Jim's Mountain Biking Page

		Jim's Downhill Mantra To slow is to falter, To brake is to fail To stop is defeat. -- C. Ramanathan Defy Gravity. Do it often. It'll get you back someday. -- Jeff Fu
The end of the day at Plattekill, summer 1996. A flat tire in the runout at 45+mph beat up this rim pretty well.

What I Ride

A full custom Sola Ti by Seven Cycles. See pictures, specification, and review for the details. I also own a heavily-modified GT Tequesta that I built up over several years.

Mountain Biking Trips

• Rocky Mountain Singletrack: Brian Head
• Rocky Mountain Singletrack: Crested Butte
• Tahoe
• New Mexico Singletrack
• The Best of Brian Head and Gooseberry Mesa
• Idaho Hot Springs
• Kingdom Trails, VT

Mountain Biking Links

The following is intended to be a list of MTB-related net-accessible resources. Many of these came from Pete Ruckelshaus's compilation. Submissions always welcome.

• Bryn Dole's amazing WWW Bicycle Lane.
• Bugs eating you alive? See Lee Green's short article on bug spray.
• Want to work to keep trails open? See Conflicts On Multiple-Use Trails, a government report on the subject.
• Confused by MTB slang? See The Dictionary of Mountain Bike Slang.
• Everything you never wanted to know about ticks.
• Tuning tips for the Girvin Vector. If you own a 1996 Girvin Vector, this tells you how to make it perform like it should.
• A Cantilever Design Discussion. This document discusses the pros and cons of cantilever design and discusses the performance differences between cantilevers (both standard and V-brake) as well as hydraulics.

-- JimF - 08 Oct 2005
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