drop height

There are 2 skills with drops
1. dont hurt yourself
2. dont hurt your unicycle.
i've got the first one, but I'm on my 5th unicycle and replacement
cranks due to a 5ft drop.
theres certainly a skill to not breaking something, but otherwise,
anyone can jump off something high.

But its good to be able to drop from high up, so that you're not afraid
to do a skinny that you'll probably fall from.

You can see the unofficial drop record by Kris in ThunderDragon.

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I made a drop of 8 feet, but it was in my begginings when I wasn't aware
yet I could hurt me or my uni...

Hopefully, I landed it, but I could have hurt myself, because I had
begun trial just 2 weeks earlier, and I really didn't have any
technique.

I'm sorry for my english, I hope you can understand me...

Have a good day,

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phthoruth said:

i've got the first one, but I'm on my 5th unicycle and replacement
cranks due to a 5ft drop.

What kind of unicycles are you using?>

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This answer is easy, all I have to do is copy my post from 'this thread'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41806):

My highest drop from a unicycle was 6 1/2 feet off a 9 1/2 foot
giraffe...landed wrong...then 10 weeks on crutches.

I stopped trials/MUni drops at loading dock height and now stick to
picnic table or lower. No sense in tempting fate.

I've watched others land drops over 7 feet. I could probably watch
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oops! sorry for making a duplicate thread... but mine has a poll, so
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phthoruth said:

just because Kris can do it, doesnt mean its possible 🙂

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i have done a few 9 footers, and 1 14 footer to soft sand (yeah I landed
it, but I couldn't pedal away)
big drops are only cool when you clear 15 stairs at the same time(the
record? is 13 stairs)
I have done a few drops to concrete bigger than 9 feet, but they were
unmeasured.

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I've dropped 4' 11 1/2"... but there's no option in the poll for me.
Why you gotta be hatin' on the 11 1/2"ers?

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James_Potter said:

I've done a five or six footer, but I don't do that high much
anymore...big drops are silly.

except for muni. drops are a huge part of muni. plus they're uber-fun!
my highest is ten feet.
EDIT: @ Rocco, ahahahaha!

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Oops. I accidentally voted whilst in Rocco's account...

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Pommesfritz said:

man könnte sich eine vielzahnnabe ja ähnlich wie ein rad vorstellen,
eine vierkantnabe wie einen würfel. das rad rollt ja auch besser als
der würfel.

Probailer2 said:

One Yoggi is enough

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ive done 6'2

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unifreak7 said:

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5' and I love drops they are totally fun! I am scared to try six, but
prolly will this summer... I am not even comfortable with 5fters yet
...... So yeah go drops always fun!

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Ducttape said:

not gonna show you it tonight becasue I am going to play with it until I
go to bed to get it just right.........

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My biggest is 5' 9" off my friend's porch railing.
(you can see it in one of my vids, Chicago Uni 2)

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Does riding off a curb count? I just figured out I could do that today.

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9ft to flat concrete...But im so sick of drops now, my knees are [censored]!
Go grind a rail or hop up something skinny :-D

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Spencer Hochberg said:

If the sun came out at night id be nocturnal....

my knees and ankles arent shot yet, but sometimes i hear brent complain
about his...
yeah some drops are kinda stupid to do...but they are still fun!!

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I've done a 7'.

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Uniman_3 said:

my knees and ankles arent shot yet, but sometimes i hear brent complain
about his...
yeah some drops are kinda stupid to do...but they are still fun!!

I shot my knees at moab, 2 months ago.

they are still swelled up, and I can only do little riding.

🙁

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Spencer said:

well, at least I'm not drinking my own blood, I only drink other
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howd u screw your knees up, your only 14...
try taking some glucosamine chondoitin complex pills..they are for your
joints and can help alot..

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Personally I think jumping stairsets is way more fun than simply
straight drops...because big stairsets do often include a big drop in
height, so that fun part is included, but also you have to clear them
forwards...which not only takes more skill, but you have to roll out
which is better for your unicycle and your body in general.

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James_Potter said:

I've done a five or six footer, but I don't do that high much
anymore...big drops are silly.

But they look so cool! I'm preparing for my biggest drop to date; 5'2",
made from a stack of pallets and cinder blocks, as seen below. It
really seems MUCH higher and it's a bit wobbly, adding to my fear!:eek:
What the hell, here goes!😎 It's interesting that the poll results
(so far) show that a strong majority of respondents have done *over* 6
foot drops!

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