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10-13-03, 09:37 AM
i love riding offroad and rrails and stuff like that but there is just something that pulls me to dirt jumping and stuff like that (anything where you take off basicly)
and so i started thinkiing about building my own dirt jump but soon realised that i had no room/good dirt so i gave up on that 1.
but then i started looking at buying a ramp and soon gave up on that as they cost **** loads of $$
so after a long time thinking i decided to build 1 out of wood!
so i set off and had it built in about 3 - 4 hours (first ramp i have ever made and i am proud of that ramp)
when it was finnally built it was about 50 cm high and about 100 cm long (it was a kicker by the way)
so i set it up and thought i looked pretty steep but i thought i could make it up it...how wrong i was i went at it from a stand still about 200 feet away went up to it and got over it only for the nose to drop straight down i go over the handlebars and the whole frame span round and smashed me on the back of the head (this being the 1 time i didnt wear my helmet! :o :cry: :o
so now i have learned the hard way that no matter how short a bike ride will be ALWAYS wear your helmet
not really any point in this i just wanted to share this with every 1
and so i started thinkiing about building my own dirt jump but soon realised that i had no room/good dirt so i gave up on that 1.
but then i started looking at buying a ramp and soon gave up on that as they cost **** loads of $$
so after a long time thinking i decided to build 1 out of wood!
so i set off and had it built in about 3 - 4 hours (first ramp i have ever made and i am proud of that ramp)
when it was finnally built it was about 50 cm high and about 100 cm long (it was a kicker by the way)
so i set it up and thought i looked pretty steep but i thought i could make it up it...how wrong i was i went at it from a stand still about 200 feet away went up to it and got over it only for the nose to drop straight down i go over the handlebars and the whole frame span round and smashed me on the back of the head (this being the 1 time i didnt wear my helmet! :o :cry: :o
so now i have learned the hard way that no matter how short a bike ride will be ALWAYS wear your helmet
not really any point in this i just wanted to share this with every 1