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Drop help

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n-o
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k so i am going to make a biking drop here, its in my back yard it is a 12 foot vertical drop but i need to build up a landing. anyone got tips on how high/ fassr out from the drop the landing should be, like i know where to put it and shit but i just wanted to see if anyone out there has EXPERIENCE and could throw some tips me way ... heres a pic of me hitting another drop i built

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if that interests you here is a photo album of my shit
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/?op=list&function=myphotos&photouserid=88791
Jul 17 2006 4:40PM
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Liam.KC
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don't nail into trees. the landing should be long enough for you bike but the bigger the better/easier. I'd say it should be like 10 feet long and make steep enough so it doesn't hurt as much and break your bike. it's pretty simple, just use common sense.
Jul 17 2006 5:00PM
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garrett.
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12' on a ht..better land right
Jul 17 2006 5:09PM
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invader7
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thats prety sick i wish my backyard was like that
Jul 17 2006 5:36PM
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Cam_16_T
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Jea iam a afg
Jul 17 2006 7:00PM
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Cam_16_T
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sry that was my friend he is acually a fag nolan
Jul 17 2006 7:01PM
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S-Titterington
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i use to have a hardtail and i could do just as big of drops and all that stupid kinda shit on it, and now i have a scream and i still do the same stuff. weird, kinda didnt make any sense but o well.
Jul 17 2006 7:02PM
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S-Titterington
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oh ya, liten to this kid.
Jul 17 2006 7:03PM
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tBatt
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get a shitty bike, push it off and see where it lands
Jul 17 2006 7:08PM
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n-o
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i think im gonna make it about 4 feet tall ( so then the drop will only be 8 feet) and about ten long
Jul 18 2006 10:10AM
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S-Titterington
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i mean listen to this kid
Jul 18 2006 1:52PM
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wh@t
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basically you first want to see how much speed you can carry into it, how much landing room you have, and anything else. then you build the bridge; i would make that drop either at 90 deg or a roll off, DO NOT MAKE IT AT AN UPWARD ANGLE!. dont nail the trees, rather put supports nex to the trees and anchor them inta the ground and to the tree with rope or some shit. put it up and WHOOP DE FUCKIN DOO!
Jul 18 2006 2:03PM
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n-o
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k well i already nailed into the trees, so theres some bad karma but it gonna be fucking hard cause the flat distance of the drop is 25 feet, so upramp , 25 ft of slighty downward pointing ladder then the drop... the hard part is we are using two 25 foot pine trees, so each one weighs about 400 lbs. ... gonna be fucking hard to get them up there
Jul 18 2006 6:14PM
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t-man152
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build the drop higher add another 8 feet and just land to flat you pussy
Jul 18 2006 6:18PM
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ski_cartel
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thats a sick looking drop but on a HT, from experience it can go real bad real quick unless you land nearly perfectly. Id say make the landing 10 feet lonf anf 4 feet high, that should do you right
Jul 18 2006 6:27PM
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wh@t
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hence turn it into another six footer:)haha
Jul 18 2006 6:42PM
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ski_cartel
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i know it sucks but he has a hard tail, its mad hard to do big drops on HT's with out getting hurt. I have the fractured bones and dented shins to prove it
Jul 18 2006 6:47PM
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wh@t
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jea word thas why i got me a five inch travel bike for everything.
Jul 18 2006 6:49PM
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n-o
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jeajea my friends dont wanna build it so... for now it will sit there
Jul 19 2006 5:54PM
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jayamait
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i never said i didn't want to build, that was cam, or mr. "jea i am a fag"
Jul 29 2006 2:45PM
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