First I have my own question. Did you hack 2" off my boxes?!! Today I
did my first hopping practice in about 4 days, and I was able to
immediately, without a warm up, do 7 no-prehop 25inchers, followed by 7
prehopped 25" hops (bear in mind, lately I've had a hard time with
prehops). So, already I had 14 in a row without a fall yet. Then I
raised it, and I landed 26" without a prehop first try. I got it six
more times (with and without a prehop. I also noticed when I
no-prehopped, I could've gone over a bar, as my tire was landing around
7-8" onto the obj.), before I added anothe inch so it was 27". Again, I
landed it first try-no prehop! I landed a few more with and without
prehops, before scrubbing my tire against the side and getting crank🙁 .
Then, immediately after the scrub, I landed 10 27 inchers in a row,
alternating prehop-no prehop! Then I had to have dinner, but i can't
believe it. I finally broke 27"! I'm really satisfied, but now I have to
rig some new risers🙁 . That'll take a while.
As for the line, I'm not all that good at gap-drops (most of
my stuff is flat-gap-ish, and I usually land into an
incline, so stopping myself isn't much of a problem). BUT, I
ride with Mike Middleton, who's crazy! He landed a ~6.5' gap
with less than a vertical foot of height difference
consistently (we'll put it in our video we're making, which
should be online in a few months)! He can hang with the bike
trials guys on gaps, which is saying something. The guys we
ride with are expert, and one of the just got back from
Europe for some trials training camp. And the landing
platform is only about 20" wide! Anyways, I've started to
agree with him on gaps with a drop factor. He does it seat
in, because it gives him exactly what it sounds like you need-
stopping power. I find when I do flatish gaps to my balance
beam andf then to a small paltform, I have the same problem
as you. I ethier overshoot, or undershoot. If I scrub the
edge, I land on the box, but do what you described, and hop
off the other end. I've been working on this, but there's no
clear solution for flat gaps.
As for a gap with drop in it, there seems to be hope... Try
it seat in, which I find gives much better stopping power
for big gaps. You may land hard, but at least you'll land it
(I hope). That's all i can say, try it seat in, and do more
of a lateral gap rather than front, although I know it's
hard, and also the tire really wants to shear off the rim. I
think seat in is really the best idea I have, though. Try it
on a fireball, too. Even if you miss it, it makes this cool
screech. I love it for street, because I can gap and it
makes me sound like I'm super-skilled and can skid😄 .
New Jacking: What tire do you use? I just was given a Monty
whiteline, and it's not all that great. Certainly not $10
more than the luna. It's got a rounder profile, but the
knobbies are nice for grabbing obstacles (that is, when I
make it 🙂 )...
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