Signs of the Impending Apocalypse:

Is this a sign of the impending apocalypse, or just of how easy it is
to sign away your tort rights? "Downhill biking" is a sport in Vail,
requiring special equipment and apparatus. You take the gondola up,
and then bicycle more or less straight down.

Can centrifugal-bumble-puppy be far behind?

Comments

[jerry]

You can do the same, or used to, at Mammoth Mountain. Take the gondola and your bike up to the summit, and then if you take the right routes down you can bike all the way down to the Devil's Postpile, at which point there is a free bus to take you back up to Mammoth Mountain.

[sasha]

It's a recognized branch of the (mountain biking) sport. It in general appeals much more to the more, um, adolescent among us, but there are plenty of people who do it. There's even a spot in Pacifica where similar activities take place.

At a certain point, though, downhill bikes approach motorcycles without engines, and the gear one wears approaches motorcycle armor.

Still, there's very little more amusing than riding up past a 19-year old kid who's pushing his monstrous 50-pound downhill bike up a trail, spending 30 minutes of slogging for a 5-minute rush.