Forum menu
These steps- Rideab...
 

[Closed] These steps- Rideable?

Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Only one way to find out.....


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 2:10 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

think i'd fit the swampthings first...


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 2:12 pm
 flow
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Stop being a pussy and ride down them.

I can't believe you made a thread to ask if they were ride-able ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 2:32 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

What?????

If i told you it was feasible to ride down the cliffs at Dover would you follow the advice? No.

Only you know what you can ride.


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 2:41 pm
Posts: 5559
Free Member
 

What grum said look rideable but dont get the fascination with tackling steps TBH and you rarely find flights of steps on bridleways IME.


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 2:52 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Tbh I'd probably give the first ones a miss but the second ones are just begging to be bounced down.
A mate of mine started me riding down steps around a local beacon point where there's quite a few step sections.
I like the challenge ( up to a certain point ) of making it down.
hence the thread.


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 3:16 pm
Posts: 812
Free Member
 

they are just steps...mtfu


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 7:10 pm
 flow
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

What?????

If i told you it was feasible to ride down the cliffs at Dover would you follow the advice? No.

Only you know what you can ride.

I ride down the cliffs at Dover all the time mate, only 20 min from me ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 7:14 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I thought they would look like this ๐Ÿ˜‰
[img] http://t7ak.roblox.com/d4bd8d09d85e203f9c200636b63b6e4a [/img]


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 7:20 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Very good! ๐Ÿ˜†
I love the mtfu replies


 
Posted : 05/11/2011 10:05 pm
Posts: 6859
Free Member
 

They're just steps. They don't look too hard, but of course it's all very dependent on your skill/confidence. Steps are never exciting, just a waste of gradient in my book. Unless however you have a big hang up about riding them, in which case the relief about getting to the bottom of them is a bit of a rush.


 
Posted : 06/11/2011 12:18 am
Posts: 10654
Full Member
 

If the posts are actually upright then the gradient doesnt look that bad. I'd give it a go. ๐Ÿ˜›


 
Posted : 06/11/2011 10:05 am
Posts: 10979
Free Member
 

The only way you'll clear that is on a 96er fatbike with drop bars and canti brakes, for real.


 
Posted : 06/11/2011 10:07 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I hate steps.With the seat down i`ll maybe give them a go but like some of the others mentioned above.. it doesnt do anything for me either. It doesnt feel good at the time and i would never get to the bottom with a grin screaming "get in there" or "comeee onnn!" like ..erm.. a lot of folk seem to do these days ๐Ÿ™„

I do ride steps similar to these quite often (with the risers of the steps sticking higher than the treads) and i know my bike can do it slow no problem at all so ive got to the point now where i know its possible and i roll them a bit faster.. which,like some of the confident faster riders above have said, makes it easier.

Only problem is, you have now got this fear building up inside with all the bad thoughts going into it instead of just getting stuck into the the practical side of it. You should have hung around and attempted them with the seat right down without getting over flustered! This thread is also going to throw a spanner in the works for you.

I had a huge step fear on the steps in town here in Inverness about 11 years ago. We would do them on our Kona stinkys back then but its a two flight set up with a landing in the middle. The steps are on the east side of the Eastgate centre,Inverness. Quite hard to find them but they are at the side of the building that looks north over the supermarket. Anyone in the area should have a look/ride of them if they like steps! If you can do them on an xc bike i`d be very impressed.


 
Posted : 06/11/2011 12:30 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I'd walk the first set then think about riding the second set , I don't have the skills to do it ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 06/11/2011 12:41 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Line on 1st pic is a little off-camber .. 2nd v.rideable berm ๐Ÿ™‚ nah, wouldn't ride those steps without grippy edges โ—


 
Posted : 06/11/2011 4:50 pm
Page 2 / 2