Just like the title. What is the biggest drop off to flat you've done on a hardtail?(that you landed) How much front suspension? I max out at about 5 foot with 4 inches of front susension, but barely land them....hurts the boys too....
Biggest drop off to flat on a hardtail?
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Just like the title. What is the biggest drop off to flat you've done on a hardtail?(that you landed) How much front suspension? I max out at about 5 foot with 4 inches of front susension, but barely land them....hurts the boys too....
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I've hit a 4-5 footer with my rockhopper. I don't do them often, but I do them occasionally screwing around town.
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Occasionally 8'(brick), regulary 6'(pavement & concrete)). Note; if you know what you are doing, it doesn't matter how much travel your fork has. I have done the 8 on my bmx. This GED from GF has 130 mil. When you are flat landing, go ahead and place the rear down first.
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World record 4.55m (15ft) on a 20" trials bike, no suspension
flat drops are stupid.
flat drops are stupid.
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Didn't look like he landed that one to me. Looked like he ate it.
Trials riders are a breed of their own
I respect their skills though. Pretty talented guys they are.
Trials riders are a breed of their own
I respect their skills though. Pretty talented guys they are.
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I generally try to steer clear of drops to flat, but I'd say probably ~4' with 3" of travel. Drops to flat generally make everything hurt.
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Yesterday I did 4 foot from a stop off a flatbed truck...I came so close to going over the bars...probably cause I had no forward momentum
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to flat is no big deal; it's all how smooth you are. in the vid it was a dead weight drop as there was no roll-out - that's just d-u-m. i regularly land 3' drops on my ss w/ a pace carbon fork.
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done a few in the 5' range, and more in the 3-4' size. landing more trials style/rear wheel first is key. smooth. 3' isn't too bad, but anything more than that i really have to think about. even smooth, it's more stress on your bike and body. really make sure you have your technique down, and scope out your landing area. practice on small stuff, work bigger.
i'm more comfortable on a slow speed wheelie drop like these than i am on a high speed transition landing drop, since the slow speed stuff is what i learned how to do first. soft terrain, is, obviously, kinder to the bike and body than is pavement/brick and so on.
i'm more comfortable on a slow speed wheelie drop like these than i am on a high speed transition landing drop, since the slow speed stuff is what i learned how to do first. soft terrain, is, obviously, kinder to the bike and body than is pavement/brick and so on.
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4ft on my Rockhopper with 100mm of travel.
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yeah he didn't really land it, but it's been done before. This was just the only video I could find.black hills tj said:Didn't look like he landed that one to me. Looked like he ate it.
Trials riders are a breed of their own
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prolly 3-4 feet .. a few with a 63mm fork .. and a bunch more with a 6 inch fork
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3-4 feet is usually my limit
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3 feet on my 20" full rigid. Its the only hardtail bike I have
back in middle school I used to do 6-7 on the 20" but that was when I was pretty young and quite stupid
back in middle school I used to do 6-7 on the 20" but that was when I was pretty young and quite stupid
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I dont believe any of you!
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