You are going to wear a helmet and pads please
Old blokes who should know better.....
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Really enjoying this thread - entertaining and inspirational
brilliant mate !!! I'm loving it and the fact that Sam has joined in has made it better.. go for it !
Certainly no advice from me, enjoyed watching your video, helpful and has already been said inspirational, I’m also in the same boat, it’s been at least 25 years since I last got on a bike and that was a steel framed MTB with skinny wheels and no suspension, fast forward to present day and I’m eager to learn like yourself, I might do the same and build a kicker with the leftover plywood from my resent bike cave build, the only problem is I might have to go outside to use it which could court controversy ?
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uploading now...
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made the huge ramp we built yesterday into a table top... but did we have the balls to send it ?
steve_sordy
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Brilliant viewing, such a precious time.
Now swap bikes!
Now swap bikes!
billwarwick
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Only watched the first one so far. Was waiting for the ‘ You’ve been framed ‘ moment when the jigsaw came out ?. Reminders of Benny Hill too...
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billwarwick
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And the girls in suspenders.... perhaps you could get some?lol, Benny Hill without the epic comedic music
Girls or suspenders ??? I know he had shorts on the other day, but I'm really not sure I want to see him in suspenders ... with the beard n all, I think we're heading into Kenny Everett territory !!
Top job guys ! It all looks so composed from the side view. The on bike camera looks like you jump about 20 meters !
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Top job guys ! It all looks so composed from the side view. The on bike camera looks like you jump about 20 meters !
you're right mate, sometimes we film each other on the phone and watch it back straight away, its always a shock watching what you had just done looking (as you said) so composed when you were actually shitting your pants and feeling like you were in orbit
NULevo
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Girls or suspenders ??? I know he had shorts on the other day, but I'm really not sure I want to see him in suspenders ... with the beard n all, I think we're heading into Kenny Everett territory !!
True - but it would be in the 'best possible taste'!
Akiwi
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You guys have been having some great weather. I haven't ventured outside this week. The sun has been shining, but the temperatures have barely crept over 0 degrees. Love your Milwaukee Packout! I have some stuff from that collection and it is brilliant! Keep it up. My Boys built a jump that I could perhaps lend you.
I haven't tried it. But it is stored behind my house.
Keep up the good work and the inspiring videos.
I haven't tried it. But it is stored behind my house.
Keep up the good work and the inspiring videos.
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ooh, lucky that was a soft landing, he was backwards !!
mate, I love the packout, I have pretty much all Milwaukee tools apart from some festool and dewalt laser, they are just a little bit better than the competition but that does matter.
yea the weather is perfect for this right now, hope it stays that way for a while.
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I have a plan............
You probably still would tho, eh?
The world is a different place to what it was a few weeks ago. I'm starting to wonder what might be now classed as acceptable.. especially in the entertainments field... Is YouTube MTB in suspenders not just the logical evolution to lycra ?You probably still would tho, eh?
Not 20 minutes later ... and a little bit of "Here's one I prepared earlier ...." and Dobby does a Viola in his Tardis shed.
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right, I need some help @Zimmerframe @Gary and anyone else who has any experience of ramp building... going to make a video so you can see what I need help with.. and you will see 'the plan' BRB
This might help .. the Patented Zimmer Safety Ramp !
hehe... Reality TV?
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so much talking... how dull...
but if you can help, please do...
but if you can help, please do...
lol. put down the tape measure.
That gap already has a natural lip and landing. I'm 100% confident I could jump it easily and smoothly without building anything at all.
(excuse my poor paint skills)
it's 2 bike lengths. most folk who can jump well will be able to bunny hop well over a bike length at will and with a slight lip and some speed means it's really not a big jump.
Knowing how to do it is the issue. and you've not yet learned this.
Scooping out a smoother take off in the natural grass would help but not required as would levelling the out the grass landing transition.
you don't need to build anything out of wood. put down a board on the landing though. infact you might want to put down a door or something in the gap to give you confidence. you'll never land on it but it does seem to help with the fear of gaps
See when I asked to download the BMX game earlier in the thread. I was serious. You need to understand the physics of jumping/pumping and landing. and timing. and that little game will teach you all of those things. please download it and have a play with it tonight.
That gap already has a natural lip and landing. I'm 100% confident I could jump it easily and smoothly without building anything at all.
(excuse my poor paint skills)
it's 2 bike lengths. most folk who can jump well will be able to bunny hop well over a bike length at will and with a slight lip and some speed means it's really not a big jump.
Knowing how to do it is the issue. and you've not yet learned this.
Scooping out a smoother take off in the natural grass would help but not required as would levelling the out the grass landing transition.
you don't need to build anything out of wood. put down a board on the landing though. infact you might want to put down a door or something in the gap to give you confidence. you'll never land on it but it does seem to help with the fear of gaps
See when I asked to download the BMX game earlier in the thread. I was serious. You need to understand the physics of jumping/pumping and landing. and timing. and that little game will teach you all of those things. please download it and have a play with it tonight.
I honestly don't mean to sound harsh here but none of your built jumps yet have had landings in apropriate position or height/transition to match the take offs you've built.
this is the first mistake kids in the woods tend to make when building their first dirt jumps. They almost ALWAYS spend ages on their take offs and rarely ever put the effort and time into their landings. Good jumps don't work like that. play the game and you'll hopefully get it.
this is the first mistake kids in the woods tend to make when building their first dirt jumps. They almost ALWAYS spend ages on their take offs and rarely ever put the effort and time into their landings. Good jumps don't work like that. play the game and you'll hopefully get it.
Ps. It shouldn't need saying but please please be careful and ride within your limits.
This really isn't the time to be taking risks that could stretch our health/emergency services.
#StaysafeBro
This really isn't the time to be taking risks that could stretch our health/emergency services.
#StaysafeBro
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