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Film maker:
Martin Bullock
Length: 2'16''
Date: 27th
June 2005
Subject: "Mountain
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Title:
Mountain biking
Martin
organises and competes in downhill mountain bike races. It's more than
just a "great fun" sport, full off thrills, and some spills
too. Can biking really make a difference?
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Hi
Martin, great to see you telling mountain biking as it is, it's Irelands
fastest growing sport here and sounds like you have the same experiences
we're had over the past 15 years. Best of Luck,
Dave. Mountainbiking.ie
Martin Hi! I really enjoyed your video ~ mountain biking is something
I have always been interested in! Many years ago I would take my trusty
old bike out into the woods and do some very silly but exciting things,
this was long before specialized bikes were available. I did take some
nasty falls but that was probably down to me! Maybe when I have my fitness
back I will give it a go again ~ I'm sure age isn't a barrier!! Keep
up the good work Martin.
Rosemary from Deal
Just watched the video I have been thinking about getting back on my
bike and as I'm 50 in a few months time a decent bike will be my present
to myself so that I can continue middleage in a healthier state , keep
peddling.
Gary
Hi i too ride a mountain bike and i feel it gives you a freeness in
life nothing but you and youre bike and fresh air. my disipline is freeride
and the adrenaline is so good its better than i ever felt doing any
thing else in the world in my opinion its should be on tv more but would
it get ratings?
marxmano2
For such an incredibly fun activity, it is amazing that it is such a
specialized sport. I spose that part of the problem is that if you want
to do harder technical trails, you'r going to have to have a bike in
excess of £500 -- maybe up to £3000. I started just two years ago, and
after saving to buy a Specialized FSR, I now regularly hit cross-country
trails in Wales at weekends. If you want an indication of just how awe-inspiring
serious biking is, buy a DVD of the Red Bull Rampage - a yearly event
when the world's best riders get together in Utah and throw themselves
off cliffs. An usually survive. Simply put - just get out there and
give it a go! You'll be amazed by how much fun it is.
Harriieeeeee
You have captured the essence of what I find so wonderful about mountainbiking;
the oneness with nature it allows, fitness, adrenaline and mostly, the
friendly people. I have met but a handful of unpleasant bikers in my
6 years of mountain biking, compared to the huge fraction of aggressive
people that constitutes the general public. Mountain biking seems to
offer people a way to expend energy and gain their adrenaline rush in
an enjoyable way that harms no one. I just wonder why mountain biking
has such a poor public image.
David Molony
I may not be a downhiller - too fast for me, but dirtjumping is just
as amazingly much fun, and there are loads of different disciplines
of MTB, from street, to trials, from freeride to cross-country, road
to downhill, there's something for everyone. If everyone rode their
bikes more, and watched TV less, the world would be a much better place.
Lastly, get all that dancing/reality rubbish off tv, and put some MTBing
on, at least once in a while.
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