ATV Florida Forum

How many mountain bikers do we have on here? I know of a couple but i know there has to be more than a hand full of us. I ride an Iron Horse MKIII comp (all mountain, FS) I've only ever been out to santo's and then just local stuff I have found/made. Most of the guys I know that ride all live down south so it's hard to get a group together to do long rides.

Post up if you ride! where, what, and when!

I'm aware there are no mountains in florida, har har har, save it.  :P lol

I ride also. My wife and I have specialized HardRock hardtails. we ride at Santos since its 10 min from the house.

Nice. I was actually going to buy that same bike before I decided to go FS. You race XC too right? I think I know you but not positive. B-open #14, Kyle.

I have a giant xtc fs

Yes I race Xc with the SSQSA series #93C Brian Seckel

I've got a Specialized Rock Hopper that I haven't used in a long time. Anybody want to buy it?

What's the frame size and how much?

             we ride also !  some  local  stuff  and  markham park  down south.   i got  a cannondale prohet  and my son rides  a giant  . now that  the weather is  nice    is  a  good time 8)

i ride a custom hardtail built by I.C bikes and febwled. 26inch wheel front 24 out back ride qw markhem built jumps and both places

+1, riding on a beat up specialized hardrock lol


Rafael, I didnt know you mountain bike!! Markham Park is my favorite MTB park in all of Florida (besides Santos of course XP) We should get a ride going together since i havent been riding at thundercross due to my broken dirt bike  :'(

   zup  buddy  i  was  wondering  what happened to ya !!  where's the bike ?   did it blow  up !    yea   i'm  down  for markham  cool ;D

I dont even know, all that backfiring was not because of the carb or valves that were out of place so the problem is something bigger that we cant afford to fix right now :(

I have a specialized hardrock hardtail as well.  Haven't ridden consistently in over a year.  We used to frequent Santos and a little spot in Longwood near the Enviromental Center.  The other spot we went to a couple of times, years ago was in Reddick, FL at a place called Razorback MTB park.  It was about a 10mi loop w/a lot of elevation changes and fairly challenging. Every search I'm doing right now is indicating this spot is closed.  The place has still got to be there.  Anybody hear if it can still be ridden?

ive never ridden there, but ive heard that razorback has been closed for a while now.

From what I've heard it's closed.

Looks like we are going to start organizing a sunday group ride out at santo's. I rode with five OMBA members this past sunday and we all decided to start getting a big community ride going on sundays. A few of them go every sunday no matter what so there will always be a ride going on. They are talking about leaving around 8 in the morning and doing a big loop, getting back around 11. Grill up some lunch once we get back and either call it a day or head out for some more riding. Go to OMBA.org and go to the forums.

Luis! If you and whoever else want to meet up and ride Santo's, a group of people ride every sunday morning! We'll setup a date and get a group ride together. If anyone else wants in just post up.

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THIS SOUNDS GREAT!! will it be ok though that I am not in the best shape and will probably be lagging behind if you guys are hammering though.

Yeah they stop at every intersection and make sure everyone is good. I packed on almost 20lbs in a few months because i was injuryed, can't work out, and realllly started to enjoy food lol. So I was pushing myself pretty hard at some points. But you just ride your own pace. Everyone that I rode with last sunday were real chill. No one get's anxious about hitting the next trail, everyone's just out there to have fun. If you wanna go this weekend i'll ride out too, just let me know.   

I will probably be out there sunday. I am racing sat down at L-cross. But sunday Morning sounds good. 8 a.m. you said right?

actually there is a race down there this weekend so i'm going to go ahead and say the 20th instead. I guess the vortex trails will be off limits so I don't know how crowded the trails will be by the trail head. Rather wait you know? Good luck at L-cross! Watch out for those drainage trenches!!!

The 20th is no good for me I will be up in Durhamtown riding. Maybe we can ride after the new year then I guess.

Luis! If you and whoever else want to meet up and ride Santo's, a group of people ride every sunday morning! We'll setup a date and get a group ride together. If anyone else wants in just post up.
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Hey Kyle, sorry I haven't been around lately so this is now that I see this post, we normally ride at Alafia or Boyette there are some nice trails in those parks but  let me talk to Richard and Dereck, I will like to ride up in Santos we have never been there it should be nice, my schedule is lil tight right now with Chrismas and all that but will go up there as soon as we can.

Luis.

aww, are you sure you don't want to ride santo's instead of BORING durhamtown? lol  have fun, i'm jealous, never been.

Yeah I understand the tight schedule man! I have a hard time getting any ride time in at all. I'd be up for alafia sometime! Just let me know a few days in advance and I'll try and make it. Look forward to riding with you guys again, even if it's not on 4 wheels.

Ok everyone, OMBA has given the go ahead to arranging group rides. Joey of OMBA has been put in charge of organizing the group ride's and is looking for ideas. I think what everyone really want's to do is get a group together, not only just to tear up Santo's, but to hit any and EVERY riding spot there is. I don't think it's going to stop at the state line either.
You don't have to be a member to ride with the group or be a part of their forums. So please, if you think you'll be riding with this group AT ALL, sign up and give your opinion! It benefits us all!

http://www.omba.org/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=996&p=5178#p5178
http://www.omba.org/

this is a great topic! i just recently started mtn biking alot to get in shape. i was wondering how would i get to santos from new port richey? or closest trail head. i ride at starky park which is paved but they do have unpaved hiking trails that i have checked out. any info on santos would be great thanks!!!

This link will give you a ton of maps and trail head directions.
http://omba.org/index.php/Trail-Maps.html
If you just go to omba.org, on the right side of the page there is a bunch of information listed under "trail information"
-Trail Maps
-Trailhead Directions
-Local Weather
-Frequently Asked Questions
-Cross Florida Greenway
-Greenways & Trails Foundation
-The OMBA Epic Ride
-Orb Spiders
-IMBA Trail Solutions
-Join OMBA

Hope that helps! Are you going to try and make the ride this sunday?

i won't be able to make the ride this sunday but hopefully in the near future. thanks for the site info!!

It's a 17" frame, black with an orange Manatou front fork. How much? I have no clue. I haven't ridden it in 5 years. It was $700 new.

Well, we had a great turn out of 8 riders on the trails this weekend. It was coooold cold cold, but we still had a great time. only rode for a little over 2 hours this time since a few of the riders had some stuff to get done, but it was a blast! Hope to see some of you out there next weekend of the first Sunday of January!

As long as it's going to be above 40 degree's this sunday, I'll be out at santo's.

We are planning on making a trip south to either alafia or boyette, who's in??

this sunday sounds good to me what time again 8:00 or later because of the temp?

I wish I could get everyone to go a little later because of the temp but they won't!! lol so 8 am it is. See you then!

BUMP!! I'll be riding this weekend at santo's. Plan to huck as many of those drops that I can before I break myself or my bike too! Anybody in the more southern region of FL into doing a group ride at the end of the month???

I don't know what I'm going to do when I can actually go all out on the quad again. I have picked up so many hobbies to replace four wheelers that I'm not going to have enough time in a week to fulfill all the urges!!

Sorry can't edit posts to add this into the last on a phone.

Santo's this Sunday, who's coming? Warmer weather!!!

hey ftf is in march are u going to that?  we got few from our group down here in southern end coming up for the weekend

Yeah I'll be there for sure.

ya i should be there i got canandal rush  how the trails riding up there

Some of the best in FL. Some would say the best.