[DH Diva]

Now all the chit talkers on pinkbike are going to start measuring their drops in square feet, thanks man!!! :eviltongu

I used to ride with a guy who always estimated drops at 3 times what they really were. No kidding, it was always almost exactly 3 times the real height. So we had to come up with an equation system to take his estimate and get the real height. We used his initials as X. LD=actual drop height X 3. If given an LD measurement, we would simply divide by 3 and there's your real height. The difference in people's perspectives is funny sometimes.

 

[Transcend]

So wait, he can't drop off a retaining wall in Utah without being hauled out in an ambulance with the rest of us shaking our heads, yet he wants to go for 100 feet?

Sweet - who is gonna make sure the coroner is on site?

 

[sk8kid33]

So wait, he can't drop off a retaining wall in Utah without being hauled out in an ambulance with the rest of us shaking our heads, yet he wants to go for 100 feet?

Sweet - who is gonna make sure the coroner is on site?

I don't think its bender doing it. and he only went in abulance bcause they made him not because he wanted to. HE sais if the drop was out in the desert then they would've tossed him a beer and he would be out riding the next day

 

[Transcend]

I don't think its bender doing it. and he only went in abulance bcause they made him not because he wanted to. HE sais if the drop was out in the desert then they would've tossed him a beer and he would be out riding the next day

I was there, about 8 ft away. He was out cold.

 

[sk8kid33]

I was there, about 8 ft away. He was out cold.

ok I guess you showed me but out cold doesn't mean you have to go to the hospital. I am basing my information of the bender interviews in double down

 

[heikkihall]

ok I guess you showed me but out cold doesn't mean you have to go to the hospital. I am basing my information of the bender interviews in double down

Actually if you are knocked out cold from head trauma then I HIGHLY suggest that you go to a hospital. And Double Down is one of the worst bike movies I have ever witnessed.

 

[Transcend]

ok I guess you showed me but out cold doesn't mean you have to go to the hospital. I am basing my information of the bender interviews in double down

You must be the man then!

Are you for real? Must be darwisnism at work. Man, I love that guy.

Also, using double down, or any of the down movies as a factual basis for anything, is the second most absurd thing I heave heard today. (we covered the first thing at the begining of this post).

 

[Curb Hucker]

Actually if you are knocked out cold from head trauma then I HIGHLY suggest that you go to a hospital.

Your advise is good, but Sk8kid's advise of just drinking some beer and going back out riding seems more reasonable

 

[eastcoastzigzag]

great.....another idiot to make our sport look bad HELLO MCFLYYYY HELLLO

 

[NotQuiteJdm]

The word is...DEATH.

 

[sk8kid33]

Actually if you are knocked out cold from head trauma then I HIGHLY suggest that you go to a hospital. And Double Down is one of the worst bike movies I have ever witnessed.

I agree with the double down being terrible I got and gave it away. I hate all thor wixom videos exept statement

 

[NotQuiteJdm]

I hate all thor wixom videos exept statement

Ditto!

 

[OGRipper]

I like third down.

 

[Pip3r]

best.... thread.... EVER

 

[Transcend]

best.... thread.... EVER

 

[zedro]

ok I guess you showed me but out cold doesn't mean you have to go to the hospital. I am basing my information of the bender interviews in double down

depens on policy. When i worked for the city rec dept, anyone getting knocked out or fainting was automatic ambulance. If theres any hemerraging that isnt detected, you can wake up dead...

 

[OGRipper]

The other morning I woke up with a pounding hangover that I kind of wished I was dead. And no it wasn't from that 100 ft drop.

We are crippling this best thread ever wit respect. Yo.

 

[Transcend]

you can wake up dead...

Damn, you been hitting the sauce with MMike?

 

[zedro]

Damn, you been hitting the sauce with MMike?

if you believe in the afterlife, waking up dead isnt such a stretch...

 

[Transcend]

if you believe in the afterlife, waking up dead isnt such a stretch...

so was it 180 proof good stuff or what?

 

[Curiouscaptian01]

FR season

so there is a freeride season now eh? when does it start/end

 

[nickaziz]

so there is a freeride season now eh? when does it start/end

when snow is gone and the temperature is above freezing

 

[zedro]

so was it 180 proof good stuff or what?

actually i've been secretly banned from drinking with those who've had girlfriends for more than a year or are married...apparently word got out that i'm a bad influence....

 

[How]

blah blah blah blah stfu and drop in...

 

[Damn True]

Anyone care to figure the impact velocity?

Accelerating at a rate of 120fps per second how fast would our crash test dummy be going when he hit?

 

[Toshi]

100 ft == 30.5 m == 1/2 g t^2. call g 9.81 m/s^2 and we get t, the hang time, to be around 2.5 seconds, so he'd hit the ground at 24ish m/s, or just about 55 mph.

other musings: 120 ft/s^2 is around 36 m/s^2. last i checked g isn't that high on earth . also, 110 fps and 24 m/s are not very close either, so either i screwed up or zedro did

 

[zedro]

Anyone care to figure the impact velocity?

Accelerating at a rate of 120fps per second how fast would our crash test dummy be going when he hit?

109.5fps i think

 

[zedro]

100 ft == 30.5 m == 1/2 g t^2. call g 9.81 m/s^2 and we get t, the hang time, to be around 2.5 seconds, so he'd hit the ground at 24ish m/s, or just about 55 mph.

other musings: 120 ft/s^2 is around 36 m/s^2. last i checked g isn't that high on earth . also, 110 fps and 24 m/s are not very close either, so either i screwed up or zedro did

geez all those complicated equations...just follow the units.

sqrt ( 120 ft/s^2 * 100 ft) = 109.5 ft/s

oops, shoulda read more closely...i only worked in metric so its always 9.81 m/s^2....i just took his 120ft/s^2 number without thought....i hate imp/metric conversions they can all go to hell yarrrggg (dont know how many exams were ruined because of that)

 

[Toshi]

geez all those complicated equations...just follow the units.

sqrt ( 120 ft/s^2 * 100 ft) = 109.5 ft/s

uh, did you take a look at the units yourself? :nuts:

ft/s^2 * ft == ft^2 / s^2

or "nonsense" in other words

 

[zedro]

uh, did you take a look at the units yourself? :nuts:

ft/s^2 * ft == ft^2 / s^2

or "nonsense" in other words

ah **** its like 2:30 in the morning....

 

[Toshi]

ah **** its like 2:30 in the morning....

...besides the fact that 120 f/s^2 seems more like jupiter-gravity heh

 

[zedro]

...besides the fact that 120 f/s^2 seems more like jupiter-gravity heh

i think the answer is he'll seriously get ****ed up...

 

[BigMike]

you guys have TOTALLY lost me

 

[Toshi]

you guys have TOTALLY lost me

the take home results:

a) zedro gets confused late at night
b) earth's gravity is approximately 9.8 m/s^2 at typical altitudes. 120 ft/s^2 is not equal to this, so is not representative of gravity (i wonder what DT was thinking of with this figure)
c) whoever jumps off of a 100 ft drop will hit the ground or transition at around 55 mph

 

[Bikael Molton]

why did i read this?

 

[bigkonarider]

I guess if it makes that person happy.It's a Free Country...
Sounds pretty extremely risky on a mtn bike..Leave this to the SKIIERS on "SNOW"

 

[El Caballo]

Skiers have done drops over 200 feet (I think the record's like 220 or 250), albeit a much softer landing.

"In 1995, Ahern jumped an astounding 225 feet into wind-packed snow, cushioning the blow by filling his backpack with Styrofoam."

He also broke his sternum. Paul Ruff died trying a 160-footer at Kirkwood: he did a last-second check turn, and in so doing, failed to clear the rocks.

Skiers aren't sticking the 100+ footers, really. They're backslapping (or hip-checking) and skiing away before the cloud of snow dissipates. You can't backslap on a mountain bike.

Plus, you can easily check your speed on skis, even on the steepest slopes. There's not much to be done on a steep MTB tranny but ride it out. Even if someone lands the 100-foot drop, it'll be really hard to not eat it going 70+ down the rest of the slope.

For these reasons, I'm confident that skiers will always be able to go bigger than mountain bikers.

 

[bigkonarider]

Check out "Focused" dvd-the skiiing one that came out last year or so..
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Now out is "Focused" Mountain bike DVD that's supposed to be like 2 hours long of racing,etc..
Skiers go HUGE!!
Richey Schley ,Dave Watson,Joe Schwartz,Bender,Romaniouk,& "others" are ALL killer & really step up going huge...I would **** my pants at some of the stuff they do..BALLS"Big balls"

 

[Damn True]

the take home results:

a) zedro gets confused late at night
b) earth's gravity is approximately 9.8 m/s^2 at typical altitudes. 120 ft/s^2 is not equal to this, so is not representative of gravity (i wonder what DT was thinking of with this figure)
c) whoever jumps off of a 100 ft drop will hit the ground or transition at around 55 mph

Too much Christmas cheer

 

[ioscope]

Zedro was confused.
He may have been referring to terminal velocity

Terminal velocity (Human Body's weight=Air resistance)
120ft/s

(It is not squared because he would not be accelerating.)

However, that of a person on a bike may be slightly more.
Unfortunately that is irrelevant.