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Tips on big drops?

Fraggle · 2008-04-12T17:28:58+00:00

Hello. I've been riding unicycle's for about 15 years now, and had not tried any tricks etc till about a month ago, when I rode along a 3ft wall with a slope off it. I thought that was quite fun, so have since gone to hopping up walls, hopping off them, 180-ing off walls, and riding 1 footed along walls. I now find big drops quite appealing, so I am building up a trials unicycle. I was teaching kids unicycling at the local youth centre, about a week ago, and there was a 5.5ft mini ramp in there, so I had a go at droppin in on it, which went well. When up on the top of the ramp I thought it'd be fun to hop off the edge of it, so I did. It was fun, I didn't land it, and I only got two attempts at it as I twisted my cranks on the second attempt. Any tips for landing big drops, lol, other than practise? Cheers. -- Fraggle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fraggle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16823 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/69155 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

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Fraggle
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12 April 2008, 17:28 UTC #1

Hello.
I've been riding unicycle's for about 15 years now, and had not tried
any tricks etc till about a month ago, when I rode along a 3ft wall
with a slope off it. I thought that was quite fun, so have since gone
to hopping up walls, hopping off them, 180-ing off walls, and riding 1
footed along walls.
I now find big drops quite appealing, so I am building up a trials
unicycle. I was teaching kids unicycling at the local youth centre,
about a week ago, and there was a 5.5ft mini ramp in there, so I had a
go at droppin in on it, which went well. When up on the top of the
ramp I thought it'd be fun to hop off the edge of it, so I did. It was
fun, I didn't land it, and I only got two attempts at it as I twisted
my cranks on the second attempt.
Any tips for landing big drops, lol, other than practise?
Cheers.
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forrestunifreak
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12 April 2008, 18:56 UTC #2

When you land, try to immediately roll out of it. You don't want to land
and just stop dead. This is why drops with a small downhill at the
landing are usually easier.
Try to absorb the impact with your legs, and then bend at the waste to
spread the impact out through all of your body, in.stead of being
concentrated at one spot..
buchi said:
you must do it SEAT OUT
I completely disagree. I would never do anything over about 5 feet or
so seat out. I've done about 7 feet seat in.
Seat out is too unstable for me with impacts like that. Especially for
someone who may not be as good at SIF trials techniques, like Fraggle
may be.
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Tjorning
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12 April 2008, 18:58 UTC #3

I've been wondering what the limit for different types of cranks are
(e.g. freestyle, MUni, trials). in other words, how big can I go before
I need to shell out the cash for new cranks?
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UniDudeDX
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12 April 2008, 19:00 UTC #4

forrestunifreak said:
I completely disagree. I would never do anything over about 5 feet or
so seat out. I've done about 7 feet seat in.
i second the motion.
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forrestunifreak
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12 April 2008, 19:04 UTC #5

Tjorning said:
I've been wondering what the limit for different types of cranks are
(e.g. freestyle, MUni, trials). in other words, how big can I go before
I need to shell out the cash for new cranks?
Which cranks do you have?
Pretty much anything that's splined should hold up to most any drops.
Square taper hub/cranks are much, much easier to damage. I'd say
anything higher then about... 4 feet could easily kill square taper
cranks.
Although it does depend entirely on your drop technique. If you land
nicely, roll out to absorb the impact, it'll be easier on everything.
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mornish
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12 April 2008, 20:37 UTC #6

Forrest is pretty much spot on.
I've done 7'ish seat in, and 6'ish seat out.
I think that seat in is a lot easier to land and roll out of, but if
you are a good enough rider seat out works too.
For landing things seat in you have to roll out immediately, and pretty
much suck up the rest of the impact using your body.
My chin is usually quite close to my tire when I do a significant
drop.
I hope this helps a bit 🙂
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_Ground_Zero_
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13 April 2008, 02:38 UTC #7

buchi said:
you must do it SEAT OUT
AHhhh i hate SIF drops, whenever I do anything bigger than 2 foot seat
out I almost always hurt my ankle somehow someway.
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XCcrev
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13 April 2008, 02:43 UTC #8

Seat out definitely puts less stress on the uni to break the drop by
crouching singnificantly
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mornish
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13 April 2008, 02:45 UTC #9

XCcrev said:
Seat out definitely puts less stress on the uni to break the drop by
crouching singnificantly
It really depends.
Mostly, on how well you can roll out, and also how good you are at seat
in or out.
Personally, I would much much much rather have a broken unicycle than a
broken unicycler, so I do what I am more comfortable with... seat in.
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MuniAddict
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13 April 2008, 02:50 UTC #10

SI for big drops, definitely. Much more stable and easier to roll out.
Start doing SIF for 6' drops you'll be smacking your face on the
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unibikeling
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13 April 2008, 02:50 UTC #11

Tjorning said:
I've been wondering what the limit for different types of cranks are
(e.g. freestyle, MUni, trials). in other words, how big can I go before
I need to shell out the cash for new cranks?
Ha, I rode with you today! I'm fairly sure it was you! The kid with the
freestyle uni doing small trials on the wood blocks you found in the
corner. Lol. Fun fun!
Haha. In complete disregard to the thread subject, please disregard
this post all if you chose, its irrelavent to the thread.
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Fraggle
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13 April 2008, 14:40 UTC #12

forrestunifreak said:
I'd say anything higher then about... 4 feet could easily kill square
taper cranks.
Lol, yeah it killed mine, luckily I have a few sets of crank arms
spare. I was on my freestyle unicycle, so i slammed the seat to get it
out of the way, and let the tyre down a tad so the landing wasnt so
harsh on my legs.
Cheers guys, i'll keep it all in mind when my trials uni is built up.
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caudy
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13 April 2008, 15:19 UTC #13

Iv'e bent two sets of cotterless cranks from doing drops. I don't really
want to spend a lot of cash buying a new unicycle because it's got
splined cranks though.
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unibikeling
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13 April 2008, 15:22 UTC #14

caudy said:
Iv'e bent two sets of cotterless cranks from doing drops. I don't really
want to spend a lot of cash buying a new unicycle because it's got
splined cranks though.
It'll save money in the future. Give me a set of cotterless and i can
rip em to shreds in seconds from doing trials. I love my quax
hub/cranks, although it wobbles a bit.
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13 April 2008, 19:03 UTC #15

unibikeling said:
It'll save money in the future. Give me a set of cotterless and i can
rip em to shreds in seconds from doing trials. I love my quax
hub/cranks, although it wobbles a bit.
You should get some HQ pictures and video of the cranks and hub, taking
apart, together, and moving.
Im sure we could help you with that wobble.
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13 April 2008, 19:07 UTC #16

Jerrick said:
You should get some HQ pictures and video of the cranks and hub, taking
apart, together, and moving.
Im sure we could help you with that wobble.
Will do, i'll get right now it, i have nother better to do actually.
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Tjorning
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15 April 2008, 01:03 UTC #17

unibikeling said:
Ha, I rode with you today! I'm fairly sure it was you! The kid with the
freestyle uni doing small trials on the wood blocks you found in the
corner. Lol. Fun fun!
Haha. In complete disregard to the thread subject, please disregard
this post all if you chose, its irrelavent to the thread.
yeah, that was me. I will never again go to a uni event without a
fat-tire too! 😠
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15 April 2008, 01:49 UTC #18

UniDudeDX said:
i second the motion.
if you second the motion some one might lose there second ball
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