[MTBKR415]

Hey guys I have been jumping stairs quite a bit now. i would like to work my way up to a lot more, but I am worried about cracking my frame. I was just wondering how many stairs would be the limit for jumping with a hardtail? And if it makes any difference, I have a 2007 Specialized p1.

Thanks for the helpl.

 

[stinkyboy]

5000.

 

[Westy]

5001 is also too many.

 

[escapeartist]

I'm sure there's a stair huckometer on here somewhere

 

[WestCoastHucker]

since i'm only half as good as the op, would 2500 be too many for me?

 

[TortugaTonta]

I saw these guys riding dh bikes down stairs with the whole getup on, full face and pads like a linebacker. I couldn't get my head around it, whats the point? Why ride somewhere with all these people around, like do you need an audience to prove what a ass you are? I allways want to be in the woods away from the rubber neckers and just do my own thing.

I guess I'm just a trail riding hermit.

 

[newrider3]

If you look like

after you jump a set, it was too many.

 

[w00dy]

Are you landing on flat, or down a set?
Drops to flat are destructive to the bike and yourself. Most kids go through a stage where they're into it. I did. I broke a bunch of parts including some profile cranks and I'm lucky I didn't do any permanent damage to my wrists and ankles. If you can do it smoothly go for it, but hucking to flat doesn't really impress people much.

This is a Object moved from a couple years ago. It's what I mean by landing down the set.

 

[cmc]

43 stairs.

why?

because the pink floyd album Dark Side of the Moon is exactly 43 minutes long.

 

[Cru Jones]

One. Keep that bike off the streets...

 

[sixgun_sound]

How many stairs can you fit between the longest double at your trails?

 

[Cru Jones]

LOL. This thread was just asking for trouble.

 

[gackrider24]

i did a 26 foot(in length) stair gap to just about flat once on accident. The rear wheel cased the last few stairs. My bike and ankles both shouted in pain. The next time i made sure to slow down and actually use the second set of stairs as a transition. Nothing like 3rd down for riding inspiration

 

[zebrahum]

Keep going until you break yourself off. Then tell us how many that was.

 

[JayBear]

video of carnage please
:biggrin:

 

[grom-dom]

if you can jump down the stairway to heaven, the dark side of the moon equation is negated.

 

[sanjuro]

Russ Morrell Lives!

 

[cmc]