What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

[Scotty T]

Yeah, pretty much huck to flat. It's an awkward thing if you aren't comfortable in the air.

I think it's much easier than it looks. I drop the back wheel into the hollow at the bottom. I was overcooking it in the front on pic by quite a bit and pulled the bike almost vertical under me as I landed. Actually scared my self a tiny bit, that moment where your stem is a bit close to your chin, but it's a fairly forgiving landing zone with plenty of room for recovering if you get crooked. If you point it to the right a bit you can land into a tiny bank and rail into the left hander.

 

[Plankosaurus]

Damn it ! Local bearing place doesn’t have bearings with 21mm OD.

If you're desperate, I've managed to de-creak pivot bearings before by popping the caps and re greasing them. No good for wheel bearings, and not a long term solution, but it can get you back up and running till you source some bearings.

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[The Reverend]

Yep, for sure. I quite like the good fun one on Middle, that goes to a right hand berm, as it's got just enough distance in it to feel okee dokee, and I love it. But the last one descending Hug, fark off, no way. We watched a young'un bin it there trying to jump it, and his mate was laughing at him. So we stuck around to watch laughing guy bin it big time too. The jump on the George Michael carpark to Comm Games link track is pretty shjt too. Just why?

That cracks me up as I thought only my mates called the toilet block by that name.

And that jump on the link to CG before the corner was idiocy of the highest order. I was on the trail build when they did it and thought this will not end well. One of the guys leading the build day tried to ride it and stacked immediately. It was the last trail build I went on with them

 

[DMan]

That second pic is about as fast as I've ever hit it. Check my mate Tom doing the Haakon face with me on his tail:

https://flic.kr/p/2gycN3A

Anyone got a better photo? I'd love to see it complete from the side? How high is it?

 

[nzhumpy]

How high is it?

Not very, ground slopes away maybe 1- 1.5m.

Had a quick look through talentspotters feed looking for a side on pic and bloody hell it looks like some people make hard work of it.

 

[Scotty T]

Anyone got a better photo? I'd love to see it complete from the side? How high is it?

I have a low quality video of me that shows just how mellow it really is, will post it up.

 

[Haakon]

Its the landing on a down slope that messes with my head, it always feels like im falling further than I expected.

Its been massively talked up now! Those that drop over it casually every time will be wondering what the hell Im talking about - like i said, its just irrational at this point!

Everyone needs a nemesis. It was originally the seesaw out along the southern border when I first started riding Stromlo, but I beat that (shame they took it away, I dont like the new ones in the skills area).

 

[Scotty T]

Need to get my mate to email me the full res version but this gives an idea of how I usually drop it. Still diifcult to judge distances as that's my own shadow on the ground and it moves with me. The see saws in Playground are fun, but I haven't hit the third one for a while. First two are quite easy.

 

[DMan]

Its the landing on a down slope that messes with my head, it always feels like im falling further than I expected.

Its been massively talked up now! Those that drop over it casually every time will be wondering what the hell Im talking about - like i said, its just irrational at this point!

Everyone needs a nemesis. It was originally the seesaw out along the southern border when I first started riding Stromlo, but I beat that (shame they took it away, I dont like the new ones in the skills area).

Everyone has one. Mine is a small double on our local track that I ALWAYS just touch the brake a bit for before hitting it. But it ends up making me case the downside. Might have to remove my brakes for a ride...

 

[DMan]

Need to get my mate to email me the full res version but this gives an idea of how I usually drop it. Still diifcult to judge distances as that's my own shadow on the ground and it moves with me. The see saws in Playground are fun, but I haven't hit the third one for a while. First two are quite easy.

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Cool! That's a good drop away on the landing. I can see how that would spook some people though!

 

[Scotty T]

My current nemesis are the doubles at the bottom of the downhill, I don't do the full DH track but just the section to bottom from the big wallride. You can go left and hit doubles or right and hit tables, they are literally the same size, the tables might even be bit bigger. I've recently been clearing all the tables but haven't had a crack at the doubles. I can do several bigger doubles around other prts of the park. These come in quick succession so it took me a while to nail all of them on the tables.

 

[Scotty T]

Cool! That's a good drop away on the landing. I can see how that would spook some people though!

Not this clearly awesome woman, check the smile!

https://flic.kr/p/2gycmYM

 

[DMan]

Not this clearly awesome woman, check the smile!

https://flic.kr/p/2gycmYM

She saw the camera. My wife is awesome at always smiling where as if you were thinking about taking up mountain biking and saw my photos you'd never even start...

 

[nzhumpy]

She saw the camera.

Nah, she's just stoked her Yeti hasn't disintegrated into a cloud of carbon dust.

 

[Scotty T]

Nah, she's just stoked her Yeti hasn't disintegrated into a cloud of carbon dust.

Tom thinks he's in love, with the rider and the bike

 

[DMan]

Tom thinks he's in love, with the rider and the bike

Definitely grab a riding lady if you find one. Mine is great. Even though her riding addiction and tastes have now far exceeded mine...

 

[hifiandmtb]

I did that once. Got charged with assault.

 

[sossy]

New stoppers and tyre day.
Interested to see how the new G2 ultimates feel on the trail, they feel good in the stand and the bed in braking. Much better than the Magura that they replaced.
The tyres are a relatively known quantity. I’ve been a fan of Mitas for a while now.

 

[wkkie]

New stoppers and tyre day.
Interested to see how the new G2 ultimates feel on the trail, they feel good in the stand and the bed in braking. Much better than the Magura that they replaced.
The tyres are a relatively known quantity. I’ve been a fan of Mitas for a while now.

That's some beefy rubber! What size and where did you grab them from?

 

[wkkie]

I had a quick run out at the Youies today. Sticky, but pretty good for 90% of the trails.