so shuttling this weekend we got into an argument about if you can really scrub a bike off a jump like you would on a moto or if it is just squashing the jump or just absorbing the lip? what do you think, can you scrub a jump on a bike?
Kirt Voreis and Ian Hylands say yes.
It was Geritt, not Herndon. Broke ankle from his handlebar got stuck in his short's leg and he high-sided the landing.Wasn't it Herndon that jacked himself up a couple years ago scrubing the hip at Snowshoe for a photo shoot and snagged the bars on the ground?
It was Geritt, not Herndon. Broke ankle from his handlebar got stuck in his short's leg and he high-sided the landing.
+1. Epic filmed shots in that segment.Vanderham does some sweet scrubbin in Seasons too...
I think your right. I do think that you can scrub a bike but it is very hard to do right. i believe that the term has become pretty general and if you just absorb a jump a little bit, its now called a scrub.the only person ive seen truly scrub a bike ie slide of the lip is cody warren in that wheels of speed vid and hill in that specialized vid no offence to vories but hes tableing a stepup a lot of people think thats a scrub it does reduce air time but is not a scrub
case in pointsliding the lip
Same here.. but more of a reason to pin it.These pictures make me feel:
-Like I have a 2" penis
-Like I should sell my bikes
-Like I should give up on riding
-Like I'm a no-talent hack
-Like my wife deserves better
-Like I boarded the Failboat about 4 years ago when I started riding and my failboat hasn't even left the harbor yet.
But I love these photos.
They sorta make me feel like I want to find a nice long stepdown...These pictures make me feel:
-Like I have a 2" penis
-Like I should sell my bikes
-Like I should give up on riding
-Like I'm a no-talent hack
-Like my wife deserves better
-Like I boarded the Failboat about 4 years ago when I started riding and my failboat hasn't even left the harbor yet.
But I love these photos.
Morgins till noon then off to Monte Tamaro for 3 days then back to Chatel for the Mountain Style.On a side note (everyone turn your backs for a minute):
Ben: you going to be out and about tomorrow? I'm bringing some lads over your way for a photoshoot and looking for some decent hips/booters...
Okay everyone, you can come back now...
Uhhh. If you hit a jump really fast and dont bother to scrub it or absorb it you are either: A) gonna huck to flat and lose a bunch of speed or B) tap the brakes to avoid the huck to flat. I would say it does serve a purpose.As cool looking as these are, is there actually any reason to do one on a bike? I can understand in Moto, where you can get back on the trottle faster since your wheels will be back on the ground sooner. Assuming you're on a bike, you have no throttle, only pedals, so unless you land upright and can start cranking immediately, wouldn't spending more time in the air theoretically be faster? Especially if it's a rough or not particularly steep section?
I mean, it looks wildly cool, but I just wonder whether it's for anything more than show.
If you are going fast enough you will huck to flat. Unless it is the fade-away step down at Ft. William or something like that, but still, if you keep it low and land higher up you will probably carry more speed. Who cares?I'm not talking about a huck to flat. Let's say you have a jump with a long landing, as usually high speed jumps do. You can scrub/prejump and hit the landing earlier, or boost it and land lower down.
Disregard the huck to flat for now, that's a different circumstance.
From my (poor) memory of secondary school physics, your overall speed is made up of horizontal and vertical components. So, arbitrary example, if you run into a tombstone lip at 20 mph and boost high off it, you might be going 15mph vertically and only 5 mph horizontally. If you scrub the jump and keep as low a flight path as possible, you might get 10 mph vertical and 10 mph horizontal.
Someone with a better grasp of physics may want to confirm if I am talking out my arse or not.