Drops to Flat

if your riding a HT, why not. thats seriouse abuse on a full suspension frame tho. your joints might hurt a bit after the landing depending on how smooth you landed.

Ah, yeah I'm riding a FS (Yeti AS-X) that's the main reason I was worried. What if I put it more air into my shock? Maybe I'll just borrow my friends hardtail...

Bah, hit it. Frame breaks, it breaks.

Kenny C. said:

Ah, yeah I'm riding a FS (Yeti AS-X) that's the main reason I was worried. What if I put it more air into my shock? Maybe I'll just borrow my friends hardtail...

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F/S frames are strong, but arent made to take abuse like that...HT would take a hit like that much better.

Haha, I don't have the money to replace the bike. I just got it a week and a half ago.

May I ask (pardon my ignorance) exactly how the stress would be caused on the bike? The AS-X is a big hit bike and I'm a pretty smooth rider, I rode BMX for about 5-6 years, I figure if I put enough air in the shock it would be fine but I don't know.

that just doesn't sound like fun.... i ride an ASX aswell i'm sure the frame would be fine, but your rims and suspension would sure take a beating, the landing would flat out be rough no matter how smooth you are on a fully....... i've done a 9 foot to flat drop once... wont do it again i didn't really do it on purpose either, i was on an elevated parking lot and it didn't look that far down the side the rims came out with a cple flat spots lol to rough to be fun is my opinion... than again some people like big drops to flats.

Well, I'm not a hack that only does drops to flat. I don't really do them often, but this one just looks too fun. Would DH rims really come out that bent? Sorry, if my questions seem dumb but I'm not very educated when it comes to the ins and outs of bikes, I just ride them.

Hit it. I dropped a 13 footer to flat on my friends Yeti AS-X. Your landing is grass like mine was and they absorb some of the landing because it is soft ground. The bike will hold up fine. Take a movie of it when you hit it.

Actually, it's over grass into a parking lot, heh.

Sounds doable at speed.

Master_Jako said:

F/S frames are strong, but arent made to take abuse like that...HT would take a hit like that much better.

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I don't think a HT would really be all that much stronger, if any really.

Hit it, the worst that can happen is you get a little bloody...

Alright, I might do this then next time I go out, which will probably be Tuesday unless I hit the trails that day. At the very least it will make good footage.

yes, definatly get pics of it or a vid

Kenny C. said:

Alright, I might do this then next time I go out, which will probably be Tuesday unless I hit the trails that day. At the very least it will make good footage.

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trials riders do it all the time....

There's a bit of a difference between a freeride bike and a trials bike, though.

Kenny C. said:

There's a bit of a difference between a freeride bike and a trials bike, though.

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yeah but some of the trials bikes i have seen aren't any stronger than a FR bike

someone giveme a FS and i'll hit it for all u guys crying about them.

hit man! and video tape it too!

since it is into grass it won't be horribly bad. not something you will want to do often, but your bike isn't going to fail just from doing it once. be smooth....set it up stiff and have fun.:thumbsup: