Be HONEST older Retro riders - Who is taking MAHOOSIVE air ?

[firedfromthecircus]

The tyres on my fatbike take quite a lot of pumping.
Is that the mass of air you are talking about?

 

[M-Power]

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Don't worry, airbag suits are on the way for Mountainbikers.

 

[The History Man]

Wish I could get some.....

 

[Kell]

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I got some air off a ski jump in the Alps this year.

But there was also plenty of air in the bag placed in landing zone to mean I didn't need to worry about coming down with a bump.

If it had been on to regular snow, I would have not done it.

 

[jimo746]

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I try to as often as possible, purely because it's fun :mrgreen:
It's relatively easy on a modern full-sus bike, on a retro hardtsil it's a little trickier, but the payoff is that you may only get 1 foot of air but it feels like 4feet !!

 

[M-Power]

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I got some air off a ski jump in the Alps this year.

But there was also plenty of air in the bag placed in landing zone to mean I didn't need to worry about coming down with a bump.

If it had been on to regular snow, I would have not done it.

Seen a few pics of the same type of landing for bike jumps. I would have to try this first before attempting anything crazy

 

[tufty]

I don't jump on bikes any more. Getting it wrong hurts too damn much. BITD, a friend of mine practiced his "zak-flip" into a swimming pool until he could do it properly, but still ended up with plates and screws all over the place.

On skis and the like I'm a bit more adventurous, these days I mainly ride a skwal and have no fear of boosting off terrain moves or dropping 3m or so off edges. That said, I hit the "Franco Berthod" slope in La Thuile 3 days ago and nearly soiled myself. It's a 73% grade "injected" (read - ice rink) slope used for world cup racing, though.

 

[M-Power]

I don't jump on bikes any more. Getting it wrong hurts too damn much. BITD, a friend of mine practiced his "zak-flip" into a swimming pool until he could do it properly, but still ended up with plates and screws all over the place.

On skis and the like I'm a bit more adventurous, these days I mainly ride a skwal and have no fear of boosting off terrain moves or dropping 3m or so off edges. That said, I hit the "Franco Berthod" slope in La Thuile 3 days ago and nearly soiled myself. It's a 73% grade "injected" (read - ice rink) slope used for world cup racing, though.

Jays, that is properly poop shifting. :shock:

 

[M-Power]

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Interesting link on FB about this -

http://www.singletracks.com/blog/trail- ... ts-us-all/

 

[legrandefromage]

I've just done a massive fart and it feels, erm, moist down there.