Mountain Biking - Me getting some air on my bike

I just wanted to post a picture of myself getting some action on my new 6700.

Woohoo!

it's really small and hard to see, but that looks like some pretty good air

its taped on a video cam and then converted into mpeg2 format, so you can't expect the best but I can get more air than that next time i'll try using my sister's digital camera

This pic should be beter, I edited it sry for the small size though.

Hate to break it to you, but whoever took the pic took it too soon, your back wheel is still on the curb. Good start though. You're next task is to find a shorter stem if you're going to be jumping unless you enoy hyperextending your elbows. Also if you haven't yet slam the saddle if you're going to be jumping, it makes the landings so much easier on the body..

Hate to break it to you, but whoever took the pic took it too soon, your back wheel is still on the curb.

that was the kinda air he was getting??

No, his wheel wasnt still on the curb. See enlarged image:

I stand corrected. After looking again, I have to say put your damn helmet on. Your noggin does not get along too well with pavement.

move it to the jumping sticky

No, his wheel wasnt still on the curb. See enlarged image:

Heheheh...this picture looks like a shot from american most wanted...or any of those cop shows...

Good air though, much more than what I usually pull off curbs :D

Ming

nice..wear a helmet. I do -even going to the corner store, nevermind jumping.

I wear a helmet every time I ride now.. seeing some sad photos of a person who didn't wear one, and apparently crashed and got run over after that... not that I'd probably get run over, but it can't hurt to wear a helmet.

thats a great curb! make a 4 foot jump with a sharp lip and you're set!

I wear a helmet every time I ride now.. seeing some sad photos of a person who didn't wear one, and apparently crashed and got run over after that... not that I'd probably get run over, but it can't hurt to wear a helmet.
Good choice

I think I should get some air and post it. What do you all think? :D

lets see it :)

yes, good idea!!

HAHAHA Monday I will find somewhere to catch some air...even if it's just a few inches and get cryogenic to cap it

hahah... that should be fun

maybe you should try and get some air too cryogenic?

I weigh 130... I don't have as much problem getting air but I'm not exactly a great jumper by any stretch of the imagination. :p

yea yea! we'll both get some air and maybe do a bit more with my camera, too bad it has no sound.

You could get a cool shot of you and cryo. doing a dirt jump train thing. :eek:

Or a shot of them doing this: http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=364552

im trying to make a video, but the dirt is wet and mushy so ill have to postpone it for a couple months :(

Or a shot of them doing this: http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=364552

Holy crap! That's awesome. Looks like he's wearing military body armor.

Or a shot of them doing this: http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=364552

Umm, yeah... One, I don't have the cajones to do such a thing.. and two, no bike in the world is gonna withstand such a jump with a 400 lb fat guy on it! :p So no such jumps for either of us.

o hell yeah pwrdbytrd, go for it:D

something on that bike would break!

something on that bike would break!

Yeah, my money's on the rider:D.

JESUS CHRIST! You alla re JUST TRYING to get me killed. I'd be worried to take anything more than a foot really.

For now on I will wear my helmet, at th etime I did not have one but I just bought a trek helmet, it looks pretty cool.

For now on I will wear my helmet, at th etime I did not have one but I just bought a trek helmet, it looks pretty cool.

Your brain says thanks :D

JESUS CHRIST! You alla re JUST TRYING to get me killed. I'd be worried to take anything more than a foot really.


Huck it! huck it! huck it!

I love drops personally, can do a 4ft drop now without even thinking about it, you'll find once you hit one, you'll want to hit bigger and bigger! :) My next target is 6ft.. all this is 2 weeks! :)

I'm looking for some bigger stuff to hit. The best drop I ever came accross was a roadgap which was about 1.5m high, but the landing went for ever. After the race was over we moved the track markers and straight lined into it for a long time. We ended up doing things like 3m drops with no handers and no footers.

Biggest I've done was about 6 feet to a landing.. I had a ramp set up at the top of this little hill, it kicks you up and out, and by the time you come down, you've dropped about 6 feet, and maybe 5 horizontally.

I also made a jump without a landing that puts you about 3.5-4 feet up, and pretty far over.

When I get better at manuals/low speed dropping, I'll try dropping out of the bed of our truck.

For now on I will wear my helmet, at th etime I did not have one but I just bought a trek helmet, it looks pretty cool.

Smart. And people get whacked by cars riding to the snack store too so keep it on.
I use a bmx Pro-Tek, it's a hard smash-out shell and has more side protection than the road \casual helmets.

Some shin guards are nice if you are platform. Those removable pins on the bmx style platforms (mine) can really punch a hole in ya when\if you come off a pedal.

Or a shot of them doing this: http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=364552

That pic's pretty hardcore. If that's you I'm gonna fricken crap myself.