You have to remember how much you as a rider can effect the jump, the tweaking process is what makes the lip shoot you to the landing. It's rarento get it spot on first time
that is true, our berm has been tweaked 3 times and still isnt perfect, we ned to tweak the jump before it to get into it right as well and make it more of a hip.
It never ends with trails. constantly tweaking, building, improving both the trails and your skills.
double posting and not giving a f*ck, how do you guys deal with termites for your wooden features? any way I can treat the wood I cut down myself? our last trail hut was infested and some beams broke pretty quick, and it had to be torn down today, so does anyone have a chemical or process they would suggest? google was a useless pile of shit and just said that I need chemicals that require licencing to use, but surely theres a home remedy?
Lime sulphur. it's a stinky old liquid, you spray it on. It f*ckin stinks like rotten eggs but it kills just about everything! It makes the wood go white as it dries too giving a very weathered appearance. you need to spray it twice a year.
1st time in here. do you guys have any experience with the trail-insight portable tools? durable? perform well? curious. might trade some bike parts for the handles w/macleod & rogue heads. thnx
I want a full set, looks a sweet bit of kit, especially for those days your up on the hill by yourself. Can't comment on durability or anything though it does look pretty sturdy.
Yeah me and a buddy of mine have some nice dirt jumps in This old dirt field by a sams club, a lot of people go through there and yesterday we came to find out some shit biscuit ripped up some of our nicest doubles for no f*cking reason. And since I live in a damn desert, the dirt we have to work with is mostly dust so we have to wait till it rains.
Yeah me and a buddy of mine have some nice dirt jumps in This old dirt field by a sams club, a lot of people go through there and yesterday we came to find out some shit biscuit ripped up some of our nicest doubles for no f*cking reason. And since I live in a damn desert, the dirt we have to work with is mostly dust so we have to wait till it rains.
Damn, that really sucks...
Well, Today, my friends and I found out how much dirt you need to build a decent sized jump with a landing. Went to the park, dug up 3 wheelbarrows of dirt, rolled it to the spot and boom, we didn't get half a foot of height. Real time consuming too, have to get water from this leaky ass water fountain that doesn't work, but other than that, lots easier to build compared to other places... buuuttt then, our 4 hours of work went straight out the window as these 9 year olds decided to ride soaking wet jumps with their walmart bikes, and to no surprise, they fell and started crying.
The building conditions are almost optimal right now though, the dirt is damp enough for digging b/c of rain 3 days ago and because there's winter break.
After building our little berm, this is what 2 hours of work ended up at.
Also, what do you guys use to pack down dirt? everything seems to stick and crap. Nothing gets done.