i<3racepics
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yup thats my number, thanks for helping out brandon
Ride Report Fontana Winter Series #5
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Sunday race photos
http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/quixote2001/DH 3-8-09/
Here's the album but need to add plate numbers later they change order every 250 pics. Still need to do Saturday DH/4X/SuperD. Post any? Send for full resolution [email protected]
http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/quixote2001/DH 3-8-09/
Here's the album but need to add plate numbers later they change order every 250 pics. Still need to do Saturday DH/4X/SuperD. Post any? Send for full resolution [email protected]
SlickShoe671
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Some N's
And for 298z
And for 298z
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Pics...
As soon as my Brother gives me his pictures, I will post them!
Dynamatt
DH Racer... International Playboy... Transition Bike Owner... Pimp... Stud! :clap:
Hahahaha... :lol:
The Downhill Bastards :bang:
Dirty Mike
Pato: Bad luck racer of the day! #-o
First-ever DH race... Half way into his run, a rusted nail found its way into his rear tire. No amount of Stan's could stop the leak. He ran his bike to the finish line!
Too bad, I thought he was fast enough to podium!
The family that races together...
Evil (piloting a Pivot Firebird)
Nice elbow pads
The Bike-Racing Machine
SD Competitor
Hard Charger
A young shredder
Focused
SchwinnSTR8
Scott (aka Rolo Tomasi)
Pato
"G"... STR'S favorite Fontana local doing what he does best :bang:
I will post my Brother's pics as soon as I have them (tomorrow or Wednesday)
As soon as my Brother gives me his pictures, I will post them!
Dynamatt
DH Racer... International Playboy... Transition Bike Owner... Pimp... Stud! :clap:
Hahahaha... :lol:
The Downhill Bastards :bang:
Dirty Mike
Pato: Bad luck racer of the day! #-o
First-ever DH race... Half way into his run, a rusted nail found its way into his rear tire. No amount of Stan's could stop the leak. He ran his bike to the finish line!
Too bad, I thought he was fast enough to podium!
The family that races together...
Evil (piloting a Pivot Firebird)
Nice elbow pads
The Bike-Racing Machine
SD Competitor
Hard Charger
A young shredder
Focused
SchwinnSTR8
Scott (aka Rolo Tomasi)
Pato
"G"... STR'S favorite Fontana local doing what he does best :bang:
I will post my Brother's pics as soon as I have them (tomorrow or Wednesday)
SlickShoe... since you were in that position... did you happen to get my "no-footer-ball-buster" ride through the last couple rocks? 45Z
zark
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So my race weekend was fun, yet dissappointing. I got 7th in Sport 27-34. I had one minor bobble on course and pedalled my ass off for the wall, moreso than ever before. I thought I put together a pretty good run, but appearantly it was only an OK run.... Time to ride more. But it was a great weekend! I missed the last one due to food poisoning so I was stoked just to be out there!
SlickShoe671
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I was racing (410z), its my wife who takes pictures while waiting for me to pass so she can remind me to stop riding like a bitch.
Here you go.
yjgfikl
Braaaaaap
Wow Eric Foltz you took an amazing sequence shot of me smashing the hell out of some corner on the course. Thank you for that. I was 176D in all blue. Did anybody happen to get pictures of me in the lower section? (or anywhere else?)
D
DirtymikeTDB
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Sharky, Was it me talking to you so much on my race run the reason you were able to get soooo many shots of me on my run?????
I like this one, it makes me look fast
I like this one, it makes me look fast
D
DirtymikeTDB
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Hey Slick, did your lady happen to get me coming through the lower rocks....498 zg<for this race anyways
Pato
Stop stealing my thunder!
So here's my RR. Started prepping for the DH race on Saturday morning by climbing the San Gabes up to Inspiration Point. ~1800' in the first 2.7 miles alone. I was fine until after we took our break at Inspiration point. I think it was a combination of starting off the ride kind of dehydrated and the biting cold at Inspiration Point. I had to stop several times on the DH sections just to rest and stretch out my quads I was cramping so bad. Got home got all my gear together, prepped my bike for the race, loaded up the car then took a shower and got ready for bed.
Unfortunately, my quads were being very uncooperative. They ached and would not loosen up. I have a sister who's a doctor and provides me with all the good stuff so I had a whole arsenal of drugs to get my muscles to behave. Alas, it was not to be though. Due to my upcoming surgery, I'm not allowed to take any drugs that may complicate the surgery. I wasn't sure what I was or was not allowed to take so I just decided to not take any risks.
Fast forward to Sunday morning. After getting a whole hour of sleep, I get up and my lower back is killing me so I hit the shower again hoping the hot water would help loosen it up. Well, it did help a little bit. I got to Fontana a little later than I had hoped but still made it on the second shuttle truck still trying to put all my gear on. I had packed two pairs of goggles and sunglasses just in case. Left all three in the trunk of my car in my haste to get on the shuttle truck.
First practice run down the course was a disaster. I was sessioning sections at a time, but spent more time lying on the side of the trail then actually riding on it. I was ready to throw in the towel. On one of my many dirt sampling sessions I managed to sprain my right thumb. It was getting more and more difficult to hold my bars as the day progressed so decided to slow my pace down a bit to get a smooth run in and by the third run I was feeling pretty comfortable.
Come race time, my stomach felt like it was filled with millions of angry butterflies. Did I mention that this was my first DH race ever? I have never been to a race either as a spectator nor a racer so I had no idea what to expect. I've never even been to the DH section of Fontana before so yea, I was a little nervous to say the least.
At last it was my time to be famous or infamous. I was hoping for the former, but will have to settle for the latter. I hit first few turns better than I had expected to. With my confidence building I started going even fast and pushing beyond what I was comfortable with. By the time I hit the first loose, rocky section I felt my rear end start to get a little washy. Chalk it up to the speed and unfamiliar territory I was thinking.
With all my new found confidence, I hit the g-out a little more speed than I was able to control. I washed out at the top and slid out on to my side. I picked up my bike an tried to hop on but I wasn't able to clip in to my pedals in time. When I hit the first rock garden at the top I didn't have either of my feet clipped in. They were both just barely perched on my pedals. I thought I was going to slip a pedal and go down hard for sure. Somehow I made it down and could hear Suggie and Dino screaming at me to pedal.
I was having a heck of a time trying to control my rear at this point. It was just all over the place making it hard for me to get my feet clipped in. I finally was able to regain composure and start pedaling, but the bike was just not having any of it. I was fighting the rear end just to try to keep any semblence of a straight line.
Started through the lower rock garden when I heard that dreaded noise. The sound of metal on rock. I was going a little too fast to stop at this point so I rode through the rock garden. Once I cleared the rock garden I tried to pedal it a bit further, but wasn't having much luck so I just got off the bike a ran to the finish line.
Finished 10th out of 10 in the beginner men's 35-42 class or something like that. I'd like to borrow a qoute from one of the members on here. "DFL > DNF" The funniest part was the guy calling out the numbers at the bottom of the course. He just looked over at me and asked "Are you racing?" as I was running past him with my bike. :lol:
To think that the start of my illustrious racing career was ended prematurely by a bent, rusty, old 3" nail. Oh well, there'll always be next year.
The first picture is of me holding out the nail. Second one is me coming down the upper rock garden. Note that both of my feet are still unclipped at this time. #-o
](*,) 
Dino,
Thanks for coming out to chear me on and taking the photos. I also want to thank you for al the pre-race advice. Oh and thank you chocobochick for coming out as well.
Unfortunately, my quads were being very uncooperative. They ached and would not loosen up. I have a sister who's a doctor and provides me with all the good stuff so I had a whole arsenal of drugs to get my muscles to behave. Alas, it was not to be though. Due to my upcoming surgery, I'm not allowed to take any drugs that may complicate the surgery. I wasn't sure what I was or was not allowed to take so I just decided to not take any risks.
Fast forward to Sunday morning. After getting a whole hour of sleep, I get up and my lower back is killing me so I hit the shower again hoping the hot water would help loosen it up. Well, it did help a little bit. I got to Fontana a little later than I had hoped but still made it on the second shuttle truck still trying to put all my gear on. I had packed two pairs of goggles and sunglasses just in case. Left all three in the trunk of my car in my haste to get on the shuttle truck.
First practice run down the course was a disaster. I was sessioning sections at a time, but spent more time lying on the side of the trail then actually riding on it. I was ready to throw in the towel. On one of my many dirt sampling sessions I managed to sprain my right thumb. It was getting more and more difficult to hold my bars as the day progressed so decided to slow my pace down a bit to get a smooth run in and by the third run I was feeling pretty comfortable.
Come race time, my stomach felt like it was filled with millions of angry butterflies. Did I mention that this was my first DH race ever? I have never been to a race either as a spectator nor a racer so I had no idea what to expect. I've never even been to the DH section of Fontana before so yea, I was a little nervous to say the least.
At last it was my time to be famous or infamous. I was hoping for the former, but will have to settle for the latter. I hit first few turns better than I had expected to. With my confidence building I started going even fast and pushing beyond what I was comfortable with. By the time I hit the first loose, rocky section I felt my rear end start to get a little washy. Chalk it up to the speed and unfamiliar territory I was thinking.
With all my new found confidence, I hit the g-out a little more speed than I was able to control. I washed out at the top and slid out on to my side. I picked up my bike an tried to hop on but I wasn't able to clip in to my pedals in time. When I hit the first rock garden at the top I didn't have either of my feet clipped in. They were both just barely perched on my pedals. I thought I was going to slip a pedal and go down hard for sure. Somehow I made it down and could hear Suggie and Dino screaming at me to pedal.
I was having a heck of a time trying to control my rear at this point. It was just all over the place making it hard for me to get my feet clipped in. I finally was able to regain composure and start pedaling, but the bike was just not having any of it. I was fighting the rear end just to try to keep any semblence of a straight line.
Started through the lower rock garden when I heard that dreaded noise. The sound of metal on rock. I was going a little too fast to stop at this point so I rode through the rock garden. Once I cleared the rock garden I tried to pedal it a bit further, but wasn't having much luck so I just got off the bike a ran to the finish line.
Finished 10th out of 10 in the beginner men's 35-42 class or something like that. I'd like to borrow a qoute from one of the members on here. "DFL > DNF" The funniest part was the guy calling out the numbers at the bottom of the course. He just looked over at me and asked "Are you racing?" as I was running past him with my bike. :lol:
To think that the start of my illustrious racing career was ended prematurely by a bent, rusty, old 3" nail. Oh well, there'll always be next year.
The first picture is of me holding out the nail. Second one is me coming down the upper rock garden. Note that both of my feet are still unclipped at this time. #-o
](*,) Dino,
Thanks for coming out to chear me on and taking the photos. I also want to thank you for al the pre-race advice. Oh and thank you chocobochick for coming out as well.
Pato: Bad luck racer of the day! #-o
First-ever DH race... Half way into his run, a rusted nail found its way into his rear tire. No amount of Stan's could stop the leak. He ran his bike to the finish line!
Too bad, I thought he fast good enough to podium!
gooseaholic
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Ha,thats funny Pato, as you were coming through the rock garden., I said man that guy must have more money than me to buy a new rim. It got a good laugh.
That and how did I miss you Dino, I saw Suggie. Did she let you off the leash? J/K of course.
That and how did I miss you Dino, I saw Suggie. Did she let you off the leash? J/K of course.
BFloFoxRider.
Active Member
My RR....
I got 3rd in Downhill, on a bike i had never ridden, on 2.5 hours of sleep, and i had only eaten cheez its and hammer gel all morning.
I took over the lead in the points series, thanks to I<3racepics crashing and finishing 7th.
he still finished strong with his crash though.
I like the crash i race, we all talk and hangout while we're waiting for our runs, and we joke around.
Fun weekend though..
my first time camping saturday night for the sunday race, man oh man i definitely want to camp all 4 days of the nationals.
:bang:
Nice meeting hard charger and Pato.
it was also nice seeing Dino for all of like 5 minutes.
I'm mad at Matt, he let me ride his blindside with the new 711 sunline bars and the new fox 40, and let me say, Oh Snap!
thank god i dont have any money or i would be in trouble. :lol:
I got 3rd in Downhill, on a bike i had never ridden, on 2.5 hours of sleep, and i had only eaten cheez its and hammer gel all morning.
I took over the lead in the points series, thanks to I<3racepics crashing and finishing 7th.
he still finished strong with his crash though.
I like the crash i race, we all talk and hangout while we're waiting for our runs, and we joke around.
Fun weekend though..
my first time camping saturday night for the sunday race, man oh man i definitely want to camp all 4 days of the nationals.
:bang:
Nice meeting hard charger and Pato.
it was also nice seeing Dino for all of like 5 minutes.
I'm mad at Matt, he let me ride his blindside with the new 711 sunline bars and the new fox 40, and let me say, Oh Snap!
thank god i dont have any money or i would be in trouble. :lol:
Pato
Stop stealing my thunder!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Don't remind me. Ugh... I havent even gone back to look at the rim yet. Being that is was my rear wheel I know it must have taken a beating through the rock gardens. My Foes FXR is not the most plush bike in the world and add to that some singly ply tires so the rims had to have absorbed a lot of it.
Too bad I missed your comment. That was funny.
Dynamatt
Ride or Die
Slickshoes did your wife happen to catch 415y?
Bryguy17
A little Shaggy
dude. cheez-its are the magical race food. I've done well every time I gorge myself on them :lol:
dino, you know you like my elbow pads. they're invisible and awesome. almost like the self-righting feature on iron horses
SchwinnStr8
Team DHB
My Dh Rr
Saturday:Got up from a night of drinking (why does the DHB guys always do this???:beer
and drove of to practice. Got to Fontana just in time to see the first few shuttle trucks go up. Practice went fine...even though I had a slight headache/hangover:drunk:. Great part was my co-worker/friend joined in on the fun:bang:. I got a couple of runs in and felt good about the course. After the shuttles were done...we drove up to the culdesac and a couple of us decided to make one more run. I decided to opt out and watch. While i was watching i ran into 2 guys(Dynamatt and his friend) sessioning(sp?) the lower rock garden. While watching..i noticed a great line they had discovered. I then pondered if i had been taking the wrong line the whole time. As my teammates made it down the hill...i told them about the line that Dynamatt showed and watched "the hammer" run it. It not only was a faster line, but it was the simple line. We ended the night with In N Out burgers and went home.
Sunday:Got to Fontana just in time to register for the race. Got one full practice run in...and 2 sessions on the lower rock garden with the new line:bang:. Felt good and met up with my friends/teamamtes at the truck. As we were waiting...Team DHB had the pleasure of meeting the Mayor (DINO BROWN). Dino...we all think you're a cool guy...and we don't care what everyone else says about ya...haha:lol::bang:.
Race Run:Run went okay...a couple of the semi-built up berms had become choppy and loose. I had to dab my foot/stop at three of the turns. Got to the wall...and again...just like the other races i was tired:?I though all the beers I had during the week would have built enough carbs for me to burn:beer. I did pedal all the way through but on my saddle. In the end...i had thought i came in my consistent last place but was pleasantly surprised with a 11th out of 13.
Got to the truck, bought some beer and made it back up in time to cheer everyone in the Z class!:clap:
Like always...the weekend was great! Great people...and great riding.
Congrats to Brian (Hebrew Hammer) placing 5th in our class (27-34 Sport) and
Luis (newest DHB member) placing 12th in his class (27-34 Beg) for his first DH race and has only been riding DH for a couple of months. Hes the guy that had the time that beat EC's by 8 seconds...too bad it was a typo(one minute off). He was famous for 10 mins...I wonder when hes going to get his other 5 mins
.
Thanks to everyone that makes these races soo much fun! And a Big THANKS to all the photographers.
Pics of 486N, 487N(me), 490N and 475Z would be greatly be appreciated.
See everyone in 2 weeks!
Saturday:Got up from a night of drinking (why does the DHB guys always do this???:beer
and drove of to practice. Got to Fontana just in time to see the first few shuttle trucks go up. Practice went fine...even though I had a slight headache/hangover:drunk:. Great part was my co-worker/friend joined in on the fun:bang:. I got a couple of runs in and felt good about the course. After the shuttles were done...we drove up to the culdesac and a couple of us decided to make one more run. I decided to opt out and watch. While i was watching i ran into 2 guys(Dynamatt and his friend) sessioning(sp?) the lower rock garden. While watching..i noticed a great line they had discovered. I then pondered if i had been taking the wrong line the whole time. As my teammates made it down the hill...i told them about the line that Dynamatt showed and watched "the hammer" run it. It not only was a faster line, but it was the simple line. We ended the night with In N Out burgers and went home.Sunday:Got to Fontana just in time to register for the race. Got one full practice run in...and 2 sessions on the lower rock garden with the new line:bang:. Felt good and met up with my friends/teamamtes at the truck. As we were waiting...Team DHB had the pleasure of meeting the Mayor (DINO BROWN). Dino...we all think you're a cool guy...and we don't care what everyone else says about ya...haha:lol::bang:.
Race Run:Run went okay...a couple of the semi-built up berms had become choppy and loose. I had to dab my foot/stop at three of the turns. Got to the wall...and again...just like the other races i was tired:?
I though all the beers I had during the week would have built enough carbs for me to burn:beer. I did pedal all the way through but on my saddle. In the end...i had thought i came in my consistent last place but was pleasantly surprised with a 11th out of 13. Got to the truck, bought some beer and made it back up in time to cheer everyone in the Z class!:clap:
Like always...the weekend was great! Great people...and great riding.
Congrats to Brian (Hebrew Hammer) placing 5th in our class (27-34 Sport) and
Luis (newest DHB member) placing 12th in his class (27-34 Beg) for his first DH race and has only been riding DH for a couple of months. Hes the guy that had the time that beat EC's by 8 seconds...too bad it was a typo(one minute off). He was famous for 10 mins...I wonder when hes going to get his other 5 mins
. Thanks to everyone that makes these races soo much fun! And a Big THANKS to all the photographers.
Pics of 486N, 487N(me), 490N and 475Z would be greatly be appreciated.
See everyone in 2 weeks!
Orven
Aim To Piss
Anyone caught a pic (or better yet, sequence) of a dude in the C-class ghost riding his saddle on a pile of rocks before the chute-to-the-g-out?
Ode to Zark
http://vimeo.com/3554390
redemption in 2 weeks.
Ode to Zark
http://vimeo.com/3554390
redemption in 2 weeks.
DH GLORY
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pixs of you
I took some of you but have not posted them.
when I do I'll let you know.
I took some of you but have not posted them.
when I do I'll let you know.
Wow Eric Foltz you took aamazing
sequence shot of me smashing the hell out of some corner on the course. Thank you for that. I was 176D in all blue. Did anybody happen to get pictures of me in the lower section? (or anywhere else?)
I took some of you but have not posted them.
when I do I'll let you know.
