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(Yesterday, but when I got home after the ride, I turned on TNF I forgot to post...)

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Stopped to look at this section closer, despite the fact we've ridden it hundreds of times. Tom wondering... "Can I gap all of this?"

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Yeah... sure... When I get delusions of grandeur like this, I feel a twinge in my left collarbone that reminds me I'm 55 and not to be contemplating such ideas. Granted, Tom is the same age I am but he has a lot more skill than I do and his ability to corner and speed is at a level I can only dream of.
 
Ian F said:
(Yesterday, but when I got home after the ride, I turned on TNF I forgot to post...)

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Stopped to look at this section closer, despite the fact we've ridden it hundreds of times. Tom wondering... "Can I gap all of this?"

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Yeah... sure... When I get delusions of grandeur like this, I feel a twinge in my left collarbone that reminds me I'm 55 and not to be contemplating such ideas. Granted, Tom is the same age I am but he has a lot more skill than I do and his ability to corner and speed is at a level I can only dream of.
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I have looked at this with a few different people and mostly recently with my son. The likely of catching the end of this log is high.
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That being said, I think I am going to cut of the end of that as that log really serves no purpose at this point. Regardless if you gap it you will come into that corner HOT.
 
stb222 said:
I have looked at this with a few different people and mostly recently with my son. The likely of catching the end of this log is high.
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That being said, I think I am going to cut of the end of that as that log really serves no purpose at this point. Regardless if you gap it you will come into that corner HOT.
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Definitely. I absolutely do not trust my skills to make that corner at mach-chicken speed. Get it wrong and the chances of it being a seriously bad day are high.

I'm already brake-dragging down that section and I still have to really concentrate. Even then, I've had a few close-calls drifting wide.

Tom described one time when he rolled the rocks next to the first tree, then did a manual down the next part putting the front wheel down in your circle roughly between the angled rock and the side log. He said he was really moving when he hit the corner, but was able to make it.

I don't know if I'd change anything to that log. Face it, if you are at the end of that log at speed, you're going to be in a world of pain regardless of the log. If the log makes the less-skilled slow up when coming down that section, it's probably not a bad thing.
 
Ian F said:
Definitely. I absolutely do not trust my skills to make that corner at mach-chicken speed. Get it wrong and the chances of it being a seriously bad day are high.

I'm already brake-dragging down that section and I still have to really concentrate. Even then, I've had a few close-calls drifting wide.

Tom described one time when he rolled the rocks next to the first tree, then did a manual down the next part putting the front wheel down in your circle roughly between the angled rock and the side log. He said he was really moving when he hit the corner, but was able to make it.

I don't know if I'd change anything to that log. Face it, if you are at the end of that log at speed, you're going to be in a world of pain regardless of the log. If the log makes the less-skilled slow up when coming down that section, it's probably not a bad thing.
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I almost over cooked that lower corner this week, and yes if you ditch it on the DH side it aint going be good.

Here is my son on a greasy day in August. I manual the section next to the tree where this clip starts and then hit the rocks like a roller and stay left to avoid the kick out on the last rock before the turn.

I am second on the surfer segment and have tried to scare the shit out of my self. Love this section of trail.
 
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