Longest Near-Vertical Ridden
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I think the biggest I've ever done is about 2 feet. 
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How near vertical, exactly? Man do I want to go down to Moab. They just had a MUni fest there *jealous*.
Nope. But I think it was in Moab.......sanjuro said:
Maybe I've done bigger but just don't remember.
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So this is going downhill, not up?
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LOL. Showoff.
Are we talking descents that are impossible to climb on bike? Well then 3 miles haha, but if we're talking vert's that are impossible to walk up with your bike then i'd say 20 to 30.
Better move your seat down.
Better move your seat down.
Some schtuff in Simi Valley, or at least used to be, had near vertical rock faces to shoot down 12-20 feet.
In SB there is a chute that's not quite vert, but so steep/loose/rutted that stopping is impossible for.... a while.... longer than you'd like really!
In SB there is a chute that's not quite vert, but so steep/loose/rutted that stopping is impossible for.... a while.... longer than you'd like really!
Near vertical to me is 75 degree to 90. Anything else is just steep. And it might a near-vertical section in the middle of longer descent.
There is a section at Slickrock near the beginning which is 25 feet high at probably at a 50-60 degree slope, pretty steep but people ride up it all the time.. I remember when I had only been riding off road for a few years, I came up to the lip, where there were a few riders congregating. They were all looking down, too scared to try it. I chickened out too, until some guy just passed up and went straight down without a pause. We all followed him right after that.
There is a section at Slickrock near the beginning which is 25 feet high at probably at a 50-60 degree slope, pretty steep but people ride up it all the time.. I remember when I had only been riding off road for a few years, I came up to the lip, where there were a few riders congregating. They were all looking down, too scared to try it. I chickened out too, until some guy just passed up and went straight down without a pause. We all followed him right after that.
There's a really cool XC trail called Sage Hills in Wenatchee Wa that has some some super steep singletrack chutes followed by super steep climbs. The only way you can make it up the other side is to drop into the gulley and carry the speed to get to make it up the other side. The trail is real smooth, i love that kinda flow in a trail.sanjuro said:
Oh I thought you meant climbing!
Which chute are you talking about? I think I may have ridden it. I know there are a few on Gibraltar Road that I've done.Zark said:
Going up.....well backpacking we had trail that averaged something like 35% grade in New Zealand and it was covered in mud. 3km of that was enough to make your legs scream for mercy, no biking, but steep. The Kiwis don't seem to know what switchbacks are.
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Switchbacks are over-rated dude!ito said:
The longest near vertical thing Ive ridden is on a track John Kirkaldie built,its about 30-40" high and bumpy as hell!
Great fun though.
Here I thought you were talking about something that needed to be "hucked"sanjuro said:
75-90 degrees is a cliff. If anyone has "ridden" 75 degrees then they need to get out an inclinometer and actually discover it's nowhere near 75 degrees.
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On East Camino Cielo on the way to Cold Springs. You go up hill and come sliding down the hill right to the trailhead. Some used to call it "Mullet" for short climb, long runout. Its just a rut straight down a hill now, friggen lame IMO.ito said:
That's my point. A 75 degree slope is "near-vertical", and I only had the cojones to do a short section as part of a bigger descent.SkaredShtles said:Here I thought you were talking about something that needed to be "hucked"
75-90 degrees is a cliff. If anyone has "ridden" 75 degrees then they need to get out an inclinometer and actually discover it's nowhere near 75 degrees.
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If it's 75 degrees, I'm hucking it. And that would leave me at the 2 footer again.sanjuro said:
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Dude - it's made of wood!sanjuro said:
Of course I hucked it.
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all landed
Holy $hit, man. Those are cliffs.ALEXIS_DH said:all landed
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8' - 10' roller.
Must be an adrenaline thing.sanjuro said:
If I saw something like what's in those pictures I'd be looking for the "alternate route" down........
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theres a really gnarly one thats maybe 25 feet high and like 85 degrees at a trail here. i dont have the balls to hit it
damn last time I rode I was without my protractor!....D
There was one drop by a power line on Jackie Chan in Tahoe (don't kill me for mentioning it on the Internet - it is closed anyway). There was this tiny ramp but it lead to this 30 foot drop off.
I was with a bunch of much riders, and I was afraid they were going to do the drop, forcing me to roll it. There was a transition, but it looked like I would fall 20 feet before the transition.
I was so glad when they were showing it to me and we went another way.
I was with a bunch of much riders, and I was afraid they were going to do the drop, forcing me to roll it. There was a transition, but it looked like I would fall 20 feet before the transition.
I was so glad when they were showing it to me and we went another way.