[Closed] These steps- Rideable?

RocketDog to the forum!

😆

I suggest riding at them as fast as you can...

Only on a 29er 😛

2nd rs

hard to see how steep it is but hollowed steps (wooden at that) make me cringe. the 2nd pic ride em no probs but id need my armour to contemplate the top ones 🙂

Has the Rocket done his steps of death, yet? 😀

Yeah, speed is you're friend. get your arse over rear wheel and let her go.

I like the 29er idea but speed is cheaper!

Has the Rocket done his steps of death, yet?

I don't *think* so

Fair play I love riding down steps.
we need a gnarly step-core thread. Most extreme steps! 😀

.... depends on your level of bike control skill.... and power of brakes.

I'd tackle them...

dont try it on a fatbike , you'll end up knocking all the trees down and flattening the surrounding area

fair play!

It's difficult to tell how steep it is from the photo, but they look pretty straightforward. 🙂

sofaking- you wouldn't get there, the centripetal forces of the front tyre would stop the earth from rotating.

they are quite steep to be fair.
I'll try to get some "looking up" pics on

sofaking- you wouldn't get there, the centripetal forces of the front tyre would stop the earth from rotating.

Small portion of wee.

First set look quite closely spaced I'd guess around 3 per meter so should be ok,2nd set look easier , my only concern would be the wooden lips/edges if wet as very easy to lose grip and take a unwanted detour.

Always hard to get an idea from a picture as hard to assess the steepness. But with that caveat, I don't like the look of the top ones - not a lot of room between steps and handrail for starters and they do look steep with sizeable lips.

Second set, look OK to me. In fact look a lot like a set I first rode on my CX bike at night (not entirely intentionally, but if you're going to bin it trying to stop you might as well hang on and hope for the best).... 😉

if they're walkable they're rideable

rs - Member
I suggest riding at them as fast as [u]you[/u] can...

First set wouldn't be my cup of tea - probably steeper than they look and the first step you'd hit from that side bit looks like primed to launch you into the hedge.

As Daddy GW says though - hit those steps as part of a fast downhill piece and you wouldn't even notice them. Mince up from a cold start and they start to look precipitous.

Looks like a rideable line to the left, just avoid the centre. Id certainly try

Thanks so far people. . .
The first section has very big lips 🙂
But the second section is very much doable.

Get yourself a Yeti and go and mince down some tame trails on the Quantocks for practice and you'll be able to tell people on here how you rode down them without holding back.
You might have to confess that it was your special fork seals and forkjuice that made all the difference though. 😉

All I can do from the photos is say 'easy'.

yes. 1st pic, cut the corner and let go of the brakes. don't try to steer, just let the front wheel finds its way, if that makes sense.

2nd pic easy.

be careful if wet and damp.

and wear a helmet. and have a mate nearby ready to phone 999.

Huck to flat. There are no steps.

Huck to flat. There are no steps.

Ace! 😆

riding up the first set would be quite a challenge on a wet day..

for you perhaps. TJ wouldn't even require a helmet.

If you are a fan of daft wide bars a bar/hand rail interface looks an eminent possibility on the first set.

'Huck to flat. There are no steps.'
Canadian style Walleater!?

1st set - doable but faster to take the bank on the left.

2nd set - bit of speed and jump of the top (aiming to land just past the 6th lip) your momentum will carry you over the second part.

The top one looks like a wheel catcher. The bottom one looks straight forward.

I agree there buzz, the first set is a wheel catcher

As long as your bars clear the handrail, that looks like nothing to worry about. But it no doubt looks worse in real life - the camera flattens everything.

I know the ones you mean darrenh, they never used to be there just a steep slippery chute. Don't think the top bit would be but the rest would be okish.

I don't know the area, but a question springs to mind, footpath or bridleway, and what course of action to be taken when encountering the inevitable bunch of walkers mindlessly wandering up the steps, heads down in conversation?

First ones - top bit could be tricky, the rest probably fine. Second set looks easy. It's hard to tell from pics though. I don't get the fascination with riding steps TBH, doesn't really appeal to me much - I'll do it if I have to.

Stop fannying about & do it u big girls blouse 😀 OMG i'm gona be hunted down by the sexism police

I wouldn't want to do the first ones but I've never really liked riding down steps, even normal ones feel a bit horrible. Probably way steeper than they look and they look like wheel catchers. 2nd ones look alright.

missingfrontallobe- I'd use 'em for my soft landing!

Only one way to find out.....

think i'd fit the swampthings first...

Stop being a pussy and ride down them.

I can't believe you made a thread to ask if they were ride-able 😆

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.

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

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.

they are just steps...mtfu

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 😆

I thought they would look like this 😉
[img] http://t7ak.roblox.com/d4bd8d09d85e203f9c200636b63b6e4a [/img]

Very good! 😆
I love the mtfu replies

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.

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

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

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 🙄

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.

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

Line on 1st pic is a little off-camber .. 2nd v.rideable berm 🙂 nah, wouldn't ride those steps without grippy edges ❗