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Of course freeride is alive an well. The term does not describe riding certain
trail features or hiking and retrying the same jump many times. If it isn't
training or racing it's freeriding. I think the pendulum swung too far to the
heavy unclimbable bike side of things for many riders and has come back to
more all round type of machines. Bike parks I think caused trails to evolve
into smoother trails that flow. At the same time the steep lines became very
worn down and people adapted to that by buying more travel. But now that
trails are being rebuilt closer to the way they had been when first put in
(less a lot of so called stunt furniture) fewer people need the heavy long
travel bikes.
Heavy bikes that typically are pushed up are being relegated to shuttles and
lifts where it makes more sense. But for Fromme, why walk when you could ride?
Feb. 19, 2013, 1:10 p.m. - Oldfart
#!markdown Of course freeride is alive an well. The term does not describe riding certain trail features or hiking and retrying the same jump many times. If it isn't training or racing it's freeriding. I think the pendulum swung too far to the heavy unclimbable bike side of things for many riders and has come back to more all round type of machines. Bike parks I think caused trails to evolve into smoother trails that flow. At the same time the steep lines became very worn down and people adapted to that by buying more travel. But now that trails are being rebuilt closer to the way they had been when first put in (less a lot of so called stunt furniture) fewer people need the heavy long travel bikes. Heavy bikes that typically are pushed up are being relegated to shuttles and lifts where it makes more sense. But for Fromme, why walk when you could ride?