@@ememe1412 Jesus Christ, why do you actively go out of your way to not get the point and be a massive dipshit about it? And that STILL doesn't change the fact that the fucking dude in the video doesn't have suspension.
My first mountainbike back in '90 was a Peugeot with no suspension - going down the hill on a heavily rocky dirt road with deep ruts and zero protective gear ended up like... Falling front first, spread on the floor - walking home most of the way back because your knees got so roughed up in the fall that the blood was pouring down your legs and the wind in the sores felt like knives when you rode, not forgetting how your knees were so banged up that it hurt to pedal ... Good ol days! ... :D
Modern cross country cycling is way more nasty and technical than that. In fact, at first I thought it was XC. Downhill riders wearing tight lycra? By god we live in better times :D
I kinda wish pro downhill courses were "a bit more XC". You know, longer courses, some pedaling... I remember how in the mid 00s there were "extreme downhill" series and now all competitions are extreme downhills. It's all about ridiculous drops, huge rock gardens and all that. I miss the times when it was about cornering, pedaling and MX-style jumps.
Enduro nowadays is also centered around mostly short stages with little to no pedaling. The Whistler Enduro was made of 5 short stages (under 4 minutes) and a "peak-to-bottom" run and some entire EWS rounds have no stage over 4 minutes, what a joke!
Diego Ruiz Thing is, true downhill bikes nowadays are not suitable for pedaling whatsoever. Gravity DH riding is an insane sport, so is XC, XCO, XCC, but I feel enduro such as the EWS is amazing and totally down my alley. You have your climbs, but formost, you have your descents. XC style cornering, roosting goodness, combined with DH style rock gardens, some drops, some flow, and some tech.
It's crazy how guys in the early nineties did downhill on hybrid bikes with maybe what looks to be 26x1.9 tires. I would be holding on, trying not to eat dirt the whole way down.
Downhill bikes of late 90s and early 2000s are the most aggressive and buff looking; Intense, Mountain Cycle, Foes, Brooklyn Machine Works, Karpiel etc.
@@mindofvirtuoso3358 of course they did. Most preferred rigid frames with just suspension forks (Rock Shox was popular)but as the tracks became more hard-core, for example, Lawwill's design of the full-suspension Gary Fisher RS-1 was known in 1991 and available the following year. The Yeti DH-6 and 9 were also full-suspension designs by Lawwill and were popular from the mid 90s 95-96. It's the tracks dictating the bike designs. As the tracks became more challenging, the suspension became more sophisticated. A lot of early tracks could be done by rigid BMXs with the right tyres. Done to attract the BMX racing crowd (big in the 80s) in to MTB.
Memories.. Ran my first NORBA DH race in Hawaii back I guess in 93-94 on Oahu. It was just an old fire road, no jumps, bumps, nothing. Did the race on a Specialized Stumpjumper with a specialized branded front suspension shock.. Second race, a year later was held on the north shore, raced on a GT RTS 2 full suspension bike. Had the opportunity to shake John Tomac hand after my race.
Seems like the biggest evolution was early 90s to mid 90s. Going from no suspension to full suspension and not only full suspension, but good suspension (Marzocchi Mr T, Fox Vanilla) and from Cantilever brakes to V-Brakes to hydraulic disc. All of Those technologies have gotten better but the biggest difference seems to be that now they have figured out geometry (which is crazy something as simple as geo was that hard to figure out) and wheel size. The bikes of late 90s still fairly good. I had a Specialized S-works DH FSR (aka-Palmer bike) with the Marz fork, Hayes disc brakes. Still have it and will never sell it.
One of greatest differences is how pedals were cranked more then than now. Nowadays downhill has more similarities to roller coaster than cycling. Pair of fat wheels attached to a sturdy frame with enormous shock absorbers and you’re good to go.
Если присмотреться, то можно заменить что трассы не такие сложные как сейчас, те что в начале так вообще как бульдозером нарезаны, да и рекорды они ставили для своего времени.
1990's when bike handling won the day not just bigger cahoonas! Still ride hard tail myself, have recently switched to front suspension though, after much debate, needed to check it wasn't a fad
I still think that DH today should incl large sections of fire road into the current course design, aka kamikaze or mammoth mtn style. Would love to see today's pros exceed 100kph between technical sections. If this video was to be a true evolution of DH, where are the 70s vids of the klunkers being piloted by Turner, Breeze, Bontrager, and Fisher?, they were the first pioneers of our beloved sport. Other omitted riders were Tomac, Henderson, Devine and Rockwell just to name a few, cool intro btw
God thing this discipline evolved to what it is today. It went from nuts to stupid and continued via embarrassing to plain scary. And yet it somehow managed to arrive at the skilled and impressive level of these days. Yeah!
Lol this music makes this feel like a classic 2008 youtube video
what is music name
want to know the name too!
I dont mind that brings me back
@CamoteMaster que pedo Jordy jajajaja cómo se llama la rola?
The song is called forever by onlap
Im a classic 1990 downhill racer, means i got no money for suspension xD
Yes
Rock Shox RS-1, developed 1989, was popular in the 90s amongst others. You're talking of the 80s.
@@ememe1412
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He was referring to the dude in the video who didn't have any suspension.
And he never said "1990s" (the decade), only the year.
@@Minecraftrok999 ok. Rocks Shox RS1 was developed in 1989. Dough Bradbury Manitou was in use in 1990.
@@ememe1412
Jesus Christ, why do you actively go out of your way to not get the point and be a massive dipshit about it?
And that STILL doesn't change the fact that the fucking dude in the video doesn't have suspension.
"evolution of suspension"
I have 2 old mountain bikes (so they haven’t suspension), the bike i use is recently
me: jumps down a sidewalk, i'm a mountainbiker now.
Same. I wish I didn’t have to admit it but same
me to broo
Better title would be "Evolution of cameras (1990-2018)"
elo
xddd
Or jeans...
Siema
Hahahahahah
Downhill 1990 - simple hardtail
Downhill 2018 - motocross without motor
Lol
6500€? Nah i rather buy real motorcycle
Pffftt roadies...
nah, 1990 just hard
Nah 1990 full rigid
2020, motocross with e-motor.
My first mountainbike back in '90 was a Peugeot with no suspension - going down the hill on a heavily rocky dirt road with deep ruts and zero protective gear ended up like...
Falling front first, spread on the floor - walking home most of the way back because your knees got so roughed up in the fall that the blood was pouring down your legs and the wind in the sores felt like knives when you rode, not forgetting how your knees were so banged up that it hurt to pedal ... Good ol days! ... :D
Downhill in the 1990 is what now me and my friends do on hardtails
Edit: thanks for the likes
Modern cross country cycling is way more nasty and technical than that. In fact, at first I thought it was XC. Downhill riders wearing tight lycra? By god we live in better times :D
But those bikes are hardtails in the 90s tho
Most were full ridged
No where ne’er dickhead
Looks like it should be called "The transition from XC to DH" The early guys were mad AF!
I kinda wish pro downhill courses were "a bit more XC". You know, longer courses, some pedaling... I remember how in the mid 00s there were "extreme downhill" series and now all competitions are extreme downhills. It's all about ridiculous drops, huge rock gardens and all that. I miss the times when it was about cornering, pedaling and MX-style jumps.
Diego Ruiz Sounds like enduro
Enduro nowadays is also centered around mostly short stages with little to no pedaling. The Whistler Enduro was made of 5 short stages (under 4 minutes) and a "peak-to-bottom" run and some entire EWS rounds have no stage over 4 minutes, what a joke!
Diego Ruiz it’s called modern xc/trail racing
Diego Ruiz Thing is, true downhill bikes nowadays are not suitable for pedaling whatsoever. Gravity DH riding is an insane sport, so is XC, XCO, XCC, but I feel enduro such as the EWS is amazing and totally down my alley. You have your climbs, but formost, you have your descents. XC style cornering, roosting goodness, combined with DH style rock gardens, some drops, some flow, and some tech.
The width on the bars is unreal! So narrow.
It's crazy how guys in the early nineties did downhill on hybrid bikes with maybe what looks to be 26x1.9 tires. I would be holding on, trying not to eat dirt the whole way down.
yeah your right at first I thought those were road bikes
but at the time I think they had road bikes and BMX bikes
I think we mostly used 2.10 tires, still... hahahaha
I swore by my specialized Hardpack 1.5s back in the day, with no suspension
Tribute and respect for pioners, real guts!!!
pioneers
I don‘t know what‘s more impressive - how the bikes or how the image quality changed
The 90's DH Kamikaze, I love it 😍😍😍😍
Downhill bikes of late 90s and early 2000s are the most aggressive and buff looking; Intense, Mountain Cycle, Foes, Brooklyn Machine Works, Karpiel etc.
I still can't ride like any of them on a 2019 bike.
How much we grew with each other and our sport...
Thanks for uploading this...
It's impressive how in any sport, be it football, baseball, or biking, things get faster every year. Great job, good video
@@mindofvirtuoso3358 of course they did. Most preferred rigid frames with just suspension forks (Rock Shox was popular)but as the tracks became more hard-core, for example, Lawwill's design of the full-suspension Gary Fisher RS-1 was known in 1991 and available the following year. The Yeti DH-6 and 9 were also full-suspension designs by Lawwill and were popular from the mid 90s 95-96.
It's the tracks dictating the bike designs. As the tracks became more challenging, the suspension became more sophisticated.
A lot of early tracks could be done by rigid BMXs with the right tyres. Done to attract the BMX racing crowd (big in the 80s) in to MTB.
Memories.. Ran my first NORBA DH race in Hawaii back I guess in 93-94 on Oahu. It was just an old fire road, no jumps, bumps, nothing. Did the race on a Specialized Stumpjumper with a specialized branded front suspension shock.. Second race, a year later was held on the north shore, raced on a GT RTS 2 full suspension bike. Had the opportunity to shake John Tomac hand after my race.
Wish I lived in this era...
These guys had nothing but their bikes, thin tyres and thin helmets, and they still did stuff humanly amazing
Kona stinky old times😆🤙
I watch a lot of biking Channel’s but this channel has the best intro of all of them!
I love to snowboard, dirt bike, surf but I gotta say nothing gives me that adrenaline pump like dh biking :D
It's so funny that in 90's your's bike was broken after 1 jump
No. That didn't happen.
It's funny how that's not true. We used to shred the same trails with a rigid frame, plastic helmet, and weight lifting gloves to protect our hands.
@@kmcbiker8142 remember when more BMX guys on rigid frames and occasional fork suspensions (that had about 1-2" travel lol) would have a go?
Hi im Wojtek Not if it was a Raleigh 👍🏻
K Mcbiker I had a Girvin flex stem with the softest rubber for about 10 mm of travel 😂
Big frames, steep head angles rock shock mag 21's (a whole 25mm of travel) narrow bars = old skool baby 🤙
Awesome music choice and footage edit! Ill definetly be rewatching for years to come for motivation
Who is looking that in the year 2086 too?
I’m 2086 well hopefully have mag lev suspension, electronic shifting, and mag lev wheels for no friction.
@@yi-vanstudenov464 I thought we will have bluetooth wheels and bluetooth shifters + brakes
Denys 277 nah dude, no brakes. Electromagnetic signals are sent from a satellite to stop the bike 😂
Dieses Intro einfach Hammer
Gebe ich dir voll recht
Seems like the biggest evolution was early 90s to mid 90s. Going from no suspension to full suspension and not only full suspension, but good suspension (Marzocchi Mr T, Fox Vanilla) and from Cantilever brakes to V-Brakes to hydraulic disc. All of Those technologies have gotten better but the biggest difference seems to be that now they have figured out geometry (which is crazy something as simple as geo was that hard to figure out) and wheel size. The bikes of late 90s still fairly good. I had a Specialized S-works DH FSR (aka-Palmer bike) with the Marz fork, Hayes disc brakes. Still have it and will never sell it.
I used to thrash downhill in the 90s with nothing but a Girvin flex stem and rubber arms n legs 😂
How times have changed
Dan23 7 I salute you, and your semi rigid forks! Hahaha 😂
strawbrryaura Totally rigid mate 😂
Dan23 7 My bad, I could never shred with a rigid. I need me lots of travel front and rear! Props to you :)
strawbrryaura I'm recently back in the saddle after about 15 years out. On a hard tail again but got me front suss now haha
Dan23 7 There’s just something about hardtails that makes you wanna go crazy on the trail, slashin berms. Respect ✊ What HT are you riding these days?
Ball of steel
Как первые вообще выжили, с такими велами не приспособленными )) даже поверить тяжело, что так было=) круто!
Imagine how hard it is to find 1990 dh videos
Wow 1990! Their offspring have conquered the sport...2018.
Best intro on the world!!!
The old days, at that time Cannondale V raven was so cool...
lol
I dont really like that type of vidéo but yours are so addictive...😍😍😍
Hands down the best intro for a bike video.
Супер... Не так давно меня поглотил велоспорт но это реально круто!
awesome evolution of Downhill
absolutely love it, both the chosen videos and music. great job as always 👏
One of greatest differences is how pedals were cranked more then than now. Nowadays downhill has more similarities to roller coaster than cycling. Pair of fat wheels attached to a sturdy frame with enormous shock absorbers and you’re good to go.
Жесть конечно, на каких табуретках гоняли по горам камням и корням в 90х. Причем ставя рекорды.
Да....
У нас до сих пор на таком многие гоняют ;)
@@101picofarad на чугунных Стелсах
Yes.
Если присмотреться, то можно заменить что трассы не такие сложные как сейчас, те что в начале так вообще как бульдозером нарезаны, да и рекорды они ставили для своего времени.
1990's when bike handling won the day not just bigger cahoonas! Still ride hard tail myself, have recently switched to front suspension though, after much debate, needed to check it wasn't a fad
I never knew anyone ever raced downhill with barends! amazing! I want to put some on my enduro bike now!
The idea of an elongated full suspension bike just for downhill really began to show at 2:00
You got the best intro world wide
Dayum brodda. That's an awesome animation for the intro
Better than evolution of computer 😂❤❤
1993 downhill stand for XC suicide ! Yo Crow !
Awesome video ! And I love the music !!
CARME Alexandre whats the name of music?
name of the music
Esto Es Un Claro Ejemplo De Que No Importa Lo Material, lo Que Importa Son Tus Ganas Para Hacer Lo Que Te Gusta.
DH in 2024 is absolute madness! One of the scariest (and coolest) sports!
Wow I never knew my antique downhill was legendary back in the day
Einfach nur geil was für legenden!
Que buen video, al final para hacer descenso, solo tienes que tener la pasion de querer hacerlo, no solo gastar mucho dinero por una bicicleta :)
Bro this Edit is SICK!
What is the song ???
I would have loved to see Missy Giove on her Super V Downhill. ;))
Uff the first one must've got balls of steel riding such a crazy bike for that time.
it's good to see some fellow marzocchi users for once...
Zach Fischer it sure is bro
awesome
Обалдеть. ДХ на кросскантри, были же времена....
Oh the kamikaze at mammoth!. I remember coming down it without suspension. What a blast
I had an epileptic fit at 2018
thx for vid
Awesome video thank you!
The intro is fantastic
cool ....love vintage
やばいめっちゃカッコイイ👍👍
The intro is amazing
What is the title of the background music?
The new bike looks way cooler but the dude from the old picture looks the coolest lol
I still think that DH today should incl large sections of fire road into the current course design, aka kamikaze or mammoth mtn style. Would love to see today's pros exceed 100kph between technical sections. If this video was to be a true evolution of DH, where are the 70s vids of the klunkers being piloted by Turner, Breeze, Bontrager, and Fisher?, they were the first pioneers of our beloved sport. Other omitted riders were Tomac, Henderson, Devine and Rockwell just to name a few, cool intro btw
90s handle bars 300 mm wide.
Der Ausschnitt von 95 da kriegt man ja Augenkrebs😂
Downhill os my life
Very nice edit!
Still one of the best intros
90's foi mágico para o Mountain bike Downhill
Best Intro ever
Great stuff and nice soundtrack
El mejor video me encantooooo❤❤❤❤❤❤
Buenisimo video. Que recuerdos...!!!
My bikes back in these days:
GT Zaskar LE
GT RTS
GT LTS
San Andreas Mountain Cycle.
Man, time runs so fast. 😥
Loved that intro.
The old bikes look like road bikes
They are road bikes I did reserch
Mr Klausmann has his own Bikeshop where you can sent in your suspension fork and damper. He s doing a great job
Der Übermensch klausmann suspension 🤙🏻🤙🏻
The 29ers looked monstrous and scary at those jumps in the end of video.
The intro still is fire
Very good video for bikers.I love it very much.please mention the link of the music . I love it very much.
sick Video dude!
God thing this discipline evolved to what it is today. It went from nuts to stupid and continued via embarrassing to plain scary.
And yet it somehow managed to arrive at the skilled and impressive level of these days. Yeah!
Ohhh god this intro😍😍😍😍
Sickest intro ever😯
Sobra la música . El.los 90 mejor que q ahora con Tanta tecnología
that intro animation is so cool lol
This shows u don’t need a full sus to shred 🤟🔥
The best intro !
I love your intro😍💪🏼
I think half the beginning scenes are from the movie Tread, with Greg Herbold and Hans Rey. Classic!
Best intro❤