This thing is huge. Like 15 pinkbike feet.
Sweet 15 ft. Drop on Pinkbike
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Thats a sweet huck!! I wish I could huck4life like that.
Here's a good picture of the day from PB. Got to give some people on there some cred.
Thats crazy- with the little sniper/short landing!!
Some of the pinkbike kids have skills, but some... well... I'm not going to be an ass, but you know what I am thinking. Like Acadian(sp?) is the man and super nice, and has skills to back it all up, then there are actual PB kids.
I forgot to mention though, the description on PB when I found the photo said 15 feet, I wasn't making that up.
ThePriceSeliger said:This thing is huge. Like 15 pinkbike feet.
Come on! It's at least 15 feet. He's not landing on the tranny. Everybody knows pinkbikers huck2flat!
I'm sorry. But I can't tell what's going on in that picture.
It looks to me like somebody is going to crash really hard on a 24" bmx cruiser.
jdschall said:
Me wants to see video of it.
"That's crazy-with the little sniper/short landing!!"
I LOVE seeing more and more trannys like that. It's like no one has figured out that it might be a bad idea to pack your landing like concrete then hope you don't F' up... Pile em soft, pack it with the front tire, land on the rear.
I LOVE seeing more and more trannys like that. It's like no one has figured out that it might be a bad idea to pack your landing like concrete then hope you don't F' up... Pile em soft, pack it with the front tire, land on the rear.
A hard and steep landing means you can land front wheel first and ride out of the drop like a regular jump. This is far more ideal than landing rear wheel first in a soft pile of dirt. In the soft pile of dirt, you will loose a lot of speed in the soft stuff, and with the rear wheel first you'll just slam your front wheel down really hard. I much prefer a steep and hard landing. It's smoother.
You build trails and transitions with the intent of them being ridden and landed on, not crashed.THRILLSEEKA said:
No one in my crew has EVER crashed because a tranny was too soft, but I can think of a few close calls on steep hard ones...
Think "Redbull Rampage...?"
And consider this: Smooth fast trannys are ideal when A: you have a lot of run-out, and B: you are using the drop to gain or retain speed for the next hit. Any place we are able to set up bigger drops/gaps here we have about 10 feet max of run-out. So, build em, pack em, lay down 3-4 inches of soft and hang the rear wheel on the top and you don't need brakes to gain control to set yourself back into the 2 foot space between trees.
No one PLANS on crashing, I'm thinking a pile of fluff is nicer than a parking lot. That, and it's more time riding than building. Trannys build themselves.
Think "Redbull Rampage...?"
And consider this: Smooth fast trannys are ideal when A: you have a lot of run-out, and B: you are using the drop to gain or retain speed for the next hit. Any place we are able to set up bigger drops/gaps here we have about 10 feet max of run-out. So, build em, pack em, lay down 3-4 inches of soft and hang the rear wheel on the top and you don't need brakes to gain control to set yourself back into the 2 foot space between trees.
No one PLANS on crashing, I'm thinking a pile of fluff is nicer than a parking lot. That, and it's more time riding than building. Trannys build themselves.
Thats sweet. All we have where I live is money growing on trees, but it'd be way cooler to have trannys that build themselves.THRILLSEEKA said:
Everyone.... This thread is not serious.
ThePriceSeliger said:
No, no, no, it is! Obviously, there's only ONE way to land a jump/drop! Good grief...read my siggy... What fuggin hack can't land a drop? Oh yeah...there's Bender...
...this should be fun... :evil:
I'm gonna go ride, you guys go pack trannys all day.