I'm no riding god…but

tpbiker – Member
Interesting viewpoint from the OP, and one I totally disagree with. I have 2 nice bikes, which far outweigh my skill level (although I could do that drop nae bother ;-))but I don’t care, I can afford it and it makes me happy. I see kids with bikes half the value of mine and twice the skill, that the way it is.

I don’t know what bike the OP rides, but unless its a 300 quid apollo I can guarantee there are kids out there on far cheaper bikes hitting obstacles I suspect he wouldn’t even dream about….

It’s not a £300 job and you are right. I’ve seen kids half my age inspire me to become better and keep pushing.

godzilla – Member
OP, what do you ride? you may have said but i cant be bothered to read it all back.
Peace n love..

[/url] IMAG0140[/url] by robsoctane[/url], on Flickr[/img]

This is the bike I used that day. Cheers for the peace and love!

I take it back. I read on their website that that model is for drops up to 4ft. My apologies! 🙂

And how do you know that the guys on the yeti haven’t just nailed their first 18 inch drop and will try the 3 footer you hit next week?

The fact that you have a bike costing thousands of pounds, but, with respect, are clearly at a fairly basic riding level yourself, makes your attitude even harder to fathom

I think I am the only person on this forum who has achieved the right balance between bike cost and skill.

I have a 10 year-old rigid bike (yes my only bike) and, whilst getting ready for a ride one morning last year I fell down the stairs and broke my ankle…

tpbiker – Member
And how do you know that the guys on the yeti haven’t just nailed their first 18 inch drop and will try the 3 footer you hit next week?

The fact that you have a bike costing thousands of pounds, but, with respect, are clearly at a fairly basic riding level yourself, makes your attitude even harder to fathom

I can’t know the answer to the first part of your question mate.

The second part I take with a pinch of salt because part of learning is comparing and what I saw that day and read in this thread says that I’m far from a basic rider. 😉

Race yer?

4 pages-good trolling effort OP

I don’t believe the OP did that drop with those tyres on!!

I won’t go off anything i can’t nose dive off safely 😳

😆

my guess is that the OP felt like he was the stereotypical ‘all the gear and no idea’ biker but since clearing a modest drop and seeing others chicken it he thinks he is super RAD and now is better than the average all the gear and no idea riders and that a weight has lifted from his shoulders.

Thing is robo you were just like those people you are judging because up until recently you were riding round on a full bouncer without having done a 18inch drop. Whats to say those guys wont try that drop next time when some guy’s out the way? And how high a drop do you have to do to not to be mincing around? Whats the cut off point?

ads678 – Member
I don’t believe the OP did that drop with those tyres on!!

Good point! The tyres were actually HR sticky.

I am not trolling!

FFS there is a lot of bling on that dandy horse, have you got a small penis?

fergal – Member
FFS there is a lot of bling on that dandy horse, have you got a small penis?

6 inch cock and classed as far more than average pay packet mate. Lovely bike eh? 😉

No disrespect, but if you bottled it twice going off a 3 foot drop then I’d say you were at a fairly basic level skills wise. Nowt wrong with that at all, but don’t you think its slightly ironic judging someone from high up on your full suss 2k+ trek, when the same accusation you make at the yeti riders could be made so easily at yourself…

And if you are just trolling, then well done, you’ve well and truely got me….

And, as enthusiasts, surely you’d want to be able to ride stuff like this no? I know I do and I think thats the point the OP was trying to make. Also it’s about the only part of hamsterley black, or any trail centre for that matter where you might actually need 5 inches of front and rear travel. Challenging yourself, making the most of your bike and getting over that fear factor is a large part of the fun IMO and I dont consider myself in the least bit RAD.

Nope – nothing makes me want to ride it.

6 inch cock and classed as far more than average pay packet mate. Lovely bike eh?

Apologies for the vaguely racist quote.

robsoctane would you do it clipped in ?

[/quote]I met a MTBer from an antique land, who said a three foot vast stone drop off stood in the desert, nearby in the sand a shattered MTBer lies, who’s frown, wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command, both passions he new well,in the stone is written “i am Dave king of mtbers look at my works you mighty and despair.”

Nice one – a little literary effort made

Excuse me all if I can’t work out why a gang of people with great/capable trail bikes can’t/won’t do a 3 – 4 foot drop.

Are you genuinely that thick? Capability of bike does not always equal capability/desire of rider, as has been pointed out.

I guess that I never did consider that people bought bikes like this because they look nice over how they can perform.

Or maybe they bought them because of how they will perform when the rider is more experienced. Maybe they bought them because although they know that their bike far outstrips their skill level, they can still appreciate how much better it rides than something cheaper. Or maybe it’s none of your ****ing business.

In future, I will be making a concious effort not to be so judgemental of others because now I’ve had my eyes opened I do see the truth:

Some people just want to ‘look’ the part – not be part of it.

He’s done a 3ft drop don’t you know! He’d do more if he had a better bike! 🙂

Lol & +1

Definitely trolling I reckon. Quite a good effort though.

Excuse me all if I can’t work out why a gang of people with great/capable trail bikes can’t/won’t do a 3 – 4 foot drop.

Can you not just remember what it was like when you bottled it the first couple of times?

No disrespect, but if you bottled it twice going off a 3 foot drop then I’d say you were at a fairly basic level skills wise.

Pfft, utter tosh.

Being able to do a 3ft drop without bottling it is hardly the cut-off point for basic skill level. I know loads of riders I would consider ‘reasonable’ to ‘good’ who would struggle with a 3ft drop-off. Certainly a lot of people who are way past ‘basic’

There seems to be an awful lot of ego-fuelled typing on this thread.

Are you his girlfriend? 🙂

bobbyg81 – Member

Are you his girlfriend?

No, I don’t date men that can’t huck as much as me.

Awesome now we’ve gone from willy waving to fanny waving!

hugor – Member

Awesome now we’ve gone from willy waving to fanny waving!

Heh 😛

utter tosh…is it?? Maybe our definitions of good skills vary then….

Its nothing to do with ego…

I’ve been riding 6 months, I would consider myself a newbie but a 3 foot drop wouldn’t cause me an issue, nor any of my buddies whove been riding for the same amount of time. And in the grand scheme of things, and certainly from what i’ve seen of other riders around me, our skill level is fairly basic..id be first to admit that.

interestingly, what would you consider the definition of a rider with good skills? Genuine question…maybe I’m much better than I thought;-)

tpbiker – Member
interestingly, what would you consider the definition of a rider with good skills? Genuine question…maybe I’m much better than I thought;-)

Someone who can hold flow down a trail whilst riding within their skill level, who brakes at appropriate times, who can corner and keep speed whilst doing so, who looks ahead and not at their front wheel, who picks the best lines and who, despite not necessarily spending their time airbourne, can get down trails smoothly and quickly.

It’s nothing to do with how long you’ve been riding.

If you have a £1k bike you can do a 1ft drop. £2k bike allows you to do 2 feet. Steve Peat on his bling v10 carbon can do about 7 feet.

Someone who can hold flow down a trail whilst riding within their skill level, who brakes at appropriate times, who can corner and keep speed whilst doing so, who looks ahead and not at their front wheel, who picks the best lines and who, despite not necessarily spending their time airbourne, can get down trails smoothly and quickly.

Hmmm, sounds like me; yay I’m a god, not as god like as rob, but a god never the less 😉 🙂

great thread btw..

everything I dislike about mountainbiking is contained in this thread 🙁 shut up, ride yer bikes and have fun..

Someone who can hold flow down a trail whilst riding within their skill level, who brakes at appropriate times, who can corner and keep speed whilst doing so, who looks ahead and not at their front wheel, who picks the best lines and who, despite not necessarily spending their time airbourne, can get down trails smoothly and quickly.

Fair enough, I can’t do any of that!…But I can do a 3 foot drop! 🙂 The point I was making was that how can someone come on and ridicule other riders based on inability to do a drop off, when their own skills at that very same skill (drop offs) appears to be fairly basic.

Either way, the points above kind of proves what a daft point the original post made. Yeti boy might be brilliantly fast on his 5k carbon wunder bike, just doesn’t like heights.

I’ve done that drop any number of times and it’s the landing you need to look at – not the take off, rather flat for my liking… the berm is quite close too, so don’t overcook the run in.

I don’t do it if I have the skinny wheels on the hardtail, it’s got a bit of pretzel potential.

reckon it’ll make 200 posts?

fanny waving!

flapping.

6 inch cock

Small for a rooster

I’m no racist, but…

Guys and Gals, I am not trolling!

As per the thread title states: I’m no riding god.

I bottled 2 times. I had to do it again because it will not defeat me. Afterwards, yes – I was chuffed.

My cock is average and so is my riding – that’s why I was chuffed at my 3 foot drop.

maybe if I make a certain part more clear more of you will understand?

So many riders on their gnar bikes didn’t do it. I’m not picking on one in particular person at all. it was a whole stream of people who didn’t do it and it surprised me.

As stated previously, my second time at Hamsterley and no other trail centres at all. What I thought I would see there was something different to what I did see. Surprise!

And one more thing to get out of the way: I’m not suggesting that these people CAN’T do it, I think that they probably can – hence, surprise!

Someone mentioned that the landing is a downhill earlier (thus increasing the actual drop) and I think that’s my problem with drop offs.

I can drop to flat or gentle downhill no worries at all, but, for instance, I struggle with the biggest drop off ramp at the Glentress jump park area, purely down to the steepness of the run out.

I absolutely realise that the steep run out should make it easier, but for me, it increases the fear factor 10 fold 🙁

are the mods out on the piss tonight?

Yeah the big drop at GT is really really steep! The platform might be only 3 feet high, but you drop a further 6 foot easily down the hill…if not more.Doesn’t help that the landing appears to onto the grass verge.

its a long long way…I bottled that one…even on my all singing all dancing all mountain behemoth..:-)