So, after a few months of not riding DJs at all, I went out today, over shot a jump by like 5 feet, didn't bail, and ended up bottoming my fork super hard and also cracked my MTX rear rim at one of the eyelets. After getting over the frustration of cracking a rim and the embarrassment of overshooting a jump that badly, I started thinking about how to judge speed. I can't really afford to just to trial and error type stuff anymore as I really don't want to crack another rim.
How do people gauge speed? I used to have no problem at the spot that I frequented, but now that's gone. The jump that I hacked today was far from steep, about the lowest angle you can get while still considering it a dirt jump, which explains my horizontal trajectory rather than the arc I would have wanted. Any advice is appreciated, I just want to get back into jumping with as little equipment damage as possible.
How do people gauge speed? I used to have no problem at the spot that I frequented, but now that's gone. The jump that I hacked today was far from steep, about the lowest angle you can get while still considering it a dirt jump, which explains my horizontal trajectory rather than the arc I would have wanted. Any advice is appreciated, I just want to get back into jumping with as little equipment damage as possible.