1993 John Tomac in the Grundig Mountain Bike World Downhill Championships - John Tomac

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  • @michael2704
    @michael2704 Рік тому +131

    Finally a downhill-course I could ride without killing myself 😂

    • @graybollocks
      @graybollocks 11 місяців тому +9

      Assuming you don’t have to ride it on JT’s original bike…

    • @jonnynash364
      @jonnynash364 11 місяців тому +1

      It’s literally a 2” travel hard tail

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 11 місяців тому

      @@graybollocksjust go really slow

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 11 місяців тому

      Late 90’s one’s even don’t seem impossible, the ones today are just nuts

  • @keepon239
    @keepon239 11 місяців тому +21

    It's insane how much better the camera coverage is here compared to what we have today.

    • @jarekw4262
      @jarekw4262 10 місяців тому +3

      I mean... it's basically flat terrain, put a camera on a high stand and from one place you can cover almost quarter of the run. Now put a camera next to the rockgarden section on downhill track and... woooosh that's all for this spot. But still this video is really nice to watch.

  • @jonbeale4890
    @jonbeale4890 3 роки тому +70

    Wow!!! Amazing how the bikes and tracks have changed over time 👍 👍 👍

    • @montecharly122
      @montecharly122 11 місяців тому +3

      ... looks today like a CROSS COUNTRY race.. 😅

    • @BG-il2ym
      @BG-il2ym 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@montecharly122 it's more like cyclo-cross, XC courses these days have rocks and roots.

    • @ryanford5387
      @ryanford5387 11 місяців тому

      Lots of flat turns

  • @DjNikGnashers
    @DjNikGnashers 11 місяців тому +38

    Enjoyed watching this, it brought back memories.
    I got my first MTB in 1988 (a Giant).
    Todays XC is much more extreme than this 'downhill' it's incredible how things have changed.

    • @br5380
      @br5380 11 місяців тому +5

      I was thinking the same, if not at the level of 'trail' that gravel bikes can handle.

    • @OregonCrow
      @OregonCrow 11 місяців тому

      ok bye

  • @QuixoteCoyote
    @QuixoteCoyote Рік тому +31

    Today's XC courses make this look chill. Amazing what modern bikes eat up. Now you have people going to gravel bikes to get a thrill out of simple trails like this again.

    • @maxdeutsch4077
      @maxdeutsch4077 11 місяців тому +6

      i mean that bike is basically a gravel rig of modern times

  • @JubeProductions
    @JubeProductions 11 місяців тому +15

    I had been riding MTB for about 3 years by this time and Tomac was like a hero. We went to Hunter Mtn in NY 2 weeks after the World Cup and it was the first time I rode lift serviced trails. I was hooked from that moment on. It took another 6 years before I bought my first DH specific bike, a 1999 Kona Stab Dee-Lux. That time was basically the birth of DH riding. John Tomac was the Godfather on Mountain bikes back then. He would race XC on Saturday, then change tires and race the same bike DH on Sunday.

  • @pederfallbom
    @pederfallbom 2 роки тому +43

    Wow that brings back memories! I raced in the juniors class at that race. Broke my chain coming out of a gnarly section. Coasted down goofing out for the crowd which was massive!
    Tomac was my hero back then even as a kid coming from Sweden 🇸🇪

    • @icyroadwarrior
      @icyroadwarrior 10 місяців тому

      he could win cross country, downhill and road bike (1988 USA Nat criterium Champ)

    • @pederfallbom
      @pederfallbom 10 місяців тому

      @@icyroadwarrior Yes he could. I was in the US in 1996 and did the Redlands bycicle classic stage race (big roadrace) and Tomac was in it. At a stage called Oak Glenn Tomac and I had been cut off from the lead since we didnt have the legs so we had a chat on our way to the finish at the top of that mountain 🙂👍 He is a great guy.

    • @dinozoiks
      @dinozoiks 8 місяців тому

      Showing my age but I was there too. And rode the course on a hardtail Zaskar. Still got the muddy number plate in my souvenirs box. Rained all week and was lethal. That off-camber corner at 1:38 was a proper drift lesson. Fun, but sketchy as hell.
      Best bit was I rode up on the chairlift with Tomac and he signed my GT jersey. And Hans Rey. ✊

    • @pederfallbom
      @pederfallbom 8 місяців тому

      @@dinozoiks 😀👌 Cool memories! Tomac is very friendly and a real character! Yes that off camber fast turn was reallly hard. I crashed right there during training and coasted to a stop on my backprotection. If it had been dry I would probably Hurt myself really bad.
      I rode a hardtail Rocky Mountain 😀🤘

  • @stirfrybry1
    @stirfrybry1 11 місяців тому +6

    Wow, I reading about Tomac in Mountain Bike Action in 93 and by 96 I had won two races at Plattekill. A perfect role model for the rider. Emulate the skill and the drive and you're on you're way

  • @SurferJoe71
    @SurferJoe71 6 років тому +20

    The Real Legend of MT.Biking

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  5 років тому

      Yes he sure is, Such a character on the Bike! Please subscribe & share if you like thanks

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      @CyclingWorld1  4 роки тому

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    • @kw68
      @kw68 11 місяців тому

      And his son is now an mx/sx legend!!. Sick

  • @danhirtle7825
    @danhirtle7825 Рік тому +15

    JT is still a stud on a bike. A few years ago he was out on a training ride with Eli and had a huge get off resulting in fx/dislocation of his elbow. Still rode 90 minutes on single track back to the trailhead where the truck was parked. I still have my '91 Serotta T-Max mtb hanging in the garage. Long stem, no dropper post, you feel like you're going over the bars just sitting on the thing. How those guys went as fast as they did back then is pretty impressive.

    • @Periskop55
      @Periskop55 10 місяців тому

      Я тоже однажды получил вывих локтя, упав с горы на велосипеде,это очень болезненная штука🤕

  • @twotwentyswift
    @twotwentyswift 6 років тому +18

    Johnny T is gnarly! Awesome to see his son Eli tearing it up on 2 wheels as well!

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  5 років тому +1

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  • @robertmcfadyen9156
    @robertmcfadyen9156 11 місяців тому +3

    This is the downhill that I learnt . Also I have a selection of new old stock , Tioga Multi - Control saddles he used , one of which he signed in 1996 for me .

  • @GT-cx8vd
    @GT-cx8vd 5 років тому +14

    An absolute character? And an absolute fucking legend I may add. This guy was phenomenal. That's all there is to it

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  5 років тому

      He was amazing! So good! please subscribe to my channel & share if you like

    • @SteveMuir
      @SteveMuir 11 місяців тому

      Legend. !!!! i I have managed to mainly useJohn Tomac Kenda tyres on my mountain bike since i got it in 2011. Nevegals, slant 6 and the wife has small block8s on the back of her bike. (All but one week when I had a Conti on the back. )

  • @BadMonkeyFinger_Audio
    @BadMonkeyFinger_Audio 11 місяців тому +4

    This brings back a LOT of memories. Watching this makes me see just how much more difficult things were on these old bikes by comparison to current bike tech. I currently have a 1997 Specialized Stumpjumper, which I use for city riding only. I couldn't imagine riding a downhill like this on it - not a chance.

    • @sigalfamily4771
      @sigalfamily4771 8 місяців тому

      I raced amateur in Tomac's era on a fully rigid for a few years, then got a Stumpy in 1996 with FS. Like a magic carpet! But, on the other hand, the courses were totally rideable on the equipment of the time. So I"m not sure it was more difficult, as once everyone had FS and big wheels/tires, the courses just got harder. You could have ridden a lot of XC courses in the 1990s on a modern gravel bike without much of a penalty.

  • @samblenkharn8099
    @samblenkharn8099 Рік тому +1

    Great to see this footage from back in the day.

  • @ganimed1976
    @ganimed1976 6 років тому +10

    I also drove such a Tioga Disk Wheel in the 90's on my bike. The sound in made was awesome. I had the first model of these Tioga wheels (dark one) and later the transparent second version. It was THE eyecatcher on every trail. I drove it with a XTR M900 rear hub. These Tioga kevlar webbing wheels are hard to find nowadays and very expensive in good condition.

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  5 років тому +4

      Ahh yes I remember! I had one too, I remember now, one could only build them up on a 36 hole drilling hub! I used a Ultegra 600 road hub that was too narrow on the width! ha ha Please subscribe & share if you like thanks

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  • @RickyDownhillRDH
    @RickyDownhillRDH 11 місяців тому +4

    Crazy how much the bikes and tracks have changed over the years… those narrow bars always give me ptsd!! That would be a blue trail now days!

  • @Gazzaloddi-ml9ej
    @Gazzaloddi-ml9ej 6 місяців тому +1

    30 years ago, man time flies. I got into bikes in 91

  • @tedecker3792
    @tedecker3792 11 місяців тому +1

    What an event that was! I flew in to Geneva with my mountain bike, ride the VTT trails in the alps, then spent the last week in Metabief.

  • @AngelGonzalez-hc4zw
    @AngelGonzalez-hc4zw Рік тому +1

    Oh man, great to hear David Duffield voice of Eurosport Cycling network. Love listening during the Tour.

  • @donnovicki9771
    @donnovicki9771 4 роки тому +11

    Pretty sure he was on the cover of Mountain Bike Action magazine more than any other rider, even Ned. Wish I still had all my old Magazines......

  • @waynemcclean1180
    @waynemcclean1180 2 роки тому +1

    AMAZING Work Thank you.

    • @waynemcclean1180
      @waynemcclean1180 2 роки тому +1

      robert savage out, stinker juarez out, wayne croasdale in.

  • @dalialove1607
    @dalialove1607 5 років тому +5

    90 forever

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  5 років тому +2

      Tell me about it mate! without sounding like a last of the summer wine fan, the 'Old days were the best' , It's true though but they were.....Please subscribe & share if you like thanks

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  • @shawnomeara6153
    @shawnomeara6153 Рік тому +8

    Can you imagine how rad JT would’ve been on a modern bike!

  • @anzilaj8276
    @anzilaj8276 3 роки тому +3

    God.blessyou.johntomac

  • @emmanordal5980
    @emmanordal5980 Рік тому +1

    Great value, works perfect

  • @gromajor
    @gromajor 4 роки тому +3

    aaaah, the time when metabief was one of the top spots of the sport... ❤🙂 incredible to see how the sport evolved, from the downhill to the freeride. 👍

  • @renaissanceman8564
    @renaissanceman8564 Рік тому +2

    Goat,,Lemond, Phinney, Hampsten, hell all of the team 7-11 yes even Bobkie

  • @bigdaddytreevo4120
    @bigdaddytreevo4120 Рік тому +2

    Just after he took the crown from The OG Ned Overend. Both amazing racers to watch back then.

  • @m.koaguirre6609
    @m.koaguirre6609 2 роки тому +2

    Actually Will be a special stuff remake a tioga disc rims 29, looks great

  • @jasonelicker3473
    @jasonelicker3473 11 місяців тому +1

    I miss those days for sure

  • @pitibus4069
    @pitibus4069 4 роки тому +1

    This is the best channel on YT : ))

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      @CyclingWorld1  4 роки тому

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  • @TheDesertRat31
    @TheDesertRat31 11 місяців тому +2

    The year I started riding mtb.. those were the days. My first bike was full rigid.

  • @csedan510
    @csedan510 11 місяців тому +1

    I raced at Mammoth Mtn. in '93, it was a treat seeing him and Ned Overand battle it out.

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому

      And Ned was almost 40, or may have been in 93. A guy named "Tinker", (a Mexican dude with big hair), was also right up there with Tomac and Overand. Those 3 guys always gaped the rest of the field.

    • @csedan510
      @csedan510 11 місяців тому

      @@EarthSurferUSA Tinker Juarez, he was a badass!

  • @toddh2952
    @toddh2952 11 місяців тому +1

    The Tomes had the best style and all around champion

  • @落井隆一
    @落井隆一 8 місяців тому +2

    ヤバイほどカッコいい

  • @shirtlessGraveler305
    @shirtlessGraveler305 Рік тому +1

    Mad skills wow !!, impressive!!

  • @benjaminniem8605
    @benjaminniem8605 11 місяців тому +1

    He was my first teacher in MTB.

  • @Main.Account
    @Main.Account 11 місяців тому +1

    Legend!

  • @jag69rider
    @jag69rider Рік тому +1

    Was at this race World Cup championship @ Bromont Canada

  • @fatbikedad384
    @fatbikedad384 11 місяців тому +1

    LEGEND

  • @duenodelustucru
    @duenodelustucru 4 роки тому +10

    Geometry isn't even appropriate for downhill.
    Respect for those pioneers.

  • @Townchild1
    @Townchild1 11 місяців тому +1

    This rear Wheel was in This Year very interssting and possible to buy. My First Bike was a Moongoose Iboc Team in a very Nice Grey.

  • @8paolo96
    @8paolo96 11 місяців тому +1

    This looks like cyclo-cross with a slight downhill gradient. Probably the bike field where there have been more changes/improvements

  • @herbie5263
    @herbie5263 10 місяців тому +1

    If this was DH, what did XC look like?

  • @jayanderson6016
    @jayanderson6016 11 місяців тому +1

    My first real mountain bike was a '94 Raleigh Tomac MTI-1000 titanium frame XC bike.
    It cost US $1800 in 1994.

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому

      I would think, pretty much, the frame alone costs that much in 94. About $1,500 was the cost of a Ti frame back in those days. A good shifting/brake group-o was about a grand. A set of aftermarket wheels about $600. Seat/post, stem/bars, a Ti bike was about $3000, and they were the high end bikes of the day.

  • @doxielain2231
    @doxielain2231 11 місяців тому +1

    Wow, we have come such a long way. That would be a green trail on a modern bike.

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому

      In some cases, too long IMO. There is a guy flying down hills (these are the early day downhill competition when most riders still rejected rear suspension, and disk brakes), with a short chain stay and a 71 degree head angle. I bet a modern stretch hard tail with a 68-65 degree slack head angle, 29" wheels, can't go down that course as fast as Tomac did here.
      If we did not build berms, would the bike geometry head angle get steeper? I think it would.

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 11 місяців тому

      @@EarthSurferUSAcan’t really compare with different tech

  • @m.koaguirre6609
    @m.koaguirre6609 2 роки тому +2

    Super tomac

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  2 роки тому +1

      Yes, one of the best characters in MTB ever, and a lovely guy.

  • @johnmausteller
    @johnmausteller 11 місяців тому +1

    Dudes flying

  • @Sustrii
    @Sustrii 9 місяців тому +1

    our xc regionals is the same has the 93 downhill world cup

  • @luiggiserrano1735
    @luiggiserrano1735 11 місяців тому +1

    Qué diferencia 30 años después. Las bicis, los recorridos... Actualmente predomina el desnivel y la dificultad tecnica. Entonces era la velocidad y ausencia total de dificultad tecnica. La evolución de las bicis han determinado los recorridos, o viceversa.

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому

      I can't argue with that. But I can't agree with it either. Tomac was the King. The guy who won everything.

  • @scottoneill774
    @scottoneill774 10 місяців тому +1

    check out those narrow bars!

  • @serenhe7631
    @serenhe7631 11 місяців тому +1

    Is Eli Tomac father?

  • @toastopia1
    @toastopia1 9 місяців тому +1

    It's like a modern day gravel bike

  • @kermit56780
    @kermit56780 11 місяців тому +1

    .. "Back in the day" when your balls weighed more than your entire bike 😅

  • @staffh3815
    @staffh3815 3 роки тому +4

    These are gravel bikes now

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  3 роки тому

      700c Wheels nowadays whereas here they were 26" but nearly!

    • @JoshuaTootell
      @JoshuaTootell 2 роки тому +1

      26 and 700 are virtually the same circumference

    • @Gadulaksinjan
      @Gadulaksinjan 11 місяців тому

      ​@@JoshuaTootellWhat? 700 are exactly 29", not even close to 26.

  • @marcjohnson7882
    @marcjohnson7882 11 місяців тому +1

    Great rider, but a very different downhill than we have today.

  • @michaelwoodward5787
    @michaelwoodward5787 11 місяців тому +1

    How things change.

  • @stuartwood9339
    @stuartwood9339 4 роки тому +12

    And then you get Eli on the motorbike

    • @samj1185
      @samj1185 Рік тому

      Hope Eli heals up strong and can come back!

  • @MongolMan1983
    @MongolMan1983 11 місяців тому +1

    That’s wild…they put an aero disc on the rear wheel just like TT bike lol The 90’s really were crazier in terms of MTB tech

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому

      Kids don't have the building toys we used to have on the 60's and earlier. Tinker toys, erector set, Lincoln logs, model cars and planes, (including fuel powered COX stuff). So we grew up with what may be the last of that 'building mentality", in the USA.
      But I can tell you from my own experience in Mt. Bike production in the mid 90's (when they were pretty new), and the business I found using my skills, (which was also a new industry), "Getting involved with a new free enterprise industry",---is where all the big excitement is at. Everybody going for it with their own ideas. That is freedom. Start an industry. (and for God's sake and the sake of mankind, keep government out of it.) :)

  • @Mynameismud-p5t
    @Mynameismud-p5t Рік тому +1

    Pedaling on a DH Track! Crazy sh.t😂! Farmer John , Legend

  • @daviddurok
    @daviddurok 11 місяців тому +1

    I had a 1992 Raleigh Dyna Tech titanium bike, xtr/ xt group set titanium forks, my god that bike could move, still got it hanging in my gym at home, I will never part with it 🚴

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому +1

      I have a lovely welded 95 Nuke Proof Ti 17" Mt. bike, (Mark really got the welding down pat in 95). It may be the most complete vintage Ti. NK bike in existence today. I used to work there in 94/95 as their first machinist. I am the guy who got the hubs to stop breaking. My retailer is younger than me and still rides, so I am getting the forks fixed up and giving it to him for 20 years of us doing great business together. It will probably end up in a Museum after he is done riding it. With Ti forks, you were probably under 21lbs. I think mine is just over 22 with telescopic forks. They are fast bikes. Ti is a special material for hard tails. Doug in Michigan

    • @daviddurok
      @daviddurok 11 місяців тому

      Nuke Proof do some amazing Ti/ carbon bikes, I absolutely luv them.
      Michael Cowan who continued the Nuke proof name has stuck to the ethos of original Nuke Proof, they very much are riders choice. Thanks for sharing your story I enjoyed reading it 😁

  • @alwaysshifting9574
    @alwaysshifting9574 11 місяців тому +1

    93 looks like the 70’s.

  • @duncanjbrown
    @duncanjbrown 11 місяців тому +1

    This is literally the gravel bike world champs non?! 😅

  • @aleurodont
    @aleurodont 10 місяців тому +1

    Cuando no había doble suspensión, había qué tener unos huevotes para practicar down hill, de hecho ni existía el termino

  • @loreleiwhitcombe6371
    @loreleiwhitcombe6371 4 роки тому +6

    Eli traded in pedals for a 450.

    • @nellawell4976
      @nellawell4976 3 роки тому

      Yep, wanted something with shocks!

  • @ДмитрийДунаев-е1л
    @ДмитрийДунаев-е1л 11 місяців тому +1

    Today we calls it Cross Country

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому

      Cross Country has much more up-hill, (Sans the flat ground, any loop is 50% climbing.). But today, you have electric bikes. lol

  • @donnovicki4918
    @donnovicki4918 6 років тому +10

    Check out the size of that front chain ring. Need some big thighs to move that thing.

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  5 років тому

      Think it was a Road Chain Ring of 52/53 or even bigger like the Kamikaze DH ratios he used to do years before it! Please subscribe & share if you like thanks

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      @CyclingWorld1  4 роки тому +1

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    • @reapanomin899
      @reapanomin899 4 роки тому +1

      Holy shit,you're actually right.Makes all the MTBs of today look wimpy.And then the rear disc wheel.

  • @fast22fast
    @fast22fast 11 місяців тому +1

    Stud just like his boy Eli

  • @robertomachadotech
    @robertomachadotech Рік тому +1

    Nessa época era aro 26 de folha simples, não tinha aero parede dupla....o ciclista tinha que ser bom mesmo

  • @lo76er82
    @lo76er82 Рік тому +1

    1993 = 😮😬🫣
    2023 = green trail
    PS No disrespect intended, I started mountain biking in the 90’s and remember well how the bikes and tracks were back then!

    • @teamdoa
      @teamdoa 11 місяців тому

      Thing is, although it isnt as technical as modern courses, the tech of the bikes at the time kind of made riding them as hard and scary in my opinion.

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 11 місяців тому

      @@teamdoagood point

  • @Ramon-xh2un
    @Ramon-xh2un 11 місяців тому +1

    O DH de antigamente parece o XC de hoje.

  • @TheyForcedMyHandLE
    @TheyForcedMyHandLE 2 роки тому +2

    You'd be in for a shocker if you showed to up a DH race today expecting the track to be like this.

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  2 роки тому

      Too right mate, how things have changed so much 👍🏻

    • @JoshuaTootell
      @JoshuaTootell 2 роки тому +2

      Local XC race courses are more advanced than this, let alone WC XC.

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 Рік тому

      Well to be fair the tech has changed to not exactly like comparing old gymnastics to modern gymnastics

    • @MD-uu5nt
      @MD-uu5nt Рік тому

      You couldn't ride modern courses on those bikes. A gravel bike would be better than those old DH bikes.

    • @Firubak
      @Firubak Рік тому +1

      ​@@MD-uu5ntits actually kinda possible. I got a Raleigh Titanium XTR from my dad 3 years ago and learned to ride Enduro on it. Sure you cant Do all those fancy jumps and stuff, but to some extend those old bikes can handle gnarly shit.

  • @whitefrost6434
    @whitefrost6434 11 місяців тому +2

    this is downcountry

  • @rodneysmart9774
    @rodneysmart9774 Рік тому +1

    tights and tucked

  • @FUJITRACK10
    @FUJITRACK10 11 місяців тому +1

    JT got his courier bars on

  • @wombatfeeder999
    @wombatfeeder999 Рік тому +1

    Back when people cared about mountain biking...

  • @zydecbro
    @zydecbro 11 місяців тому +1

    imagine JT in his prime with today's technology!!

  • @MTBTrek34
    @MTBTrek34 11 місяців тому +1

    This trail is gravel bike worthy now.

  • @AngelGonzalez-hc4zw
    @AngelGonzalez-hc4zw Рік тому +1

    No 29ers here 😊

  • @neuvocastezero1838
    @neuvocastezero1838 11 місяців тому +1

    Wow, didn't know they had carbon fiber frames in '93.

    • @MyDemon32
      @MyDemon32 11 місяців тому +1

      Carbon fiber frames go as back as 1978 with Assos making the first prototype.

  • @dunsbroccoli2588
    @dunsbroccoli2588 11 місяців тому +1

    The geometry looks so proper. We need to find a way to make bikes perform like they do currently but while looking like bikes, not anorexic, engineless motorcycles.

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому

      Although I dig hydraulic disk brakes, I am not a fan of today's slack head tube angles, heavy bikes, 29" wheels or single chain ring shifting system. I don't think they turn worth a darn with out a sculptured berm, (because of slack head angles and big wheels), and the gearing runs out at both ends, at grunt and top speed. I think we have entered a irrational generation. Frame geometry is "arts and crafts" bizarre today. Doesn't make any sense to make your trail bike handle like a Harley chopper to me.

  • @danielrauer5864
    @danielrauer5864 10 місяців тому +1

    Todays MTB riders would not take a bike with that few suspension travel to ride to the ice cafe 2 blocks away.

  • @DIY-DaddyO
    @DIY-DaddyO 11 місяців тому +1

    It was so much more fun with light full rigid bikes without all the near vertical rock garden stuff...

  • @islarun4103
    @islarun4103 Рік тому +1

    So fun not like today

  • @santiagocarrizo2425
    @santiagocarrizo2425 3 роки тому +4

    Los de ahora le das una rígida y empiezan a llorar jajaj

  • @dirttrackdieter
    @dirttrackdieter 11 місяців тому +1

    Gravel, Cross country

  • @Metal-Possum
    @Metal-Possum 5 років тому +4

    Put his drop bars on and it'd look like a cyclocross race...

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  5 років тому +1

      Yes it's great news that they are coming through, Please Subscribe & share my Channel if you can thanks

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  4 роки тому +1

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  • @DiegoRuiz1991
    @DiegoRuiz1991 11 місяців тому +1

    I'm shit at banked turns and drops... so I guess I could've been a very much decent DH rider in the early 90s

  • @staffh3815
    @staffh3815 3 роки тому +1

    So many mtb champs came from bmx

  • @victorallanpmatias
    @victorallanpmatias 5 років тому +1

    wanna see mike kings winning run too

    • @CyclingWorld1
      @CyclingWorld1  5 років тому

      Will have a FFWD & try to see if he's on there, Please subscribe & share if you like thanks

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      @CyclingWorld1  4 роки тому +1

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  • @davidmoore9385
    @davidmoore9385 Рік тому +1

    26" wheels and no rear suspension

  • @guillaumebresson3260
    @guillaumebresson3260 11 місяців тому +1

    Ça pédalait beaucoup pour la DH! 😂 un autre temps. Des freins patins, une largeur du centre bien court. Pas de casque intégral. Une descente qui serait du XCO.

  • @bikebudha01
    @bikebudha01 Рік тому +1

    wow, "downhill" was a bit different back in the day...

  • @mfnd502
    @mfnd502 11 місяців тому +1

    Those bars 😂

    • @Turmogo
      @Turmogo 11 місяців тому

      Most riders cut the handlebars short. Having wide handlebars was considered noobish.

    • @mfnd502
      @mfnd502 11 місяців тому

      @@Turmogo Im old man, that's what bar width looked like in the day.

    • @Turmogo
      @Turmogo 11 місяців тому +1

      @@mfnd502 Well, I'm in my forties, although I consider myself still young 😅 I think the standard width at that time was around 580 mm, but in the competition videos of those years the handlebars look even narrower. People used to cut them down to 550 or 560, partly because there was an obsession with weight and every gram counted.

  • @AyrtonsLoafers
    @AyrtonsLoafers 11 місяців тому +1

    Imagine having a Time Machine and going back with a 170mm 29r.
    You’d be unstoppable.

    • @EarthSurferUSA
      @EarthSurferUSA 11 місяців тому

      I bet Tomac would beat a 29er slack head angle bike down this hill no matter who was riding it.

  • @ThisIsGoogle
    @ThisIsGoogle 11 місяців тому +1

    Holy hell they were bad back then.

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 11 місяців тому

      Um ok

  • @miniorek
    @miniorek 11 місяців тому +1

    Downhill on a gravel bike.

  • @3ester
    @3ester 11 місяців тому +1

    lol

  • @O2TG
    @O2TG 11 місяців тому +1

    This is just cross country now 😂