Does anyone have any tips about building step-downs?
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bikesarefun
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There's a huge number of different types of step down, so without knowing what you've got in mind it's hard to say. But some general pointers:
1. Make the lander big. Tall, long, wide. And tune the angle in with the trajectroy/speed of the rider.
2. Landers need a lot of dirt, unless the terrain naturally works. So make sure you've got a good local source of dirt before starting.
3. If you're going to use a lip, remember to keep a constant radius so you don't get bucked.
4. Don't huck to flat.
1. Make the lander big. Tall, long, wide. And tune the angle in with the trajectroy/speed of the rider.
2. Landers need a lot of dirt, unless the terrain naturally works. So make sure you've got a good local source of dirt before starting.
3. If you're going to use a lip, remember to keep a constant radius so you don't get bucked.
4. Don't huck to flat.
Thanks mate! its on a down slope and i was thinking of just building up a little sender that has between a 1 and 2 metre drop, sound alright?
bikesarefun
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Not sure what you mean.
so its a down slope, I'm thinking about building up a flat sender, the lip of which will have a one to two metre drop back down to the natural down slope, little more understandable?
a flat sender like this.
my 10 second drawing. its art.
Is this technically a drop though because there is no jumping portion rather than sending?
sender vs drop vs step down
Wombatone
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Make sure the platform of the sender is long enough (at least 2metres) and make sure the transition from the ground to sender is smooth.
Also if you might want put in some system to change the angle of the sender this will make the jump more versatile with steeper angles giving you more air.
Otherwise your setup (as per your drawing) will work fine and you will have some good hangtime.
attached some drawings of similar jumps we constructed on our place last year, might give you some ideas.
Also if you might want put in some system to change the angle of the sender this will make the jump more versatile with steeper angles giving you more air.
Otherwise your setup (as per your drawing) will work fine and you will have some good hangtime.
attached some drawings of similar jumps we constructed on our place last year, might give you some ideas.
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bikesarefun
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Although there's no "lip" on a flat sender, you still need to be aware about the effects of a radius. Basically, you have a sudden change of direction at the junction between the hill and the sender. In order to account for the effect of that (possibly sharp) change of direction, you'll want to make sure the flat portion is long enough to allow suspension to unload and reload before dropping.