Just wondering how big some of the jumps at the you yangs are? And which are the hardest to hit?
Westagte
Creek gap
Blind step down
Cheers
I've never measured them, but I'd guess they're in the ~6-8m range. I haven't hit the Westgate, but have done the Creek Gap and Blind step-down many times in the past. Blind step-down is easy enough (speed pending), just a bit freaky because you can't see what's involved until you're on the (short) ramp. I've hit it too slow and tapped the flat rock just after the ramp and that was still fine. Wouldn't want to land in 'the crack' though...
Creek Gap is a super easy jump, but has a shitty run-in, which makes it hard to get enough speed. Trick is to gap off the corner of the rock beside the corner before it to hold speed. Otherwise you're having to pedal like a mofo right up to the ramp to make the distance. I've come up well short on that one and it was OK. Not great, but doable on a DH bike. I wouldn't want to come up short on a trail bike...
Was going to hit the Westgate, but axed myself on the drop just before it...
All of these jumps are built by a sadist, so the consequences are far worse than your average 6-8m gaps. Like most of the tech stuff between the long sections of pedally footpath at the You Yangs :behindsofa: