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Done a few decent drops, generally takes me a while to psyche myself up for them, then really enjoy, until I nail myself of course 😀
Road gap at Coombe Sydenham is fun, although I think it's got bigger of late. Couple of drops at UK Bike Park are also fun, still haven't fully managed the not braking on the run-in though 🙂
No photos I'm afraid, probably for the best, it'd ruin my own mental image of how radcore I look 😆
Cheers, Rich
Small one at Swinley, 2006
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Another one from GT...
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Just remember.....
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^ ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
That step down at Ae did look dead easy, just (hah [i]just[/i]) needed a load of bottle. No way was I going to try it, I'd need to work up to something that big. The only staged step downs I know are at lee quarry and they've gone and stuck a tight right hander immediately after the landing, not much good for practising the actual step down then. (for me anyway)
A different view:
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yeah the ladder drop at Stile Cop is Ace
Road drop at Cwm Carn is waay less scary that it looks, although the take off is quite sketchy
Having done the Glentress ones, it's interesting to see the two photos above.
The first one makes it look really tame, the second is how I like to remember it 🙂
Road drop at Cwm Carn is waay less scary that it looks, although the take off is quite sketchy
Road drop at Cwmcarn has been tamed to kerb size as they had to underpin the road.
Cor blimy, before they backfilled it, it was my big head-block and it took me a fair few uplifts to finally hit it properly. The chicken run was all too tempting. The day I finally did it will be etched in my memory forever as a proper milestone crossed. It wasn't even that big after all the fuss 😆
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Having done the Glentress ones, it's interesting to see the two photos above.
The first one makes it look really tame, the second is how I like to remember it
The first one shows a guy riding off the middle ramp - the second shows a guy riding off the last (higher) ramp. I've only ever hit the middle one...
Dasnut bins it.
Lesson learnt, Don't land with your brakes on 🙂
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Still got the metal plate and 7 pins in my wrist to show for it.....
I do actually keep my eyes peeled for suitable urban drops in my locale but ones with a beginner friendly approach and run-out are few and far between!
Log Drop. Chicky.
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Oh and the HT.. photographer somewhat missing the moment 😉
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"lee quarry and they've gone and stuck a tight right hander immediately after the landing"
Ive crashed into/onto those right handers (from 2nd and 3rd lines on my sanderson). I thought I might be able to turn in time, but no ..
Was going to try the 4th line but the right turn would have ridiculous
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Some of these drops look like cross country banks for horses too... am i right?
here's one from a few years ago[url= http://www.pinkbike.com/video/16750/ ]drop in the woods[/url]
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