Mtb'er descending stairs :)

the mind boggles at him carrying the bike back up <G>

gescom said:

Check this guy out: http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1

It was posted by 'w417h3r' in this thread
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=26701&page=19&pp=15

Crazy! Don't have a mtb atm but when I do I'll make sure its a hardtail
with a rack. 😉

gescom said:

Check this guy out: http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1

It was posted by 'w417h3r' in this thread
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=26701&page=19&pp=15

Crazy! Don't have a mtb atm but when I do I'll make sure its a hardtail
with a rack. 😉

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing
to ask?

&roo

hahah, yeah i was wondering that myself

Andrew Swan said:

gescom said:

Check this guy out: http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1

It was posted by 'w417h3r' in this thread
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=26701&page=19&pp=15

Crazy! Don't have a mtb atm but when I do I'll make sure its a hardtail
with a rack. 😉

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing
to ask?

&roo

Andrew Swan said:

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing
to ask?

Skill?
Confidence?

The same reason people tend to walk rather than ride longitudinally
planked bridges.

A practical consideration is if he drops off it, his front wheel can
drop 6", which might be a bit of a disaster?

Terry Collins said:

Andrew Swan said:

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing
to ask?

Skill?
Confidence?

The same reason people tend to walk rather than ride longitudinally
planked bridges.

A practical consideration is if he drops off it, his front wheel can
drop 6", which might be a bit of a disaster?

It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?

Plank bridges are an unavoidable obstacle on which one might not feel
confident, but nobody rides down a pyramid/mountain thing (esp. on their
rack) unless they are seriously confident - I reckon he's doing the
steps for fun (not my idea of it, though) or extra difficulty. He could
ride the smooth bit if he chose.

&roo

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Quoted message said:

It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?

[Image of two azteks/whatever pushing a wheelbarrow up the stairs, one on
each side]

Quoted message said:

Plank bridges are an unavoidable obstacle on which one might not feel
confident, but nobody rides down a pyramid/mountain thing (esp. on their
rack) unless they are seriously confident - I reckon he's doing the
steps for fun (not my idea of it, though) or extra difficulty. He could
ride the smooth bit if he chose.

Steps are fun, I used to do them a few times in Oslo - never had a puncture
from them either. However they'd be _nowhere_ as long as pictured.

j

gescom said:

Check this guy out:
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8389&stc=1
It was posted by 'w417h3r' in this thread
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=26701&page=19&pp=15
Crazy! Don't have a mtb atm but when I do I'll make sure its a hardtail
with a rack. 😉

Whoa, Whoa

Not to offend anyone here in anyway, but hey people! Aren't we entitle
to get our kick in any way we please (well, as long as it doesn't hur
anyone else)? If someone gets the kick out of climbing down all thos
steps, and if he can do it correctly, what's wrong with that? Prett
sure these steps are not the only way to get off that hill, so why h
does not use the smooth bit is, ehem..., irrelevant. And so is whethe
or not it's right to use a hardtail with a rack

In my humble view, bike riders are the most accommodating and supportiv
bunch of people, so I'm gonna take it easy on him

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'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps tha
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoeve
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow

:eek

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its_stuart said:

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

I had the same thought, till I had seen a road bike go down. I don't even
want to think about what your $400+ road rims would look like by the time you
get to the bottom of the stairs if there wasn't a flat bit.

Certainly is more fun to do it on an mtb though. :-)

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its_stuart said:

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

:eek:

I didn't think they invested the wheel. Perhaps it was for a
sledbarrow?

Big Bill Cody said:

its_stuart said:

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

:eek:

I didn't think they invested the wheel. Perhaps it was for a
sledbarrow?

Um... I meant invented

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Quoted message said:

It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?

Umm, isn't it built from concrete?
I don't ever remember seeing mayan/inca/aztec handrails.

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:43:08 +1100, Big Bill Cody <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

its_stuart said:

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

:eek:

I didn't think they invested the wheel. Perhaps it was for a
sledbarrow?

It would've been easier to pull sliding loads up a smooth incline,
rather than up a series of steps.

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Cheers

PeterC

[Rushing headlong: out of control - and there ain't no stopping]
[and there's nothing you can do about it at all]

I think he should have got a good run up at it and hit it as hard as he could jackass style. Producing at least a 100 mtr flailing freefall followed by some very busy landing action. Now that would have impressed me :

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Andrew Swan said:

Terry Collins said:

Andrew Swan said:

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie
thing to ask?

Skill? Confidence?

The same reason people tend to walk rather than ride longitudinally
planked bridges.

A practical consideration is if he drops off it, his front wheel can
drop 6", which might be a bit of a disaster?

It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than
the smooth bit. So why did the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever
built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?
Plank bridges are an unavoidable obstacle on which one might not feel
confident, but nobody rides down a pyramid/mountain thing (esp. on their
rack) unless they are seriously confident - I reckon he's doing the
steps for fun (not my idea of it, though) or extra difficulty. He could
ride the smooth bit if he chose.
&roo

tracking a 6inch wide smooth bit would be even harder and just anothe
thing to concentrate on

The smooth bit was probably built into the steps to drag th
stones/parts up during constructio

There is a movement (albeit small) in the US (Gary Fisher, et al. bu
what would he know...) to 29" mtbs for smoothness an other issues. som
framemeakers are building them now. Salsa and others..

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