phantomcow2

Well im wondering, with my light XC setup here what do you think is the maximum drop that could be done without worrying about breaking. I weigh around 130
Rock shox SID Team
Schwinn Homegrown '01
I know its not ment for 6 footers and i have no intent of doing such a drop either

Dannihilator

1 foot.

RubenZ

nice helpful advice there.

Joe Gardner

Live a little, start off small, and work your way upto 2 - 3' over the summer. IMHO, the SID team will take alot more abuse then you would expect, what wheels are you running?

phantomcow2

im running wheels built by myself using....
Hugi 240's front and rear
2.0/1.5/2.0mm front and rear non drive
2.0/1.8/2.0mm rear drive side
Sun 0 deg lite rims front and rear
Tensioned at 110kgf

Joe Gardner

I dont think you would have a problem hitting a 3' drop, it all depends how you use your body to soak up the hit. If your new to drops, start small and practice soaking up the hit with your body. The gear is good for much more then you would think, i have had 18" of air under my fixed gear road bike... you would be surprised

phantomcow2

Yea i was thinking 3' as well. I think im good at soaking up hits, i was justing thinking about building a little bigger of a drop in my yard, right now its around 2 feet

IndustriaL

WTF IS THIS!?, what are you guys some ******* hit that ***** full speed at least 7 foot i wouldn't go no lower talking about some 1 foot what the hell

Snuffleupagus

Cocaine's a helluva drug eh IL.

Dannihilator

This is a XC bike we are talking about with race geometry, it's not designed for drops.

IndustriaL

lol, true on coke you think your bulletproof but still 1 foot, thats weak **** I went down a steep ass hill that 4-wheelers couldn't go down i went down it on a bike I learned how to fly that day and in doing so broke my collar bone but thats ok but damn thats just ***** **** 1 foot lol

IndustriaL

**** the race geometry **** bikes are bikes if they **** up its because your the man and you made it **** up MAN IS GREATER THAN MACHINE!!! Treat your bike the way a bike is to be treated run it through hell, **** I ride my bike through creeks up muddy ass embankments through 5 foot fields up mother****ers of hills bikes are bikes jump that XC bike like hell its what bikes are for

bruiser2

First you complain because biers spend too much on their bikes now you're calling them ******* for not wanting to destroy somrething they put a lot of time, money, and pride into. His bike won't last doing that stuff. We all know that you are GOD on two wheels but if you understood things better, you'd realize how stupid you sound.

madbiker555

Never heard of XC huh?




Don't freak out at me for posting that


Rare seeing you here Joe, I only ever see you in the News & Suggestions area.

rasheed

dang, what's with all the cussing? you'd think this was pinkbike... thank God for filters.

along the lines of what joe said, your bike should be able to handle the odd drop. a lot would depend on how strong your wheels are and also whether it's a drop to flat or if you've got a tranny to work with. drops to flat can be pretty brutal on the bike and the body, especially if you don't know how to soak up the impact on landing too well.

Hopper

It all depends on how smooth you are and what the drop landing is like. If it is a harsh drop with a harsh rider, you could stuff it up at 1ft. If it is a hell smooth drop with hell smooth rider you could possibly go up to 5,6,10ft.

It all depends/

madbiker555

10ft on an XC bike!

Im not going there.

Maelstrom 

Good seeing joe on the dark side ...

I can't say much. The more I live here the more I meet some of the originals of west coast freeriding. If you are smooth, it can be done. Seriously, if you are smooth 3 to 5 ft will be 'butta'....I know guys riding fr trails (maybe not as fast as the dually) on full on xc race bikes doing every hit (up to 10 ft)...the limit is your skill+bike ~ breakage. Pretty random....try it, you might break it, but you might find out you ride like bender or dangerous dan.