Talk:Freeride

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[edit] Downhill bike vs. Freeride bike

the definetion of a freeride bike as a lighter downhill bike is not nesicarly correct. uci downhill racing bike are probably the lightest of the genre weighing in the 33-35 lb range. freeride mountain biking is quite a broad classification with a wide variaty of bikes being used, from north shore hardtails to 5 in travel slopestyle park bikes to the 10+ in travel big hit bikes.

[edit] Difference between Freeriding and Downhill?

I would like some more explanation of what the differences between these are. To me they are essentially the same thing. What does "riding free" mean, exactly? Mark Tatum 00:26, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

I think the main difference is downhill is a time trial, with the objective of getting down a specific course as quickly as possible. Whereas freeride is not timed (and not competitive?), where the aim is to ride off/over technical obstacles / drop-offs etc, as well as focused more on style.

Also freeride is not necessarily all downhill - some North Shore sections are fairly flat, possibly with some short uphills as well. That's just my thoughts on the matter - I am no expert on freeride. --Vclaw 17:35, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Downhilling is essentially racing. Freeriding is doing drops, jumps, and obstacles. The point of competitive freeriding is different tricks and style

I have hopefully addressed the confusion between the two for you all. I am somewhat experienced in the category. --Xernous

I se the freeriding vs downhill section being misleading, it appears to state that freeriding only consists of park style riding (slope style), and northshore style riding. This neglects the utah style drops and fully natural freeriding (as per red bull rampage).

[edit] Freeriding snowsports vs cycling

Suggest a disambiguation page because freeriding is really becoming a discipline in wintersports. To merely mention snowboarding in a cycling article is not enough.

Please remember your freestyle skiers, even bound by regulation, doggers have always pushed the limmits and tested the boundries. We know what it means to be free....

There is more to freeriding than mountainbiking. The term is also used in ski/wintersports as well as watersports. I suggest a boader category. - 212.41.142.242

You can look in any dictionary and find that the mountainbiking style is not the primary definition of "freeriding": http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/freeriding --Jacknstock 03:45, 1 July 2006 (UTC)