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I finally plucked up the courage to ride mine today and cleaned them.
Stoked.
That is all.
no vid, no glory 😐
(I'm still amped for you though)
Good feeling isn't it, I've finally done my local ones too, after a year recouping from a collarbone fracture.
You were in Stoke?
POIDH
I wont be trying my local ones. This is half of them, they continue round the corner. My Excuse is that my widebars wont fit 😆 !
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Are they as bad as the steps of [b]DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM[/b]
binners, I think you've actually got the greasy steps of our lady of the broken coccyx there
Mine were probably a bit longer than ska-49's but wooden risers and earth treads if you see what I mean. Not quite as steep.
I should also mention that after TSOCD, I then rode another two sets which had been psyching me - both these where concrete and I cleaned them four times each.
Bike? Inbred 29er SS rigid.
I.
Rock.
😉
check out Dog Leap Stairs in Newcastle, they're the hardest around here I think...
Really happy for the OP, well done!
Anyone ridden Dog Leap Steps? I've looked many times, but would almost certainly never even attempt them on a bike
mcmoonter
savage.
Natural selection nearly working its magic...
That would have been worse if he had a helmet - rotational forces and all that.
I'm waiting for RocketDog to ride our local steps of certain death, from what, a year ago. 😀
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Handlebar issues putting me off at the moment.
Realman, that doesn't look too bad but guarantee I'd have some magnetic attraction to the lamppost at the bottom of the steps in the 2nd picture.
You would need really good brakes on that.
anyone done the Newton Abbot steps..? The ones opposite B+Q..?
RealMan appears to have bouncy things on his bike. [u]Real[/u] Realmen do it rigid. *
* Unless it steep and scary.
mcmoonter - MemberNo helmet for riding anything like that = Epic Fool.
Dog Leap Stairs?
Where in Newcastle?
Mike - down Dean Street, on the right just before the railway bridge
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That looks like the perfect time to have a go down there. 🙂
I thought this was going to be about Cwmcarn 😥
Dog Leap Stairs have been done judging from this picture on Pinkbike. On a hardtail, at night with no lights switched on!
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Thanks Paul.
Did those years ago when i was working at LD Mountain Centre over the road.
To be fair it was dry and i had someone watching for pedestrians/cars at the bottom which helped.
Not sure i'd have the balls anymore...
Did those years ago when i was working at LD Mountain Centre over the road.
How long ago was that? One of my best mates is a manager there. Think he's been there for a good 10 years or so.
*goes off to Google "Steps of Death by postcode" web site*
neninja, it'll have been 2004/2005ish so probably worked with your mate.
I don't 'get it'. Ride steps? Is it a northern thing? 😐
What happens in 'the south' when you come to a set of steps?
Realman, that doesn't look too bad but guarantee I'd have some magnetic attraction to the lamppost at the bottom of the steps in the 2nd picture.
Yeah, main thing putting me off.
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RealMan appears to have bouncy things on his bike. Real Realmen do it rigid. *
Do it on a BMX, surely?
marcusmtb - what a vid, that mst hurt SOOOO much!
Fleshmarket close in Edinburgh has to be up there, super steep steps, then some greasy slabs, then 2-3 extra high steps (mini drop i'd imagine) then some more greasy slabs and stairs
Dog Leap aren't that bad, cleared them a few times, the worst IMO are the ones along from there that go under the arch, castle stairs, theres a left, right left combo on them that is terrifying. Cleared them once, bottled them many, many times.
Realman where are those steps?
Think this is from "Jib"
How not to jump stairs
And done a bit better
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/49322/
Steps of dual downhill racing and jumping doom.
Italspark, the Dangerous Bros and I spent an evening back in the 80s on rigid, canti braked Stumpjumpers racing down these steps at the foot of Cockburn St in Edinburgh. We discovered you could jump onto a set of steps from flight to flight with speed. We had a lookout on the street.
Kev Dangerous and I both broke our frames at the down/head tube doing this. It felt good to be as Rad as a Dangerous Brother.
Specialized replaced the frames under warranty. 🙂
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Burchy - you know where they are... you work just up the hill from them.
I can confirm i have owned them (on my skip/ pub bike)... super rad style. dood.
They arnt that bad... take the pebble gully on the left and you got it dialled.
The set opposite the mill on the exe is the one you want to try. A big gap for anyone who has the balls.
@ska-49 - that's Jacob's Ladder isn't it? I've seen a mate fall down it after several too many at the Jakes!
Dog Leap Stairs - are they almost opposite a hotel, called Surtees or something. You carry on down the hill & there's a bridge & a bit further on you end up at the river?
I stayed in that hotel years ago while doing a training course in Newcastle. There was a set of steps there that looked very similar to those pics....
done them lots of times years ago have done pretty much all the stairs in the old town and there are far more difficult stair sets in other parts of Edinburgh but TBH there's really not a lot to riding down steps unless they're in dodgy condition.Fleshmarket close in Edinburgh has to be up there, super steep steps, then some greasy slabs, then 2-3 extra high steps (mini drop i'd imagine) then some more greasy slabs and stairs
look far old weather battered and falling away steps leading down cliffs to coves if you want a proper challenging set. they're often steep as **** and require imaginative line choice to clean.
McMoonter - done those ones (i think) as part of a Rat Race. They're "interesting" on a cross bike...
i've tried this jacob's ladder but it was beyond my skill level. and i was feart!
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/500044
stumpy, thats them, yeah
also in newcastle, well Jesmond, the stairs leading to Pets corner, from the top, corner entrance on the jesmond side to jesmond dene are very tasty, I have only cleared by cutting bits out and using the slope next to them, I might have to go and get pics...
As riding down staircases go this is pretty impressive ...
(Although he did miss most of the stairs)
Done a few long sets around Newcastle including the ones warton mentions (i'd forgotten) but not dog leap, last time i (walked) down them a year or so ago the top few steps were rocking loose.
Theres a a few around heaton park and a long set off city stadium into ouseburn. They were good as a countryside starved mountainbiker living in a city.
Bristol Centre has some nice sets of steps! Most memorable is Christmas steps. We used to go up n down these, when we were young!
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my first attempt at the steps of doom - 30 seconds in
no helmet - ****er!
The set opposite the mill on the exe is the one you want to try. A big gap for anyone who has the balls.
Gonna have to have a look for them, cheers 🙂
neilforrow - MemberBurchy - you know where they are... you work just up the hill from them.
I really don't! Come on where are they?
I really don't! Come on where are they?
From St. David's Hill to Bonhay Road, I think right next to Richmond House.
HoratioH - that takes nerve and timing to duck into the darkness. Nae helmet too.
Here it is in slo mo
Pyro - you're a braver man than me!
here are some a friend and I rode a while back, permanently wet, slippery and very uneven...
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/theflatboy/4830243782/ ]Massive, slippery, uneven flight of steps[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/theflatboy/ ]theflatboy[/url], on Flickr
the view looking down is at the top (i.e. the less steep section) by the way!
Hahahaha the steps of DDOOOMMM, they sure ****ing are are.
Best to lower your seats down keep your weight balanced and go in a straight line as much as possible, do not pull the brakes so hard that the wheels lock up and do not go from side to side. If you have a slippy surface the last thing you want to do is lean your weight to the side.
Also you need to have the right attitude, if you are not completely commited do not ride it!
There are a lot of good steps in Edinburgh, the best time of the day is first thing in the morning in the summer, unless you have people at the bottom to warn pedestrians it's a good idea to have a horn or shouting works.
GW have you had a go on the steps up Arthurs seat some reasonably tricky ones up there ❓
Burchy1 - Memberneilforrow - Member
Burchy - you know where they are... you work just up the hill from them.
I really don't! Come on where are they?
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There must be a couple of people here that have done the pilgrims steps in Majorca, they lead from cuber reservoir down to soller, the steps themselves are not particularly steep, but theres 2000 of them covering approx 500m vertical descent, with tight switchback corners every 20 meters or so. With a fairly vertical drop off the side . They go on for ever.
Yeah, keasea, used to play up there a lot. Stairs below calton hill leading to cannongate too