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Its important to know that 97% of us are ALSO CERTAIN you would make it.
Once you get to see a few riders hit it and you get more comfortable with it (maybe) just go for it.
If you have hit smaller drops than this before without incident:
-Ignore all the advice on body position and crap like that. You already know how to go off a drop, trust that you know what to do and you have the skills to do it.
-Commit way in advance, no hesitation.
-Stay relaxed.
-Once you're in the air, stay more relaxed. You've already done the hard part.
If you haven't hit smaller drops clean:
-Go around.
-Ignore all the advice on body position and crap like that. You already know how to go off a drop, trust that you know what to do and you have the skills to do it.
-Commit way in advance, no hesitation.
-Stay relaxed.
-Once you're in the air, stay more relaxed. You've already done the hard part.
If you haven't hit smaller drops clean:
-Go around.
I'd recommend this. It's gonna be WAY faster to go around then to jump it, crash, pick yourself up... pick up the broken bike bits, glue it all back together, and get riding again.
Hit the jump! Go fast, safety last.
It's a big mental game. You have the skills and knowledge! Do it!
You may regret not trying. You won't regret it if you attempt it!
You may regret not trying. You won't regret it if you attempt it!
Says the guy with a solid collarbone...
Just let go of the stoppers, pull up as you go off and yell "SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" until you hit the ground.
Just picture everyone in their underwear.
Should I put up a scan of my Christmas card to help with that?
I went out and took a look at it in person and decided that unless there is someone right in front of me that I can follow off of it during the race, I probably won't do it. I hate myself for this decision.
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Heidi .. don't hate yourself. That is a pretty big hit. (hope the picture link works)
I'll say this; after the race and before the beer starts flowing you should talk to somebody that you know who rides this drop and ask them to tow you into it. You would be so ridiculously stoked to hit/land it and then the next time something like this comes around you'll have an easier time of it all.
Good luck!
I'll say this; after the race and before the beer starts flowing you should talk to somebody that you know who rides this drop and ask them to tow you into it. You would be so ridiculously stoked to hit/land it and then the next time something like this comes around you'll have an easier time of it all.
Good luck!
As with all bike photos, the photo rarely does "the reality" justice.
You won't know until you see it first hand. I'd reserve judgement until you actually see someone else hit it.
With a nice smooth, straight, run in, it might not be so bad.
You won't know until you see it first hand. I'd reserve judgement until you actually see someone else hit it.
With a nice smooth, straight, run in, it might not be so bad.
Interesting that they would put a feature like that in an XC race. I hope they take lots of video and splice it together, slightly sped up, and add Yakety Sax as a soundtrack.
are they intending to put hay bales in front of it for the inevitable wanker who comes up short?
It isn't an xc race. It's a DH/Super D/XC/Cyclocross/Road race. Pieces of every discipline.
Interesting approach, could be fun, and the best all-rounder should take it, especially with features like this.
Nick makes a good suggestion. Hopefully you'll get a chance to try it even if you skip it during the race.
This has probably already been mentioned, but that sort of jump/drop is one of the main reasons why they made dropper seat posts.
Hey stupid question, but can you roll it and go around the landing? It looks reeeeeeeeeally smooth, like they purposefully built up the "droppiness" of the thing. If you could ride right along the edge (if they tape it wide) you wouldn't have to use the go around and you wouldn't have to do the drop either.
Just a thought!
Just a thought!
Just my opinion, but even if it's allowed, that would be pretty lame.
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*The go around doesnt look too slow. Right down the grass hill to the right!
And is it reality that you all get to shred and tear the s**t out of a golf course??? Did I just see a sand trap gap in there too on that fb page??
The drop looks fun!
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And is it reality that you all get to shred and tear the s**t out of a golf course??? Did I just see a sand trap gap in there too on that fb page??
The drop looks fun!
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lol!
Still though, that's a big drop and if the go around adds 30 seconds, that's a HUGE advantage to taking the drop. I guess if it's an hour long, that makes sense, but you'd still lose time "cutting the course" just not as much. Besides, I'm too fat to race.
Yah, we have to try to jump the sand trap. I'm sure I'll bunny hop right into it and come to a stop*The go around doesnt look too slow. Right down the grass hill to the right!
And is it reality that you all get to shred and tear the s**t out of a golf course??? Did I just see a sand trap gap in there too on that fb page??
The drop looks fun!
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You aren't allowed to just go to the side of the drop, you have to ride out to the right and down a hill and back to basically the bottom of the jump.
Landing looks nice. Just haul ass.
Jesus wants you to brrraaaapp the crap out of that gap. He just called and let me know.
Not sure what the finished lander surface will be (i.e. in one pic it looks like green carpet and in another it looks basically like plywood), but if it rains, a wood surface will likely be pretty slick. Could make for some epic yard sales come race day.
Gonna need bigger underwear for that one.
This cracked me up, unfortunately I gotta spread some rep around...
I can't offer any advice, but that looks like a really fun race
Jesus wants you to brrraaaapp the crap out of that gap. He just called and let me know.
the jump looks alot like a stair drop, go find an 6-8 stair set and huck it to flat a couple times, its gonna be very similar in feel, just a nice sloped landing instead of flat
ps- don't short the stairs unless you like snake bites and folded rims....ask me how i know.......
ps- don't short the stairs unless you like snake bites and folded rims....ask me how i know.......
That really doesnt look too bad..... Looks like a clean run in, and a clean landing..... Speed should carry most right through it with a little body control added in.....
try it now
Well, I got a really bad line and had to follow some sketchy riders through the upper technical spots before I pulled off some sweet passes. I was in 5th place going into the jump area. I blew the corner leading into it and had to correct and I went around it. Only 2 of the 13 women took the jump, but I got passed right there. The racer behind me jumped and I went around. She passed me there. Oh well. I got 6th. I WON THE SPEED TRAP PRIME!! I tied Katie Compton (who was on some carbon fiber hardtail) through that sprint I think we were radared going 39 mph. The tie breaker was an arm wrestling competition and I smoked that. $500!!!!! Woot woot. I finished the race with another racer but you had to cross the line and chug a beer. Of course I won the beer chug so I got 6th.
Awesome job!
LOL @ the "do a flip" tag.