Who remembers when...

[Dajerseyrat]

Mountain biking in the early 90s before all the GPS and cellular technology when you took an old paper trail map from the trail head and went off into the woods with zero communication to the outside world.. You had no real way of accurately knowing how many miles you rode, what your elevation was, ECT ECT. The good ol days of being out all day lost in the woods..How did we ever manage?

 

[Pearl]

I don’t remember this

 

[rick81721]

I don't remember because I just started mountain biking 6 years ago. But hiking back then was a similar experience.

 

[qclabrat]

Mountain biking in the early 90s before all the GPS and cellular technology when you took an old paper trail map from the trail head and went off into the woods with zero communication to the outside world.. You had no real way of accurately knowing how many miles you rode, what your elevation was, ECT ECT. The good ol days of being put all day lost in the woods..How did we ever manage?

I liked it better then

 

[walter]

I dont use any electronics while biking or running.

 

[pooriggy]

Yeah, but dem sex toys.

 

[walter]

Yeah, but dem sex toys.

the Magic Wand actually is, well, magical.

 

[icebiker]

Mountain biking in the early 90s before all the GPS and cellular technology when you took an old paper trail map from the trail head and went off into the woods with zero communication to the outside world.. You had no real way of accurately knowing how many miles you rode, what your elevation was, ECT ECT. The good ol days of being put all day lost in the woods..How did we ever manage?

Yep... and when we knew not of padded chamois, carrying water on your back and clipless pedals. ;-)

 

[SmooveP]

Yeah, and I remember getting hopelessly lost. It sucked at the time, but made for good stories later. I'll take my GPS anytime, along with the ability to take pics when I see something good.

 

[dmkalemba]

When county freeholders in Essex and union counties didn't know what mountain biking was

 

[Juggernaut]

I do... but it was the 70’s; and we just called them bikes.

 

[Bike N Gear]

I do... but it was the 70’s; and we just called them bikes.

I did some sweet jumps on my Schwinn Varsity.

 

[Dajerseyrat]

Yep... and when we knew not of padded chamois, carrying water on your back and clipless pedals. ;-)

Or how about bar ends, grip shifters and 2" of travel suspension from rubber bushing in the Rock Shox INDY or JUDY...

 

[Dajerseyrat]

I did some sweet jumps on my Schwinn Varsity.

Any piece of wood we could find and a vertically placed cinder block made the most sketchy and best ramps. These young whipper snappers these days are spoiled I tell ya.

 

[Dajerseyrat]

I don’t remember this

Noob..

 

[02camaro]

the early 90s was a great time to be born

 

[RobW]

Mountain biking in the early 90s before all the GPS and cellular technology when you took an old paper trail map from the trail head and went off into the woods with zero communication to the outside world.. You had no real way of accurately knowing how many miles you rode, what your elevation was, ECT ECT. The good ol days of being out all day lost in the woods..How did we ever manage?

The 90’s- the dirtbike and quad era... bikes were not cool then

 

[mattybfat]

 

[Dajerseyrat]

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Ohhhh the trek Y frame. If I recall this was made in carbon fiber? I remember seeing a guy in Morristown with one and it made a weird humming sound as it resonated on the trails.

 

[Dajerseyrat]

the early 90s was a great time to be born

Born? I graduated high school in 92.lol..I was born in 74 and grew up in the greatest decade ever! The 80's!! We had the baddest BMX chromed out bikes, the sharpest pedals, we had Breakdancing, Michael Jackson (when he was still black and cool) , Purple Rain, Billy Idol, rap music when it was actually good, hevy metal hair bands and Atari 2600! We we're the shit!