Had the day off work so decided to dust the bike off and go on a street trek to see what I could find…lo and behold I found an awesome spot for getting some great wallriding in and remembered how much I love hitting a great wallride.

Anyone else got any good wallride spots and/or pics?

Whistler. Ka-pow! Admittedly no where near as high as everyone else was going…

I’ve never hit a wall ride, never actually found one to hit. Am I rubbish?

I’m rubbish at wallrides, I don’t lean the bike over enough and end up sliding down 🙁

Hmm, wanted to stick a pic up of my mate doing just what you describe tom but I’m guessing the pics have to be on the internet already!?

GT wallride , when it was open for about 2 weeks…

GT%20Nov%202008%20wall%20ride%20005[1] by coastkid71, on Flickr

GT%20Nov%202008%20wall%20ride%20003[1] by coastkid71, on Flickr

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Does anybody know whats happening with the GT wallride?

wall rides are vertical. or they are berms 🙂

So Mr Jedi – do you ride wall rides much as the one at the top (I could do that one but not anything much more horizontal)? 🙂

yeah. its a berm 🙂

No – I mean is the technique the same for both? (Or do I need to buy a raffle ticket? 😕

same technique for large berms and wall rides.
to air off a wallride push as per drop technique 🙂

Ooooo oooo 😀

So the walls I found in the concrete jungle were actually berms…I wonder if the local council knows they employed trail builders instead of architects?!

Don’t worry – Jedi made exactly the same comment when i posted a pic of the big berm at GT.

Glad he was around to correct my mistake 😕

crankbreaker – Member
So the walls I found in the concrete jungle were actually berms…I wonder if the local council knows they employed trail builders instead of architects?!

No they are just banks.

It doesn’t really matter what they are called does it. I won’t actually be riding any real walls but will be happy with ‘banks’ (Mud not buildings 😀 ) And easier trail centre ‘wall’ rides as probably most would

Having ridden the one in the whistler photo at the top I can attest its a lot steeper in reality. And near vert further up.

one_happy_hippy – Member
Having ridden the one in the whistler photo at the top I can attest its a lot steeper in reality. And near vert further up.

If anything, looking at the sign on the right hand side of the photo it needs rotating anticlockwise a few degrees so must be even shallower…

I think the difference between a berm and a wall ride is that a wall ride has to be hopped onto and off, whereas a berm can “steered” onto.

Anyway, this is my cyclocross wallride. It will be bigger next year more time to build it!

So did you hop onto and off it? 😆

yup