Some locals trying to clean a newly fallen tree. 
Man vs. Log
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Who knew Peter Pan could ride a bike.
LOL, you're not the first to feel that drevil's wardrobe could use a little work.
its looog its loooog its big its heavy its wood
its looog its loooog its better than bad, its good!
its looog its loooog its better than bad, its good!
LOL, you're not the first to feel that drevil's wardrobe could use a little work.
I feel it could use a lot of work. Good rider though.
I think I would have tried to take that log at an angle.
That was a really good laugh. The one guy rode a great nosewheelie for a couple seconds before going OTB.
That video points out the one big pet peeve I have with suspension forks, fork dive. 
It looked like they were trying to cut the log in half with their chainrings.
That was funny and painful to watch all at the same time. Great job to the guys for clearing it though.
It looked like they were trying to cut the log in half with their chainrings.
all the time they spent trying to clear that thing, they could have gathered some pieces of wood/log and build a nice face ramp to launch that mofo!
Pretty cool. Much bigger tree than I've ever tried to clear.
I would have cleared it fakey with a TN-McTwist at the end.
It looks like they need to work on speed and weight balance as they go over the log if they want to hit it head on.
all the time they spent trying to clear that thing, they could have gathered some pieces of wood/log and build a nice face ramp to launch that mofo!
I say raise one end of it and hit it at an angle so they can ride it and wheelie drop it like so
exactly...how can one even call themselves a mtn biker if they can't at least perform a bunny hop....D
Anybody that follows our local "Va and surrounding areas" trail politics would be able to tell you that doing so would constitute "illegal trail building"
all the time they spent trying to clear that thing, they could have gathered some pieces of wood/log and build a nice face ramp to launch that mofo!
and "construction dangerous technical trail features" Said builders would then be sentenced to eternal hellfire and damnation by the powers that be. And by powers that be, I mean pink bike pedaling, spandex wearing weirdos and their ilk. Yeah, it's fun living so close to DC.
I'm not going to touch the XC vs FR mess going on in the area, but will say, even in the XC crowd, there's an ongoing "Ride the obstacle" vs "make the obstacle ridable" debate.
My youtube comment read something like "Mtb'ing fundamentals. Bunnyhop. Learn it, use it, love it."
Hey, at least it's keeping everybody entertained.
BTW: Dan Wask, I just read over on MORE's site, the official measurement on the log is 27". That's a pretty good bunny hop for most people.
True, but those guys did not need to totally clear it.
Just time the hop to get your back tire on the log instead of the chain ring. I hop over stuff all the time while trailriding that I hit by back tire on and it justs roll on over.
that guy in the green knickers should have been thrown off just on general principle
I wanna see the guys calling to bunnyhop that log actually perform said bunnyhop over that log. I know there are probably some of you who can, but I also bet that fallen tree (that ain't no log) looks a helluva lot harder to get up and over in person than it does on a youtube video.
Hey at least they were going over it instead of Making a go around.
but also It reminds me of one Baboon
but also It reminds me of one Baboon
Times 3!
I see triple!
ditto.
on a bike setup for XC, too. sure, w/ a DS-type bike and low saddle, it's far easier to get height on a bunnyhop, as compared a 'saddle in the air' and non-slack front end of a typical XC setup.
I wonder how many teeth were lost in the making of this video
I think I could easily bunnyhop to get the front tire off the log and the rear on without hitting a chainring. Being able to get my weight back far enough with the saddle at full extention and not go OTB would be much harder.
I don't know I've taken bikes out from the early nineties (Mongoose IBOC Pro Cromo w/specialized future shock at Ramapo and a rigid Cannondale M400 at the Hartshorne drops) on trail rides before and I still clear the same stuff. Its not as easy but its the rider, not the bike. HT are easier on obstacles like this too...
Yeah you would have to lower your seatpost, but thats not too much to ask.
I'm so anal about my seat height that once I find the sweet spot it will take a much better reason than a log to get me to change it. I'd try it, go OTB, get back up and ride away from it.
I'm lazy, I like to ride with inbetween height so I never have to stop but one of my knees doesn't always like that. I'm going to try one of them modern Hite Rite things very soon though.
I recall this chap having some trouble getting up onto this.
Thats what happens when you are getting use to new bike
The log type setup IAB is trying to get on above is a piece of cake though, see higher up with larger log with greater incline. Craig has a shot with same said bike dropping off at the 6 ft. mark (past the green bushes in the last frame).
I probably couldnt bunny hop it straight up, but I could most likely hop onto it with my back wheel and hop off the other side. 27" is a pretty significant bunny hop.
I was gonna say that is the first time I've seen a 29er having an advantage. But that guy looks to have more skills than the other guys too, so hard to say - he might of had similar results with a "26er".
Sounds fair, most trail riders do not have enough confidence in their timing and height to straight up b-hop or j-hop right over it at speed like it was a small log, especially if it was a brand new obstacle on their local trail, but I think its not asking to much for a competent trail rider to weight and unweighted at the right time to clear it so you aren't chainsawing the log.
I just went outside to watch myself bunnyhop. With my seat fully extended, I can only manage about 14" or so. If I lowered it as if play riding, 2 feet would be reachable. Rolling over it with high seat would be sketch also but Im pretty sure I could do it after a try or so.