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I agree but I think the article talks about "Freeride bikes", not the style of riding called freeride. I do not see the freeride style going away either, but there has been some big changes in what is now freeriding and what started as freeriding years ago. A major thing about freeriding, that has changed big time, is now a landing is important. In the past, and I went through this past with a few messed up discs to prove it lol, 8 or 10 feet to flat landings were normal, today the stunts have gotten so much bigger that flat landings have become a thing of the past, now its more like 20+ foot drops to transitions, even if its built out of wood north shore style is better than slamming into a flat landing. I don't know anyone, that freerides, that likes to flat bottom land but in the past, dropping off the roof of the local high school onto a flat asphalt parking lot was normal freeriding, I wish we found better landings, lol. I agree that it is pointless to design a whole bike simply for freeride but the idea that freeride as a style is dying is just not true. Its really starting to take off. Your a funny chap DHfiend and someone that is clearly a wanker that just does not get it. With a name like DHfiend, you would think this article was made for you... This article is brilliant and I've DH'd all over the UK, Spain, France, Austria, Italy and some parts of Canada. I've always said that the Freereide Specific bike does not have a geometry to excel in any one area of mountain biking including North Shore. Today's DH Specific bikes will outperform any Freeride specific bike on the market in any big mountain terrain and today's AllMountain bikes are the replacement to the heavy freeride specific bikes, its already happening! Open your eyes DHfiend, u tosser, and while your at it, sounds like it is you who should get out and ride something other than your willy. cheers This is probaly the funnist artcile i have read. Whoever wrote this clearly does not ever get outside. So have fun in your whole writing crap thats not true. well, no. i dont plan on taking it to the mountains but maybe diablo for their really nice drops and gaps. And yes im looking for bike speeds.I just need something that can really take a beating, and doesnt cost much.

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