danrobinson Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 got some pallets the other day so i set them up in my garden and slowly moved one further and further away from the rest and my biggest gap so far is 80cm maybe small for you guys but i am really proud of myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 were all starting with tiny stuff.go on,have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.N.G Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Nice!, thats the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Nice one man! Not to put you off but I'm struggling to go bigger than 6-7ft at the moment, I got better at gapping without realising it. The bigger you go the more you have to compress I think, and I struggle with that haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danrobinson Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 i dont think ill ever go 6-7 foot thats HUGE! ill be happy with like 150cm or something think i need more pallets only have 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) 6ft doesn't feel huge when I ride with guys who can do like 8-9 I think? Hah. Damon does like 12... Try practising gapping up pallets, really helps you learn to tuck. I kept landing a gap from 2 or 3 pallets to 5 that was about bike length away but never landed it properly kept hopping off backwards lol. Edit: basically, no matter how good you are most people always feel like there's someone better than themselves. I feel like a shite rider when I ride ha. Edited July 29, 2012 by JMCD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feedmemoar Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Any personal best is good! Just keep doing what you are doing and you will be surprised how far you will evetually get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danrobinson Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 6ft doesn't feel huge when I ride with guys who can do like 8-9 I think? Hah. Damon does like 12... Try practising gapping up pallets, really helps you learn to tuck. I kept landing a gap from 2 or 3 pallets to 5 that was about bike length away but never landed it properly kept hopping off backwards lol. Edit: basically, no matter how good you are most people always feel like there's someone better than themselves. I feel like a shite rider when I ride ha. ill get the pallets out tomorrow and try 1 to 2 and so on at bike length iv only rode my bike like 10times now and i feel really confident on it now from when i first got on it, took a while to get the hang of riding a mod before this bike i had only rode dh so i feel really good at the moment ohh and is it worth tryng side hops from the back wheel on the pallets or find a bench/wall instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Pallets are good to learn on yes, but don't live your life on them cause you'll not know how to ride on anything with a slight slope haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danrobinson Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 well there's loads of benches and stuff in town, so might have a go on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williams Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Not to put you off but I'm struggling to go bigger than 6-7ft at the moment, I got better at gapping without realising it. The bigger you go the more you have to compress I think, and I struggle with that haha. Me too, my best so far is like 6 ft, bloody hard to go bigger! But yeah pallets are good for pushing your limits and working on to really go further and bigger, but natural riding wouldn't hurt to. I've done the mistake to only ride in the city and sucks on rocks etc.. But riding is only for fun and that's what I enjoy! Edited July 29, 2012 by williams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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