABike]

http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2395/pbpic2395130.jpg

I like that one cause it shows what I do most; charge any trail that is sloped down.

I'm the best rider because I hafe the most fun. Nuff said.

[Makana425]

Exit 38 washington, Cool downhill single track, mix of rocks roots drops and jumps, best dh training around

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l106/forgotten425/IMG_6837.jpg

[ChapmanMTB27]

Nothing fancy...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/popsiclestick1/CIMG0348.jpg

[Shallow]

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6062/redbull1gg8gg1.th.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=redbull1gg8gg1.jpg)


Try to ride all the time, in all places
it's all that matter

just be


red bull white downhill , chile



...

[William42]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/wkornell/sc0002b6f8.jpg

I am the best rider in the world. I tought Sam Hill how to corner and Bender how to huck his nuts. I showed Lacondaguy how to double backflip too.

[erikkellison]

This is my favorite photo of myself "riding" because it's the only one that I've ever seen of myself that's crisp and in focus. Being the photographer means that you don't have many photos of yourself. This was a great day because it was the first day back catching air after an ACL tear + surgery, and it felt great to be riding with a friend who motivates me to go bigger. Here I am, actually hiking up to hit a jump again - something I rarely, if ever do. I am nowhere near the best rider - I hope that doesn't exclude me from winning some new levers!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2905748095_bace513a39_o.jpg

[illflip]

this was the first DH riding picture taken of me (actually...first riding pic period come to think of it). i was pretty excited. DEFINITELY not the best rider...but i always fun every time im riding =)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i47/brillantesdv/me_diablo.jpg

[***MTB***]

This is one of the best photos of me riding just because it captures the moment. Nice whip (in my opinion :thumb:), great weather and it was an awesome day of riding. I may not be the best but I sure know how to have fun. :cheers:

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa3/jnev101/Biking%20Action%20Pictures/img_9373j_edit2.jpg

[Jump Chump]

Drop line that was 'erased' before we could finish it last year.

http://www.pacificafreeride.com/coppermine/albums/Shots/California/Pacifica/20080101-Boy_Scout_Step_Down/20080101-0018.JPG

Props to Matt A. for getting the shot of me, third or fourth to hit it.

damon

[dcr1326]

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd357/dcr1326/CIMG1244.jpg


I just like this photo because this is my first season of DH riding. This is a pic of the first little jump leading into one of the trails at Horn's Hill. Ohh and basically i would say i am not the worst, but pretty close!! :)

[Arkayne]

This was my last race in sport before moving up to expert. I nabbed 1st and it remains one of the best moments in my life because I trained so dang hard for it!

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/pritos/MTB/gwar.jpg

[pinkgoat]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g60/archibaldthekoala/170207-5-012.jpg

This is my favourite photo of me riding, not just for the shot but for the whole race weekend (07 Aus schools champs). I may not be the best rider, but i did have the best weekend, 3 days of lifted runs, awesome mates, awesome riding, awesome weather. Can't get any better than that..

[sundayrider]

I am the best and the worst, as I take hours if not days to try something (WORST), then once finally doing it everything is sweet (BEST).
This in Chatel, France...and this was my quick 8 runs lunchtime break in between shifts (it was the life...).

[GeoffTheMighty]

Hey guys, long time reader, first post ahoy.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x107/BFG161291/DSC_0216.jpg

This is a photo of my first ever race - the 2007 West Australia State Championships in October of that respective year.

I'd been riding DH for 3 months before this, so I guess you could say I was a supernoob, and still am to this day. Fron a photography point of view, there are better photos of me riding, but this one is my favourite - it reminds me of that day so vividly; how I knew nobody and I rode to the race from my house. How I came dead last in my class, and still managed to smile harder than the winners - because after only 3 months of riding I made it to the bottom in my first race. I really couldn't have been prouder of myself.

To this day I am still a slow hack, now on an SGS, but I love rocking up to a new trail, and crawling my way to the bottom, most of the time on the brakes! I have so much fun riding and every ride I learn something new about riding, about my bike and about myself. That's why I believe I'm the best rider, I don't get caught up in the politics of the big races, or which bike is better, or who's cooler or faster - I have a couple of riding buddies and we have a blast.

Wish me luck at this years Champs, it's this weekend!

[top_dog]

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h85/top_dog88/DSC_2799.jpg

Me riding at Illinbah in sunny Australia. How nice is the sky? Any way I'm the world's best rider because (once) I kept up with Chris Kovarik.......for about 4 corners.:poster_oops:

[w00dy]

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll269/davechuckwood/BC/1500%20georgia/_MG_0006.jpg

On this day, as far as I cared, I was the best rider on the planet.

I woke up at first light and dragged my friend to this location to shoot, which she happily agreed to do. The car traffic on the approach was light, the lighting was good, I managed to hold on to control until after I landed, her timing with the shutter was perfect, and the cop who watched it all just told us to get lost.

It came together better than I ever hoped it could, and is my favorite photo from a summer full of great shots.

Edit: Big props to Unreal Cycles, you sold me my first truly great bike. Keep up the good work.

[mcwelja]

http://www.x3mgym.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=755.0;attach=12242 ;image

This is me doing abubacu, the feeling is great, i like to ride a lot, know few things, but i have very big truble with 180....don't have enough rotation, so on Fridey,i promise my self, i will go to the underground and praktice 180, and till i learn it, i wouldn't can out.....so wish mi luck.....by :)

[siraerich]

It is always good riding with my bro!

[blender]

Last run of the season at Mammoth
my buddy Chris snapped this pic on Pipeline..
he kept missing the shot and kept telling me to hike back up and hit it again until he finally got it.. good thing too, I was absolutely exhausted and probably couldn't have hit it again

http://lh3.ggpht.com/pprane/SM8kqDYDnJI/AAAAAAAAALk/eG1g4mgfSRg/s800/DSC_2471_edit.jpg

[AlpineBreak.com]

Fantastic day riding up at Les Orres (http://www.lesorres.com/gb/summer/videos_and_photographs) with Stew (http://www.stewrogers.net/).
http://www.alpinebreak.com/images/lesorres9.jpg
Cheers
Phil (http://www.philingle.com/)

[j.les]

I am the best cause I did this huck in Moab with 10 stitches in my head.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/chicagobullit/l_abcfbae64f03be8fe0cc8eb2feedb0a4.jpg

[selebrin]

http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2529/pbpic2529896.jpg

here's a photo of me at Fluidride Cup #6, Finals, Mt Hood, Oregon, 09/28/2008...
standing in line for a lift... i'm just 2 fast to be caught on camera!!!
the weekend was really awesome!!! good weather, good people to ride with, good trails, lots of fun! too bad the racing season is over... this was my third race! got 5th in Sport 19-29... you'll see more of me next year!!! cheers!

[CarbonMike]

This is one of my personal favorite picture. It was taken by my friend Dijck. It was on old DH track in Kysak (Slovakia)
http://carbonmike.sk/Photos/Downhill/carbonmike.jpg

[SamB]

I'm not the best or the worst rider so I'm going to repeat what everyone else has said. I just get out there to have a good time with my mates and do the odd race for a blast. I also share the same name/close enough as Blenki who is ripping it up in the dh scene at the moment haha.

Love this pic, was so pumped after my practice runs that I managed to faceplant and break my wrist half way thru my race run. Choice (was an awesome day though)

Cheers

oh yeh big ups to woodsy @666pix for this shot

[JohnBoy]

This is the best pic ever taken of me, at the Paris Mountain DH race in Greenville, SC. Thanks to Robert Seth(Kinetic Images). 9th place, top 10 finish for my first race!! I'm not the best mountain biker, but I'm trying!!!:biggrin::crazy:

[hooples3]

This picture reminds me of last years summer vacation in Oregon and just how beautiful it is there and how much fun we had. We got to travel and ride for a month throughout the state.
The Mackenzie river trail was just one amazing ride that month


I am the best because i am able to drop in ( to flat ) from the log in the pic... with one hand of course

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj7/hooples3/Oregon2007123.jpg

:biggrin:

[contactjt]

This is a pic of me in my recent race run, where Iwas going well and then crashed my brains out, i.e. the worst rider!

[MI62887]

http://ireland-photo.smugmug.com/photos/363063518_xCkBi-L.jpg

The inaugural run with the new bike trailer. I have had a lot of fun carting the kids around on this. Their eyes are always huge when I show up to pick them up from school on it. They flaunt around, telling all the other kids, "Look at my bike!" This was money well spent...

[Bawitdaba]

...shreadin' it at Crabtree in my Crocs....
http://www.fatsinthecats.com/photos/albums/userpics/10026/normal_Dave_Shelly_Vacation_Aug_2008_020a.jpg (http://www.fatsinthecats.com/photos/albums/userpics/10026/Dave_Shelly_Vacation_Aug_2008_020a.jpg)

[I Are Baboon]

This is my favorite riding picture of me. Quo fan snapped this pic using my camera at Vietnam in Milford, MA. I don't know the name of this drop...they all seem to have names at Vietnam. It should also be noted that I took a real hard digger off this drop earlier this year, too. Endoed thanks to a dropped chain and piledrived the ground. Good times.

But this one was nice and clean. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Vietnam/IMG_0225.jpg

[MtnBikerChk]

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/MtnBikerChk/DSCF6193.jpg

This is one of my all time favorite pics - it's Tara Llanes teaching me to huck :) I took a clinic with her last summer. She was super cool!

[canyouskid]

This was my first Nationals race

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x156/canyouskid/Biking/DSC04947.jpg

[BadDNA]

This is me on an early ride on my new (at the time) Big Hit, hitting one of the first decent sized drops I ever did.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/BadDNA/bike/TNT_Top.jpg

[tunnelvision]

http://www.f88me.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2665&stc=1&d=1222905690

First freeride comp I ever entered. I had only been riding for 3 months at this time and wasnt very good yet. I was ****t!ng bricks at the top of this drop looking down...its still the biggest drop Ive hit, 18'... to add to my fear I was called to do the first run of the comp, which didnt sit well with me...im shy. With an audience of a couple hundred and my pride on the line I squezed my cheeks gave 3 pedal strokes and hucked....I finished 5th in the comp but 1st, 2nd, and 3rd were sand bagging :disgust1: So really I finished 2nd :banana: thats what makes me the best rider ever.




.....2 days later I broke my elbow riding down a sidewalk by my house. :huh:

[Inclag]

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7926/p1000821me1.jpg

Epic. Shipped my bike to my Brother's graduation last winter in Arizona and not regretting it one bit.

[If_Rider]

http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/9356/kicker9206hk8.jpg

Photo courtesy of Splat. Location: where else, Vietnam. I was the best on this day because my two boys got to watch Dad hitting the kicker in the halfpipe.

IAB, that drop is called SharkRock.

[Del]

http://i34.tinypic.com/20kyosy.jpg

This is just a lil' picture of me catching super air off a totally friggin' gnar-gnar jump at 7 Springs. I landed in a different time zone and even though I just ate lunch I was still able to enjoy a lovely breakfast burrito with actress Jessica Biel. And you can't hear it (because it is a picture duh) but there were tens of thousands of people cheering me on for this jump. It was nuts. The photo was taken by a zombie Herb Ritts, who was exhumed and reanimated just for this occasion. After ol' Herbie took the shot I put him on my handlebars and did the jump again so he could meet Jessica Biel and take some photos of us chillin' on her balcony overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The three of us drank whiskey and told dirty jokes until Herb started to get ripe so we bid him farewell and pushed him off the balcony and into the ocean. His ghost now haunts the shores of Malibu and on quiet nights you can hear his spectral shutter clicking as he takes photos of the mortal world. As for Jessica and I - well, she was pretty tired of the whole "being famous and rich" thing so we bought a tandem bicycle and rode a wheelie across the country. We now live in a shipping container in the scrubby pine woods of Alabama. I got a job as a "hamburger technician" at Willy's Super Burger Shack making some big bucks. Jessica turned out to have quite a fertile womb and we now have 35 beautiful children who all aspire to be professional downhill mountain bikers. Mountain biking is totally awesome.

[Harry BarnOwl]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2855966914_7a44f78b60_b.jpg

This was taken at my last race, where I was seen ripping it up...

...into last place in my category! I crashed fairly horrifically twice on that particular run, which left me battered, bruised and covered in mud of the Welsh variety. I think it's a nice momento of what could have been a good result, had I had more time on the bike and more time to practice.

Of course excuses are excuses, and I only give them to make up for the fact I just can't ride bikes fast down hills. :bonk:

[mogulskr]

Picture from the 2006 VT50. I am neither the best or worst rider. I am a damn good mid pack rider though.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h136/mogulskr/DSCF0710.jpg

[slowmoe]

I love this pic because it totally captures the essence of this trail, the speed, the flow, the fun. I am the best because I was a test rider for Mountain Bike Action Magazine, and this picture appeared in an issue.

[Frenchy]

I am the world best once a month(if lucky) rider. I just show up and go since my ride time is always limited.

Pic of me hitting a small creek gap. My buddy Corey took the shot, mid afternoon with heavy shade and a remote flash for dramatic effect.

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/341/dh052dondizg0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[hasaccol]

Taking a 6' drop on a 10' decline :poster_oops:

[Brandonm]

http://chainsmoke.net/forum/image.php?u=76&dateline=1215872101&type=profile

this was actually the first "good" picture taken of me riding. My mom actually has this framed in the house somewhere. I'm definitely not the best rider out there, but i at least look like i know what i'm doing in this shot, haha. this is my 1st season with DH and FR, so i thought it was a pretty sweet shot....minus the pit stains, haha.

[Konabumm]

Im the best rider because
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1117387/Mancil_Race_small.jpg

Im rocking the World Champion Jersey

This was Massanutten 2007 - I placed 3rd in Sport. My first DH podium ever! Great day!

[noahm]

I'm the best rider because I can ride on water... if only very briefly.

Or, "a quick bike wash"

[Kanter]

Here is a pic of me on the Shore. I am by no means the best rider but I strive to get better every ride. I use to be called the skinny master.... I was better at skinnies a few years ago. Now my skinny abilitys have diminished.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p277/kanter1/Bike%20Riding%20Pics/DSC01761.jpg

[NuMexJoe]

An oldie, but it captures the way I've been riding lately. Brain says to left hand "let go of the brake!" Left hand says "Go away; I'm busy!"

[Big B]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/jasonbrouwer/RwsB5Oep8uI/AAAAAAAAASk/Ex_Ht6oRspI/s800/bootleg%20012.jpg

This is Ginger, a triple black diamond trail in Bootleg Canyon, NV. This picture was taken right after I fell and head-butted the rock I'm sitting on. I guess I'm a great rider because; 1) I tried the trail and 2) I survived the trail.

My buddy who took the picture didn't crash once, so I can't really say I'm the world's best rider...at least not that day.

[Ian F]

http://nemini.org/gallery/0/128_02_10_08_9_05_35.JPG

Me on the Snowshoe Pro/Ex DH course back in 2002. I liked racing on that course... some of my favorite memories of racing DH... I didn't finish very well in 2002... mid-pack, I think... I did better in wet 2001 race (7th out of 52)... probably because everything was much sloppier and harder to ride. I was never the fastest DH racer, but I was usually pretty good on very technical (but not fast) courses, so I often did well in races when simply staying on your bike would net a good result. :rolleyes:

[vinnycactus]

not me but a pic of my wife. this was taken last year when she was a week PAST her due date. She hadn't ridden in almost two months. but having our daughter swim around inside her was beginning to drive her nuts. she decided to say f it, let's ride. we ended up doing about an 11 mile ride. a week later, our daughter was born.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/vinnycactus/P1010311.jpg

[-BB-]

I'm the worst rider b/c although I can handle a bike, and I love to ride, I also love my Tequila and Cigs.

[dkis]

Here is a pic of me at Diablo Freeride Park. Before this I never really had the guts to commit to this wallride but this day i gave it my all and from there on im always nailing it until i reach the last 2x4!

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll15/dkisluk/Diablo8.jpg

[sadie]

well i'm not either the best rider in the world
nor the worst
but i can say
no one has more fun
peace

[skinny mike]

http://bustedspoke.com/Photos/bs4614.jpg

this pic was taken by the one and only splat. this is just a funny crash picture from when i was fairly new to the sport. i'm pretty sure i just hopped up after i stopped sliding on the ground and had a good laugh about it. the best crashes are always the ones you can laugh about right after.

[MMcG]

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/MMcG25/doover.jpg

I think IAB took this pic of me earlier this spring. I think it was my first true mtb ride of 2008. I'm not a very good rider, I don't ride enough to get good, but I do love the sport and I do have a lot of fun on two wheels.

[Total Heckler]

http://my.spinsite.com/joshmaurer/uploads/IMG_0120.jpg

I like to think I am not the worlds worst rider. I somehow manage to get pretty nice looking photos of me in between breaking myself.

Photo by Sean Walton (http://www.evisionsphoto.com), taken in Santa Cruz CA.

[Hunter]

Self-portrait (timer shot) from this past June while visiting Utah...makes me smile every time.

http://www.cycle-cny.com/phpbb/Coppermine/albums/userpics/10022/tm_trail_spine.JPG

[Zark]

This is a show from the Southridge winter series. Its one of my favorites because I'm like off the ground or something ;) This was at the tail end of a nasty chute and the booter at the end is to flat..... I felt so Canadian! :biggrin:

[Ksquaredracing]

http://assets.loopd.com/RFS/82/43402a34-9d2e-42b6-9496-24005f0bcdd8l.jpg

This is an ok photo but it seems like none of the photographers ever get me doing anything really cool. Maybe I just don't ever do anything really cool, but thats not the way it seems to me. Oh well. This is from the NMBS at Wyndham which was one of the best trips I have made in a long time. Rode at Wyndham, down to Diablo for two days, and up to Mt Snow. A really fun week of rideing. :monkeydance:

[jacksonpt]

http://www.cycle-cny.com/phpbb/Coppermine/albums/userpics/10002/Me_at_Jones.jpg

I generally think I'm a pretty decent rider. Then I see pics like those above and realize I'm a lot closer to the world's worst than the world's best. Regardless, few people have as much fun as I do, and in all the ways that matter, that makes me the best.

[TN]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/152036978_5deda6f4e4_o.jpg

I am the worst rider. For one I haven't been on my bike (aside from pedaling to the beach) in quite sometime. For two, on the ride when the above photo was taken @ Porc Rim I didn't realize on the haul up to the rim (about 3 miles if you havent ridden PR) that my pedal was cross threaded. So, after the baby huck pictured my pedal stripped all the threads out of my crank arm. :DEAD:

The ride back was not fun & took nearly 7 hours in the blazing June sun. I ran out of water (started with 100oz.). A dust storm kicked our ass while descending. A wicked storm was blowing in. This ride went downhill quick. Pun not intended.

Made it back just before they closed shop at Poison Spider Bicycles, got a new crankset installed while we went to hydrate.

With the bike fixed & a lesson learned we hit the road the next day headed Keystone.

[Tweety]

I'm definitely not the best, and probably not the worst.

This is one of me at Diablo on the Tempest Drop taken by my lovely wife, Tracey. First time seeing it, first time hitting it, and it went well. The lighting was great, too. The only problem was that I was rockin' in with one glove...

Guess that makes me the "BADest rider..."

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/2850279280_159e822017_b.jpg

[RideRMB]

This is me during a run while competing in the Claymore challenge. I may have finished near 2nd to last but I was the youngest rider there.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f354/HMBP_Rider/claymore2.jpg

[splat]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Churn%20and%20Burn/IMG_4840.jpg

Taken by IAB

My favorite Picture of me riding , at the Churn and Burn 24 hr race , with My son standing there on the rock watching/encouraging me along. and I was the best rider out there in My Son's eyes

[The Joker]

I'm the best because I whip it. Whit it real good

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/stoney98/Bikes%20Stuff/stoney_seq1.jpg

[hydro422]

im not the best rider in the world, im the greates rider in world, so um yeah
dirt quarter table
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x65/hydro422/l_96a9b6001549221475307c13bbbfc10b.jpg

[Hack On Wheels]

I am obviously the best because I am the king of the mountain!

I think this photo really captures the moment well...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1277/1144515071_2ff7c07172.jpg?v=0

Some highlights of this shot:
-The whole process to get this shot probably took 30+ minutes
-I built a rock cairn to use as my tripod so I could get the angle I wanted
-I tried this a ridiculous number of times as the 10 second timer wasn't getting along well with me... and each time I had to push back up on the loose dirt and rock ledges beside the line on this face
-I got a decent shot with just the point and shoot I had in my bag
-I was riding solo, so even more fun... all alone, on top of the world and having the time of my life
-I usually take the photos, so getting a good photo of myself, in focus, decent angle, decent exposure, etc. made me feel awesome
-This line had a hard right at the bottom of this steep face with loose rocks and dust, yet I felt dialed and was nailing it each time
-If anyone is interested, this is on the trail Downtown at Silverstar Resort, Canada
-And really, I'm on top of the world!

So yeah, self-portrait, I spent a long time on it, lugged my big fat bike around, and got rewarded by this shot! That all equals great awesomeness in my books. :D

[xmechanicx]

i am the best rider in the world. because when you live somewhere with limited trails and mountains, you have to make your own thrills.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p386/gsquiers/IMG_3893_2.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkRnU5nctVQ

[dlowebiker]

this was the first dh race that i won in the sport class i felt on top of the world when i saw my time. and i felt good going down the hill cause i had good form all the way down and i pedaled a ton to get me on the top of the podium

[reptilezs]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/reptilezs/tivertondoug.jpg
this is me on my first ride on my new to me hardtail. i had got into biking by a buddy of mine and the rigid was not cutting it on trail. was pretty scared going down the roller. pic was taken almost exactly a year ago. lets just say now that i can clean that roller no prob and have gotten much better. dont mind the socks, it was cold out

[IcEManN]

I am not the best rider, not at all...
This picture is taken on the first extreme bike contest in Skopje Macedonia. I am the first one in my country to own a trials bike and its not that good, becouse i have to promote the sport and encourage the other bikers to ride trials, to teach them the stuff i know and to ride alone in the night becouse there is nobody to show you how its done. So this was my first contest and not as much as a competitor (becuose i was the only one in my category) but as a promoter I won a small price but very precious becouse its the first I`ve won and I`ve shown the macedonian people how fun trials riding is..this doesn`t stop here.. TRIALS FOREVER...:cheers:
http://icemann.blog.com.mk/system/files?file=na sipka u skatepark1.jpg

[01tj]

Not as exciting as most of the others on here but this was one of my first races taken over 10 years ago. I still have the bike and ride it all the time

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/01amberfirewv/pic-221S.jpg

The best rider would have to be Lance Armstrong who has acomplished more than anyone else in his sport. To add to that he also beat cancer ;)

[dmilkman589]

this was last year at mount snow. i figured out re runs are bad luck. this certain rerun costed me 450 in parts but some one got a good pick of it.
( this is when my derailer was stuck in my wheel so i was sliding all the corners)

[jkburba8536]

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/jkburba8536/bike%20stuff/nightride049.jpg

This is a picture taken by my girlfriend of me coming down from a small jump in arkansas. I'm not the best rider at all but i ride to have fun and here in arkansas where i live there is not the best trails for freeriding so we make the best of it.

[iandude94]

http://i33.tinypic.com/2vkkq9u.jpg

me epic failing a couple years back

[FOXROX]

http://a835.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/4/l_36cf345aaddb79028c2c393a022fd7aa.jpg

well imo i dont think im the best rider, and i dont think im the worst rider! duh! but you know it is fun riding down hills!

[jaydog133]

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo
this is me riding at jiminy peak a few months ago i ended up walking all the way to the top because they only had the slow chairlift running that day it was fun though we hiked certain sections of the mountain.:banana:

[Nagaredama]

Nothing beats riding after work! My expression says it all.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a265/Nagaredama/2008-01-12Jedi-2.jpg

[max123]

I am the coolest rider because I love everything that has to do with riding, outside, excercise, intensity, pressure (racing), being dialed and going http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l218/norcobum123/northstaredit.jpg

[dirtslayer]

http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w205/ef9_zcvtec/?action=view&current=IM000213.jpg

this picture is me at a local trail taking the fast line over the rocks instead of going thru the crevaces..And yeah, for anybody who is reading this, i am the best rider in SoCal....haha j/k second best next to E.C....


I tried searching how to post images, no luck, i have the url with [img] in front and after it...........help

[mtnbikermaniac]

96393
This is my favorite photo of me, I dont often get photo opportunities, so this is the best I got. I am certinaley not the best rider, but damn I sure do love to ride! I ride for many reasons, fun, adrenaline rush, excercise, stress relief and most of all... its my passion!

[dakota_lyons]

haven't been able to ride for the past weeks cause i broke my ankle on a 15' drop by my house, and then last wedensday i broke my wrist. so here is me hitting the old spine, or "Up and over" my friend likes to call it

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/shockerballer/spine_01copy.jpg

yes it is poorly put together photoshop.



i'm not the best, because im sure people can out race me, out jump me, out anything me. but im not the worst cause it doesn't take me an hour to build up courage, if i want something done i hit it. i really want a dirt jumping frame cause my friend just moved, and he's digging in his backyard ('rents are ok with it), building a 6 pack with a berm and a rhythm section and then a small step up to the beginning again, so i wold love to hit it with a new frame

[DH JieF]

This is one ****ty day ive spend at my local trail trying to get a good shot of me riding by my girlfriend...camera was ****, light was bad, the litle log roll is ridiculous but she still managed to get a very nice shot IMO! I have some pictures of me took by some guys who are good in photo but no one captured a picture of me with that much intensity!....p.s. scuse my english i'm french canadian ;)
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9501/fly12qb0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/fly12qb0.jpg/1/w640.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img524/fly12qb0.jpg/1/)

[fuzzynutz]

I'm the best rider because I can take a photo of my shadow riding a bike, while I'm drunk, riding a bike at 2 am. Or does that make me the worst rider?

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/IRphotomonkey/IMG_0154-1.jpg

[mantispf2000]

I can't be the most brilliant rider around. I'm always riding one-handed so I can say "I Love You" in sign.

[DirtMcGirk]

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m122/IHB_Buddah/th_DSC_0087-1.jpg (http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m122/IHB_Buddah/?action=view&current=b96c9d20.pbw)

I am the best because I do a great ground superman.

I've done it at:
Whistler
Snowshoe
Sea Otter
Northstar
06 Nationals

I pretty much rock

[Frankenschwinn]

My favorite.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/Frankenschwinn/spwallride.jpg

Not the best. Not the worst. I will try a lot of things on a bike. I love to ride whatever, whenever

[willierides]

Well, I've been accused of being a tree hugger, but this is ridiculous. This was taken probably 4 or 5 years ago. I was coming down the trail in the background and somehow ended up wrecking. The pic was taken midway through the wreck. Definitely a dork moment caught on "film". Been away from pedals for a while, just making a return as of late.....sure could use some stuff! : )

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/willierides/BCTreehuggin.jpg

[kalNhobbs]

My first trip to BlackRock here in Oregon. I actually ended up cracking my frame on this jump... But warranty covered it, AND since they were already rolling out the next year's model, they sent me a brand new one!!! :banana:

[Willy Vanilly]

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o105/will8250/onmyass.jpg

I suck at jumping. This was my first time giving it a go. Kept coming up short and smacking the rear wheel on the lip. Haven't really tried much jumping since.

[azrider44]

I like to go over rocks fast.

[caputo1989]

This is the only good one I have of myself. It was taken right after a crash at Keystone a couple years ago. It shows som bad form, but it turned out cool.
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8471/dsc0012ap1.jpg

[paulbug]

I'm the world's worst rider when it comes to crashing. You've all had it--the embarrassing crash that whacks the knee, opening up the skin, allowing the blood to flow all the way down to your beautiful new white mtb socks.
Ugh.
I finally learned to wear black socks, so I had to smile.
At least I haven't cracked open the noggin.
Paul Miller

[bullcrew]

Did you see the size of that spider! :D (me bailing a log at Snow Summit)
http://gallery.mtbr.com/data/mtbr/500/medium/bullcrew-down-log.jpg

[TrekBro]

ninja style, this is from Snowshoe one of my favorite pictures...
my good friend Robert Seth of kinetic-images (www.kinetic-images.com) shot it. After a good day ride we did some urban, and found this drop, it was dark so it was like droping into the unknown, it was awesome.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/Stinkyrider/79793410LlyRPBXi_DSC5133e.jpg

[cntstpthestnk06]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/tmpoffroad29/16oc.jpg

Heres a good picture of me doing a little bit of freeriding i think i am the best freerider because i am yet to stand infront of any drop that i havent atleast attempted. I am a freerider to the bone but have also started enjoying DH race!

[Spudzie]

Here is an old pic of me from a club ride many years ago, an yes the water crossing was deeper then the bars

[toli2step]

Wall rides RULE... Whistler june 2008......

[toli2step]

Wall rides RULE..... Highland 2007

[Prettym1k3]

Here's a picture... but I'm not in it. In fact, I'm playing the most important role in this picture: I'm the man behind the camera.

This day was perfect. Good friends all riding together. A crew of guys I consider some of my best friends, particularly when I'm on a bike and they're on a bike right beside me. I can't quite recall when I've had a better day of riding at this location. The terrain is usually eaten up and dusty, but this day was damp and super tacky. The jumps were in great condition. And the sun was at just the right place to snap some excellent photos. So here's the lip of a jump, and my buddies in the background. Enjoy.

-Mike

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/AE86Deacon/Downieville%202008/Dirtragsubmission2.jpg

[Tedroy]

Big trees near Fish Camp south of Yosemite...

http://www.socaltrailriders.org/gallery/data/1799/medium/bigtree3.jpg (http://www.socaltrailriders.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29783&size=big)

[demo 9]

well i am going out on a limb here and posting something from snowboarding *nobody said it had to be biking*

im the best rider because my picture isnt even a bike
http://a534.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/58/l_b895c658873e74e8d70d7da9f7fc22f5.jpg

[ssinga]

I'm the best mid-pack rider ever. One of my favorites after getting the new 29'r. I learned quickly that there is more wheel to pick up over a log.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b368/SSinGA/Turner/pinkyOTB.jpg

[RMboy]

I am the best rider, as i can drift better than the skallywag Sam Hill!!!:banana:

http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/1174/pbpic1174778.jpg

[RideND]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/BikePhotos/010_7A.jpg

I like this photo because Lone Mountain is in the background overshadowing my horrible riding skills.

[Squirreldh]

This is a shot of me hitting the wallride at the end of sherwood forest at Highland Mtn Bike Park during Jumptoberfest last weekend. My first time at highland and first time dirt jumping in almost two years.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj10/squirreldh/_DSC0153.jpg

[nastynick42]

this is a pic of me guinea pigging a new feature on the O.D.P. trail. If ya can't send er'; you should be riding a stationary bike. Go BIG, or go HOME.I am the TOP rider; because I shred every ride like its my last.

[Miller]

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2716/ethantoiletbowlsn8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

toilet bowl!

[lachy_mtb]

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/2842/dsc9621jpget1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/dsc9621jpget1.jpg/1/w600.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img356/dsc9621jpget1.jpg/1/)
im the fastest because i ride totems and wear tld stuff......hahahaha
In all honesty i love this photo because it was my first race on my new set up, there was no flash used it in and it captures the event for me.
Thanks RM for these competitions and thanks to unreal for being so damm generous, best of luck to everyone!

[Munster]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/DHJay/misc/1DSC00403.jpg

There is a pic of me. From 2002 I think, during a Quebec Cup race at Camp Fortune. I remember it being freezing cold. I wouldn't call myself the best rider or the worst rider. Just your average weekend warrior!

[TCP21]

i am not the best but i like to have fun when i ride, so i do, i did the full Xup but the photographer missed the shot cause i was slow
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g11/MountainGeeker/Bullits%20-%20Jan%206%202008/100_2712.jpg

[MarsB]

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96456&stc=1&d=1223587947

Just a beautiful fall day railing a berm at my local mountain. Colorful leaves, long afternoon shadows and a slight nip in the air. That's what it's all about.

[FactoryCostcoDH]

I am the definately the best. Without a doubt. No one can even touch my skills....... at crashing hahaa

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/SheepHeadMX/l_77d1022e9bc3443f4f8450ad58f22b99.jpg

[crashedninja]

Hey there I would say I am the worst. My dad took my pedals away, he wont even let me try skinnys yet, i told him now I can do te skinnys at moose mountain now but he wont let me. Maybe when I get my pedals back I can be the best but not yet.:disgust:

[Jimbo223]

I would not say that I am the best or the worst rider on the planet. I just like to have fun and not ride home in an ambulance.

[Rampager]

I made the trip to Whistler for opening weekend 2 years ago and on my 2nd run of the day i crushed my left big toe between a rock and my pedal and broke it. I was so determined to ride that day because it meant ending my 7 month Whistler drought that I went back to my truck and made a splint out of a popsicle stick and electricians tape and got another 10 (very painful) runs in that day!

Picture unrelated, but a cool shot of me from a DH race. Horrible perspective of the jump and what was before what you can see in the picture.

[andym]

http://www.wise.k12.va.us/andy/images/bikeride.jpg

I'm the best because I'm blurry, like sasquatch.

[Corona]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/chrisprice2200/Riding%2008/gore.jpg

Theres nothing crazy dh in this photo, other then the 66R on my arm that was forsale. This was Augest of 08 at the Gore Fest here in Nova Scotia. An 8 hour endurance event, that basicly shows large amounts of people can get together on bikes, with a not so competitive additude. Its all about good times, beers, crit riding in the rain, and some killer single track.

[Barkleyfan]

I wore the dog out, so I guess I rode pretty hard.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/barkleyfan/bikes/10-02-08_1435.jpg

[46chief]

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v148/237/31/25807591/n25807591_35097785_3716.jpg

Nice berm at 7 springs, I'm not really the best but I am a legend in my own mind.

[Gex]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2401/ben1hy9.jpg

One of my favorites at one of my fav spots. I'm uber hardcore.

[bullitridden]

this is my VERY DESERVING jump @ Eastside High in Greenville SC last year, this is a rare pic because I had the rare opportunity of actually having a friend there w/ a camera (I myself never have one for fear of breaking it - it's HARD to be careful when you want to get high (jumps of course). I am unemployed now & could REALLY USE some cool parts (+ a job if you got any ideas). Thanks for the opportunity to post...:cheers:
PS: I am the best because even though $ is low now I still ride the same route around town everyday (travel costs are high @ this time) w/ the same excitement & glee I had as an 11 yr old on my BMX bike (38 now).

[bullitridden]

I am the definately the best. Without a doubt. No one can even touch my skills....... at crashing hahaa

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/SheepHeadMX/l_77d1022e9bc3443f4f8450ad58f22b99.jpg

that's gonna be hard to beat there...:shocked:

[bullitridden]

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o105/will8250/onmyass.jpg

I suck at jumping. This was my first time giving it a go. Kept coming up short and smacking the rear wheel on the lip. Haven't really tried much jumping since.

drop that expedition pack & you might take off:brows:
J.K. - keep it up, start small, relax & have fun in the process.

[bullitridden]

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5761/asudsracegi0.jpg

That's Me Doing My First Ds Race. Racing For The Wvu Cycling Team At The Appalachian State Race Earlier This Fall. I Did Ok, A Guy From My Own Team Beat Me In The Second Or Third Round, Probably Due To Me Being Wildly Out Of Shape And Us Having To Walk Back To The Top After Our Runs. Very Nice Ds Course Though And I Had A Blast.

slayer rools.

[InaTrance]

This is me Mountain Biking in Australia.

[bballboy388]

I like this picture cause its showcases my signature move "the air wiggle". I am neither the best or worst rider I just enjoy riding.

[DH biker]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/2650938697_4b8ff6076a_o.jpg

Here is a picture of me taking a corner on one of my favorite trails at Attitash. The trail is called Kids Will Be Kids and you feel like a kid again when riding this trail. I love riding my bike.

[MTB R&D]

I'm not the best, not the worst...I'm a Jack-All-Trades/Master of Some. Crusing Gooseberry Mesa on the slopestyle bike.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2460131130_fa4cbe3398.jpg

[carbuncle]

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t38/starrbabes/Seymour%207-19-08/Seymour013.jpg?t=1224218038

This is me on the Shore last July, on this day I felt like the best rider in the world because I finally hit this feature after passing it by several dozen times over the last few years. Now it's one of the highlights of Ned's for me, and still just as pucker-inducing every time!

[Yelo]

Here's my favorite photo (because it's the only one I got where you can see both of us, thanks Splat...):
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/monkeyfest/08f/mf13.jpg

I'm the best rider because I ride a Tandem bike Off-road and my girl friend is still loving it....

[Percy]

Here's my current favorite riding photo, its from a local race down our Lava Flow track, top of Bonsai drop. :happydance:

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=117&pictureid=607

I didnt win, but I had fun, and thats the aim of the game yah!:biggrin::cheers:

On a wee side note, the dude that took the photo, used to own the bike Im riding in the pic.

[Forgivenick]

This picture is me on my old Haro Extreme X7 dropping a ladder bridge on the area known as Flightline in San Diego. Flightline was dozed over in 2006-7 to expand the industial park surrounding it. You can see the first phase of this expansion behind me in the shot. This was THE best spot to ride within a few miles of the coast in San Diego County, gone forever now.:plthumbsdown:
96506

[Forest_biker]

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=118&pictureid=610

I don't think about who's the best.

Here is just a action shot of doing a step up at Round Top this weekend.

(This may be the first photo posted of someone riding uphill, very strange.)
:biggrin:

[mattmatt86]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2937628715_0bdc38490b.jpg?v=0

I'm the best rider because my mommy told me so.

[ca7erham]

http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc325/MVMBA/20080903FastLapsMBRace077.jpg

Defiantly not the best, but I make do with what I have.

[alant]

I'm not a freerider...I don't have the ba...guts (had to make it kid friendly)
I'm not a xc'er ...I don't have the lungs.

So I guess I am just an average trail rider.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm312/oretna/markham/DSC05841-1.jpg

[Yanick]

myself riding the Kingdom trails Vt. in October 12th.

I'm a very good technical rider. I'm always ahead of my friends in the descent. I'm good because I acquired a lot of abilities while I was young and racing in BMX. I don't fear. When climbling... well I'm ok, keeping the pace. Recently I'm in really good shape, my friends are sayiong I'm on fire :happydance:

[pee dot one]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2937628715_0bdc38490b.jpg?v=0

I'm the best rider because my mommy told me so.


I thought it was because your mommy bought your fancy bikes for you.

[Da Peach]

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v291/106/23/706605392/n706605392_3433403_5931.jpg

My biking is improving faster than my photography! It's all relative, but I'm clearly awesome.

[WhoRyder]

My favorite Picture of me is this Seq. Shot taken in Diablo Freeride Park:

http://tufinophotos.smugmug.com/photos/336939699_CxdT6-XL.jpg

I'm an OKAY rider, i could be better if my stamina was up to par. I tend to run out of fuel really quick (half way down the mountain) and the rest of the way i sit down and relax my muscles.

I'm also known as Fashion Dave, i may not be the best rider, but i look good doing what i can.... lol

I'm working on getting my stamina up to speed! :-)

[SPEAT]

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e40/pyromaniacman129/n1030920153_30095629_9091.jpg

this is my favorite picture of myself riding because i crossed this finish line after eating it so hard in my race run and falling over myself in a rockgarden. my bars were so crooked that i whipped off the stadium jump through the finish line. thats why i love this picture, crashed super hard, did 90% of the race run with bars so sideways that they were over my top cap of my fork on one side. finished the race 45 seconds after the leader too after taking a ton of time with the wind knocked out of me on the side of the trail. haha.

[WestCoastHucker]

i'm neither the best or the worst, i just love to share my pics...

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm306/WestCoastHucker/West%20Texas/Brodie-04.jpg

[brado1]

Bag Full of Anvils is the way I ride, pretty much break every bike i've owned

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2312/1734012799_1e67288881_o.jpg

[jet]

I had raced DH for about 6 years straight. Never got out of the sport class. Can I ride well? Yes I can. Can I do technical? Yeah. Can I go big? Not anymore after two blown knees

About my pic...I am a SORBA member and assistant trail director for the Blankets Creek trail system in Woodstock GA.

One of our brother groups buikt a trail around Raccoon MT in Chattanooga TN. I had been wanting to get up and ride their 18 miles of trail they had built. Most times our gang went up, I was either hungover or otherwise indesposed.

I did finally get to ride these marvelous trails and the ride as I had been looking forward to was

WIKKED RETTARRDEDD!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Jetdh/002.jpg

[JRogers]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g259/jpmrogers/P1000370_edited.jpg

I am the best and worst. I was pretty sure, when this pic was taken, that I was going to die....but I rode it out and qualified for the race the next day.

[TankerX]

I love riding my bike as much as possible, not the best or worst but the one of the best having fun and relieving stress from doing so!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/bikefiend/P1000035.jpg

[Tomac_racer]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb217/Tomac_racer/Gravity%20East%20Finals/_MG_5533.jpg
This was at my last race at Plattekill. This photo just shows what that weekend was all about. Great weather, Beautiful Scenery, and Good Racing.

[gman086]

Definitely the worst rider out of the group but my bike has an auto-pilot feature so I usually land rubber side down, LOL. Lots of GREAT pics! But my friend is a pretty good photographer!!! Drop out at Post Canyon, Hood River, OR on a rather black and white kinda day ;-)

Have FUN!

G MAN

[chicodude]

um...I like to ride bikes.....So yeah....I'm the best then....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2905797495_5d6fa62291.jpg?v=0

[VooDooHoo]

at Plattekill mountain there is this trail called "hardcore". I've shown many riders this trail while they were riding the mountain, but was never able to ride it myself. I stupidly suggested that it be used in one of the series races. Well it was included in this past August's race. After watching riders trying to figure out the lines and crashing, I gave it my first attempt and made it. In fact I made it every practice run and my race run making the podium for the first time at Plattekill this year. Now when I take riders on "Hardcore" they follow me. At 50 years old I'm still learning how to ride a bike.

My race run on hardcore.
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn135/mrbgdkmn/e1aa8f23-1.jpg


now I am hardcore :) and the worlds best rider over 50 in my home !!

[bfrich]

I usually get beat by that VooDooHoo dude and he is like way way older than me...So I'm pretty sure i'm the worst rider going. But hey I love riding

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk33/bfrich/pbpic2399237.jpg

[aeffertz]

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q237/efferal91/trick2.jpg
This is like, the only picture I have of me because I'm a lone rider, so no one can take pictures of me. So, this is a video still. Basically, I'm bailing out on a double.
I'm the worlds best rider, though, because I stay motivated to go out and ride whenever it's possible and then crash some more, but still have fun.

[Patan-DH]

This photo was taken october 12 on my first race after about 9 months without riding my bike due several injuries and Family problems this year. Could not even pedal on my race runs because my lack of shape, but flowing the track and keeping my speed took me to a 8th place in Elite category.
After having to drop all the riding to be doing company on my mom Hodking lymphoma treatment i enjoyed That riding weekend like no other before.
Biking Rules Forever!
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/Mongiardino/riding%20pics/colo2.jpg