Cinder blocks = Bad Idea for Trials Practice

Cinder blocks aren't all bad. I've found that they're good for
supporting thinner fallen trees. Just thread the tree through one of
the holes in the cinder block. That way the trees don't roll side to
side, and you can link several lengths of tree to ride on.

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phlegm said:

Cinder blocks aren't all bad. I've found that they're good for
supporting thinner fallen trees. Just thread the tree through one of
the holes in the cinder block. That way the trees don't roll side to
side, and you can link several lengths of tree to ride on.

Thats a good idea. But I'm going to stay away from them for a few days
at least haha.

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Any home made trials prop can be a bad idea if it is able to roll or
fall over.

You have to affix it in a way that it can't do that. I've found that
out the hard way several times myself.

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Yeah. Today I was riding on an unsecured tree that fell and It started
spinning.

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Ganon said:

Yeah. Today I was riding on an unsecured tree that fell and It started
spinning.

uh oh...

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No, I acctually still rode on it.....

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Ganon said:

No, I acctually still rode on it.....

oh okay haha

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You think I'm lying?

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Ganon said:

You think I'm lying?

No, I would've used an ellipsis (...) if I were implying sarcasm. I
believe you.

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I set up some cinder blocks for trialsy stuff using my Muni. They did
feel really unstablem but I was lucky I didn't fall!

The "Cinder-ama" segment is 1:24 minutes in.😄

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I use cinder blocks and they never give me any trouble.

PS: I use solid cinder block, I dont know if you use hollow or solid
but apparently solid works better.

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How do you ride on trees without falling for the bump of the top of the
cider block?

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Chexjc said:

I went outside to practice some trials for the first time a couple of
months.

I made a 2x2 square out of 4 cinder blocks.

First hop....made it to the ledge....but the cinderblock tipped over.
Then I fell On the pile of the other three.

So as a word of advice, you may wish to avoid cinder blocks. They leave
nasty scrapes.

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thats nothing.
they only fall over if you build them (stack) wrong.

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it's like running across the highway at rush hour. Dangerous, stupid,
but not really that fun.

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Koxx rapes Torker hard!

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never give 4 teenagers a camera... they go crazy

johnfoss said:

Yes, being old makes you stupid.

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I broke a cinderblock before when snapping down to jump off it.

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dunawan said:

I use cinder blocks and they never give me any trouble.

PS: I use solid cinder block, I dont know if you use hollow or solid
but apparently solid works better.

mine were hollow.

torkerdx said:

thats nothing.
they only fall over if you build them (stack) wrong.

I didn't say it was a terrible injury.

How can you stack them wrong? I landed on the very edge of it, which
caused it to tip over..which it would've in any stacking position.

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Chexjc said:

mine were hollow.

I didn't say it was a terrible injury.

How can you stack them wrong? I landed on the very edge of it, which
caused it to tip over..which it would've in any stacking position.

ok
they only fall over when you land on them wrong.

and how can you stack them wrong.
put the center of mass just barely over the one beneath it duh

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gordito8me said:

it's like running across the highway at rush hour. Dangerous, stupid,
but not really that fun.

Unicaw89 said:

Koxx rapes Torker hard!

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never give 4 teenagers a camera... they go crazy

johnfoss said:

Yes, being old makes you stupid.

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Chexjc said:

No, I would've used an ellipsis (...) if I were implying sarcasm.

Wow! I am truly impressed. (You even used the subjunctive.)

Tell me, what is the punctuation mark to denote the absence of an
ellipsis?😄

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Mikefule said:

Wow! I am truly impressed. (You even used the subjunctive.)

Tell me, what is the punctuation mark to denote the absence of an
ellipsis?😄

I'm not quite sure.

'I wikipedia'd it' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis), but still
can't find the answer to your question.

Would it be brackets?

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But If I put cinderblocks to stabalize it, the tops of the blocks will
trip me because they are elevated higher than the tree.

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