What not to do on a MUNI drop

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I don't think the drop got ya ... it was the grade on the hill

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Hmmm.... it kinda looks like your feet slipped off the pedals and it
also looked like you weren't going fast enough to keep from falling on
that little hill landing even if you did stay on the pedals.

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steve0we said:

*... I need all the tips I can get!

*

Neosporin ointment helps the abrasions heal a little faster. Ice packs
on the back muscles initially, then perhaps a heating pad.

As far as crashes go, I would say that one was perfect. Seldom are
those caught on video. 😎

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Looks to me like you either bailed or your foot slipped off. Gotta stick
with it, you're better off staying on than bailing sometimes. Also, land
with your cranks at 3 and 9 then roll out, yours were around 7:48 and
whatever the opposite of that is.

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Rather than asking about how to land that drop better, you should be
asking about how to land that fall better. That was a cool vid, but that
was an awful landing on the fall. I like to think that if I did the
exact same fall, the moment the foot came off the pedal I would tuck and
then be able to roll out of it. Those who rode in Sacramento on the
Stephens trail may remember me biffing a log twice, hitting the ground
hard, but smoothly rolling out, so I ended up standing.

As for what went wrong, starting from the beginning, I will assume that
the first 2 times you did that drop you didn't go as aggressively at it.
That time, you just had too much weight on a foot set too far back on
the pedal, causing it to slip off. Then, rather than tucking and
rolling, you tried to put your other foot down, causing the face plant.

I would've gone at that drop as on the first try, I'd do it
conservatively, just to get a feel for it. Then I'd ride it fast, but I
think I would've crunched a bit more on it. If I had to do it only once,
and I wanted cool factor, I'd do a 5'ish lateral rolling hop, so when I
landed my wheel would be in front of me. You landed with your wheel
under you.

One cool thing is your muni bounced a good 2' vertically after you fell.

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I would say, be ready for any type of impact.🙂

If you are dropping to a downhill, be ready for a roll out. if you are
not very good with roll outs, make sure to put your weight back so you
fall backwards, as opposed to what you did😉 and keep your weight on
the pedals at all times

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It was really hot today, and as the day went on, the dirt got REALLY
dry. If I landed at 3 and 9, I would slide down the hill. The first
few times I hit it just as agressive I think, but the dirt had better
BITE. The roll out is steeper than it looks, and slowing the peddles is
really tough. Think I am going to switch pedals, and wait till its damp
out again. A few feet to my left is bigger, but the roll-out is
steeper. I think I can land that one, but once I do, the rolling speed
will increase in a hurry.

Thanks for the help, and scores! The guys on the xtreme downhill bikes
make it look easy.

How do I slow down the crank speed just after landing, I will try to
post a video of me landing it tomorrow, but I dont know if we got it or
not. My video guy went jogging this morning and got to the drop
late......

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steve0we said:

*It was really hot today, and as the day went on, the dirt got REALLY
dry. If I landed at 3 and 9, I would slide down the hill.*

Makes no difference. You land at 9 and 3 and your wheel is immediately
moving because of the combination of you rolling out and the slope
making you do so. You won't slid out on anything short of ice if you do
it properly.

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TheObieOne3226 said:

*Makes no difference. You land at 9 and 3 and your wheel is
immediately moving because of the combination of you rolling out and
the slope making you do so. You won't slid out on anything short of
ice if you do it properly. *

...in my experiences...

I'm no master of drops.

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Dude that was sick... much liked the video. you need one of you landing
becuase that looks like a really nice spot..

Chase

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I'm in no position to critique your riding. But I enjoyed watching the
footage of a spectacular crash! Watch out for those trees! And now I
know what the "ow" in your name stands for.

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Wow, great video! Thanks for sharing. I don't think I can add anything
to what others have said so I won't try...except to once again say great
stack!

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steve0we said:

*If I landed at 3 and 9, I would slide down the hill.*

That would depend on what you did as, and after you landed. I don't
think your pedal position was too bad in the clip, but obviously your
foot coming off was the major problem.

Quoted message said:

*The first few times I hit it just as agressive I think, but the dirt
had better BITE. The roll out is steeper than it looks,*

Everything is always steeper than it looks in 2-dimensional playback.
Doesn't that suck? In other words, we believe you. I would add though,
that your hit did not appear aggressive to me, outside of the fact that
you did it. I probably would be chicken. Your rolling up to the edge
looked pretty tentative, without much momentum. Though you can still
make a nice, aggressive jump from a standing (hopping) position at the
top.

In fact, getting positioned beforet jumping off might help. What I saw
was your pedals basically stopping once you'd left the ground, and
staying in the same position until you landed. Your foot may have come
off because of a less-then-optimum crank angle, but there could be any
number of other reasons. A 3 and 9 position would probably help, with an
immediate rollout.

When riding off of jumps or drops, you don't have to stop pedaling. Just
keep the pedals turning until they're where you want them. This may take
some practice to get used to, but I had to learn it in my first year of
riding to do it on the "jump ramp" in Redford Township Unicycle Club
performances in 1980.

Quoted message said:

*Thanks for the help, and scores! The guys on the xtreme downhill
bikes make it look easy. *

Definitely an 8.9 for the landing. Can't give you a score for the drop,
because you didn't ride out. But that face plant definitely deserves
style points.

Like Gerble said, you'll be best served by trying to tuck and roll if
you know you're going down head-first. This takes practice too, but it's
worth doing some test runs if you plan to make drops like that. If there
had been a rock or sharp stick where your face area came down, it could
have made you ugly.

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Thanks for all the help guys. I will keep working on the learning
curve, and I will practice the 3 and 9. Does anyone have any good
footage that I can watch of someone landing drops this size on dirt? It
is always easier to see someone else do something. and learn from that
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Ouch.
Hope your o.k. Steve.
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steve0we said:

*Does anyone have any good footage that I can watch of someone landing
drops this size on dirt?*

Closest thing I can send you to is a series of frames from a video of
Kris Holm doing a similar style of drop. Go to the muni section of
www.unicycle.2ya.com .

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Great vid, looks like you kinda got triped up by the uni when you
slipped. Whenever I am doing any kind of drop I try to have the center
of my feet on the pedals so my feet have a lot more room if they are
going to slip and so I don't work my ankles to much when landing. I
sprained my ankel pretty bad once when doing a drop.

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To me, it seems as though you werent ready for the landing. If you look
at the Slow-mo part you can see that from the time that you leav the
gorun to the time you touch it(IE:while you are airborn) your body stays
in the same postion. You should be ready to absorb all impact a good
distance from the ground. Your leap position also led your wieght to be
distributed improperly, which caused your feet to slip off. You can see
your feet already coming off midair.

You didn't relax into the impact and absorb it. Plain and simple.

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Humm...the way you kindof shimered in the air is suggesting that you
were doing this drop on your switch foot.... try the other way around
just for fun..

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