whats the point of a tabletop (jumps)

Can never figure out what to with a tabletop. Are you supposed to land on the top or on the downside.

Are they more for begginers.

Can someone explain?

You are suppose to land on the downside, however the table bits is to avoid you to hurt yourself if you land short.

You can do either land on the down slope or the top. Its just a double jump with the middle filled in as a escape route should you not make the down slope.

I guess they're good for developing yer jumping because you can start off rolling them, then aim to land on the top until you can eventually air it out and land on the opp. transition.

Then you can think about doubles, where the cost for not getting to the second transition can be not so nice.

Much fun, whatever level you're at.

Tabletop jumps came about when one group of young dirt jumpers had a bbq after cooking the food they realised they had nowhere to sit and eat it. So using their fast shovelling skills they quickly filled in the gap between one of the doubles pulled up a couple of logs to use a benches and sat around it to eat their burgers.

This is why it is called a tabletop. You can identify friendly jump spots by them having a tabletop. No table top = no bbq = no fun/not friendly.

they are good for jumping and learning manuals

Is it easier to do jumps on a FS bike or a HT ?

bmx

or a ht

if you come up short on a double, your pretty screwed.
no easier or harder than an equivelent sized double to succeed at jumping, but MUCH less of a "head ****"

HT is loads easier to jump on, a soggy bike just soaks it all up and then bucks you off the lip (i find)

hence why DJers all ride hardtails or rigid bikes. (rigid if your confident and smooth, lighter, so easier to get height, but if you dont quite get it right it you risk knackering your wrists.

they are good for jumping and learning manuals

The consequences of getting it badly can = a broken back unfortunately 😥

it doesnt matter what bike you learn on.

This could happen!!

A double's just a tabletop that's not been finished yet. Arguably more exciting because of the increased penalty of failure but that's it.

Aside from not having to do loads more shovelwork to fill in a double to make a tabletop, fewer riders will ride doubles than tabletops meaning the lips/takeoffs stay in better shape. Any pictures will look more impressive too, so all win win for someone building there own doubles who can competently ride them. Unfortuanetly this doesn't include me

so should i jump with pro pedal on? (ie locked out at the back)

Dont lock it out.

Pro pedal isn't lock out. I wouldn't lock out the rear shock, whether you put the pro pedal on or not isn't going to affect the jumpability of your bike that much.

This is at buck woods nr Leeds. I think James has a Pinnacle full susser and this was on a small tabletop. Like said above, pontificating over your bike isn't going to make that much difference, it's all about finding the right spot with suitable jumps to learn and progress, then practice, practice.

Classic TJ Baldwin, awesome, I've only ever seen him nose ito the landing 😯 legend