How big will you go?

[Greg]

What's the largest drop you have or will take? Where was it?

Provided I've scoped out a totally clean landing area, I'm good for around 3'. The biggest drop I've done is the lower drop at Tyler Mill. The ledge itself is probably 30", but your vertical ends up being 3'+ by the time you land:

Maybe I'll work up to 4' someday, and if/when I do, I'm hoping the sensible side of me is going to say that's big enough...

 

[o3jeff]

We found the perfect 4 footer for you at stone the other day with newly raked downhill landing. Shouldn't be a problem for you to do.

 

[Greg]

We found the perfect 4 footer for you at stone the other day with newly raked downhill landing. Shouldn't be a problem for you to do.

We'll see. That might be a good goal. I wasn't feeling the tight landing area though. The Tyler Mill drops are wide open as you know.

 

[bvibert]

3" (yes that's " as in inches )

 

[o3jeff]

Keep one wheel on the ground at all times

 

[Greg]

3" (yes that's " as in inches )

Keep one wheel on the ground at all times

Bah! I've seen both of you take 2+ footers with relative ease. Bigger stuff is the same motion - just more hang time... :lol:

 

[tjf67]

The landings dictate what I will attempt. There are 4 footers I would not think of doing but there is an 8 footer over at the hill that has a perfect mulched bark landing that I have no problem hitting.

I let someone go first to see if it is to harry. Same goes for going out on ice

 

[Greg]

Mulched bark landings sounds right up my alley. :lol:

 

[deadheadskier]

We had a 30 meter ski jump in High School, lip was about 9 feet off the ground. One of the crazier kids launched it with his bike......complete carnage as he landed and rims and forks warped. probably twenty food vertical dropped over a 30 foot distance. nuts....kid was lucky to walk away with nothing more than scrapes and bruises.

 

[Greg]

We had a 30 meter ski jump in High School, lip was about 9 feet off the ground. One of the crazier kids launched it with his bike......complete carnage as he landed and rims and forks warped. probably twenty food vertical dropped over a 30 foot distance. nuts....kid was lucky to walk away with nothing more than scrapes and bruises.

Don't you have some beach to frolic around on or something...? :roll:


:razz:

 

[MR. evil]

in the backyard on on nice soft turf I have no problem doing a 30" drop. Would go up to 3 feet if I had more concrete blocks to rasie the ladder srop I made. On the trail is a different story. 24" is a no brainer, but anything over that it depends on the landing area and how far away I am from the truck.

At Case there was a really nice 3 plus foot ladder drop with a pretty smooth DH landing area. I really wanted to hit it, but I was freaked out by some of the rocks on the edge of the landing area. That was one of two things I was really upset I wussed out on that day

 

[deadheadskier]

Don't you have some beach to frolic around on or something...? :roll:


:razz:

sure do

where 30" is laughable. We don't get excited until we're riding 6 feet

 

[Greg]

sure do

where 30" is laughable. We don't get excited until we're riding 6 feet

Meh. And that happens how often?

 

[deadheadskier]

Meh. And that happens how often?

oh...about once every two years if I hit it right :lol:

 

[Greg]

oh...about once every two years if I hit it right :lol:

Sweet. And I thought deep powder days were elusive... :lol:

 

[Trekchick]

Catching much air freaks me out a bit. Maybe my tag should be TrekChicken?
I've done about a foot, foot n half, but more than that..........oh crap!

 

[Gremf]

I have done a few baby heads but I have never gone out and measured.

 

[eatskisleep]

8 or so feet to the landing... depends on the bike I'm riding and how the run in and run out are.

 

[cbcbd]

I think my biggest drop was 5-6' in Trumbull - it was my avatar for some time. I'd regularly hit 1-3fters on my regular ride. Biggest with a flat landing was prob 4', also in Trumbull. I really don't like flat landings anymore and hate bottoming out my rear suspension (I honestly think it has a design flaw), which happens a lot if I'm not careful of the landing.

Biggest wheelie drop was 3' and even then I can usually only do 1-2'... too much higher and my mind gets the best of me.

My favorites are flowy downhills with 1-3' drops thrown in the mix.

 

[gorgonzola]

My favorites are flowy downhills with 1-3' drops thrown in the mix.

x2 and where i max out, i don't need to be breakin stuff and not gonna don the body armour at this point in my life.