Riding over a log

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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

This has been discussed all to hell and back, so you can google for lots of detailed info.

Basically, you do a bit of a bunny hop - pull the front wheel up, then pop the rear up and push the
bars forward so the rear wheel clears, or at least crests, the log.

You have to be willing to fall over a lot to get this right. Or, be very talented. I am not very
talented. I fall over a lot.

Chris

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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

I hit my large chain ring all the time doing just what your describing. Somtimes I need to uncleat
and walk over the log, other times I roll right over it. It helps to approach the log with momentum
so that when your chain ring hits, you can just pedal through, give a little bunny hop to either
clear the log with your rear tire, or just get the tire high enough to get traction on the log and
pedal over. The most important thing is just keep trying. Once you do it a few times, you will
develope your own technique which might be bunny hop the whole darn thing not touching it at all!

TJ On the single track of life, the 2 wheeled man is King...

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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

This has been discussed all to hell and back, so you can google for lots

of

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detailed info.

Basically, you do a bit of a bunny hop - pull the front wheel up, then pop the rear up and push
the bars forward so the rear wheel clears, or at

least

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crests, the log.

You have to be willing to fall over a lot to get this right. Or, be very talented. I am not very
talented. I fall over a lot.

Chris

Like the rest of us I suppose. Yes it does involve a lot of falling (which I still do most of the
time) but I would say to practice lifting the rear without using front brakes while riding forward.
Just try to lift the rear a few inches. Once you can do that it will be easier to lift the front
and drop it just past the top of the log and begin lifting the back. You should be able to clear
the log that way.

Destroy said:

What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

12-18"? Just hop over it.

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Destroy <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Find a friend who can do it, watch them over and over and over, then, give them your bike to ride
over the log - simple.

Shaun aRe - Duh!

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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Yep. that's what happens to me a lot too. This might (or might not) help. Regardless, it's
interesting anyway.

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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

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Learn to lurch.

TJ

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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Find a friend who can do it, watch them over and over and over, then, give them your bike to ride
over the log - simple.

Shaun aRe - Duh!

Not diminishing the fact that you're a smartass, (which was never in doubt, of course😉 that's the
best advice so far. Monkey See--Monkey Do, goes a long way in mountainbiking.

On the AMB-ID epic earlier this month, Jerry properly bunny hopped a 6" log across the trail to show
some some in the group how it's done. The fact that he cleared it by more than 2 feet was pretty
cool. To describe how to do it in writing loses a lot in the translation.

Paladin

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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Find a friend who can do it, watch them over and over and over, then,

give

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them your bike to ride over the log - simple.

Shaun aRe - Duh!

Not diminishing the fact that you're a smartass, (which was never in doubt, of course😉

Well, it's been said before, but(t) I hadn't realised you'd been looking (which reminds me of
another thread..........).

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that's the best advice so far. Monkey See--Monkey Do, goes a long way in mountainbiking.

Aye - was hoping that'd make it past the flippancy ',;~}~

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On the AMB-ID epic earlier this month, Jerry properly bunny hopped a 6" log across the trail to
show some some in the group how it's done. The fact that he cleared it by more than 2 feet was
pretty cool. To describe how to do it in writing loses a lot in the translation.

I bet! I learned more on my first couple of group (club) MTB rides than I'd learned in the previous
8 or so years solo MTB riding, just by watching the better and braver.

Shaun aRe

Destroy said:

What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the bike
clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Approach log at speed.

As your front wheel nears the log, grab lots of front brake while shifting your weight forward.

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Destroy said:

What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Approach log at speed.

As your front wheel nears the log, grab lots of front brake while shifting your weight forward.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Too good.

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Destroy said:

What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Approach log at speed.

As your front wheel nears the log, grab lots of front brake while shifting your weight forward.

...and if you're clipped on, pull up on the rear. 🙂

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Yep. that's what happens to me a lot too. This might (or might not) help. Regardless, it's
interesting anyway.

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Thanks for all the replies. Guess I need to practice lifting the bike with the pedals more.

Only thing is, with the 'lift rear of bike over log' technique, one needs a fair bit of
momentum, right? Most of the logs I encounter are on a tight trails where speed is not that
easily acquired at will.

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Yep. that's what happens to me a lot too. This might (or might not) help. Regardless, it's
interesting anyway.

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Thanks for all the replies. Guess I need to practice lifting the bike with the pedals more.

Only thing is, with the 'lift rear of bike over log' technique, one needs a fair bit of momentum,
right? Most of the logs I encounter are on a tight trails where speed is not that easily acquired
at will.

Momentum doesn't necessarily mean fast. You only need to keep what momentum you have at the point in
which your chain ring hits the log. If your chain ring hits and you stop, you didn't keep your
momentum. If right at the moment that your chain ring hits the log, you lunge forward and lift the
rear tire to clear the chain ring and get the rear tire high enough on the log to roll over, you
have conserved the ( on many cases, little ) momentum you do have. You will find that shifting your
body weight will help in many different circumstances. This is what works for me, in the end you may
find different techniques that help you in the particular manner that you ride.

Tyblalt

Bring along a mini chainsaw, now cut a path.

Fire up MTB 03

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Destroy said:

What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Approach log at speed.

As your front wheel nears the log, grab lots of front brake while shifting your weight forward.

Ah ha, this explains the toe breakage.

The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
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What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
bike clearance not possible to cross?

I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.

Yep. that's what happens to me a lot too. This might (or might not) help. Regardless, it's
interesting anyway.

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Nice, Bill

The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 21:29:32 -0400, Bill Wheeler <[email hidden]> wrote:

|On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:44:00 -0700, P e t e F a g e r l i n
|<[email hidden]> wrote:
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|>On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 01:44:53 GMT, Destroy <[email hidden]> wrote:
|>
|>>What is the technique to ride over a 1 to 1.5 foot diameter log? Or is any log higher than the
|>>bike clearance not possible to cross?
|>>
|>>I get hung up in the middle all the time cause my front drive sprocket bottoms out on the log.
|>
|>Approach log at speed.
|>
|>As your front wheel nears the log, grab lots of front brake while shifting your weight forward.
|
|Ah ha, this explains the toe breakage.

Hmmm...time to read that thread again.

P e t e F a g e r l i n said:

|Ah ha, this explains the toe breakage.

Hmmm...time to read that thread again.

No I this was just yet another attempt at me trying to be funny....guess it didn't work.

The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
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