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Hahadumball
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PostPosted: 08:51 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: MTB] can't do gaps because of fear yet I'll send big gaps Reply with quote

Been doing that mtb thing for a while, fairly reasonable at it, however hit twisted oaks and a guy I was with who's pretty good got absolutely potatoed on a small gap, long story short his ribs exploded and he left his knee skin in his lever bolt...ever since when I come across a small gap I bail. I'll do step downs bigger than my ears, hit the whale tail at twisted first go when I'd been riding a few weeks just full send everywhere, small gaps scare the shit out of me but if I've got a big ass gap or tabletops I'm fine...advise me on how to stop being a pussy.
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PostPosted: 10:00 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Google translate is not helping.
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PostPosted: 10:42 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Go somewhere you know well, focus on the one jump you've done a million times before, and just keep going at it until you've got your confidence back up.
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PostPosted: 11:23 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

recman wrote:
Google translate is not helping.


Tldr small gaps scary
Big gaps, tabletops and danger fun
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PostPosted: 12:51 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hahadumball wrote:
recman wrote:
Google translate is not helping.
Tldr small gaps scary
Big gaps, tabletops and danger fun


Nope, still not.
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PostPosted: 16:41 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indulge us: define small and large gaps, preferably in feet and inches.
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PostPosted: 16:42 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sell your MTB, take up ping-pong. It's the only way to be safe.
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PostPosted: 17:00 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought you were mostly cyborg after your girlfriend (at the time) ran you over.
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PostPosted: 18:07 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or fit really big wheels then they wont get stuck in the gap.
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PostPosted: 18:10 - 17 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

36" is going to be the new 29". Shocked

Tom Cardy has quite a lot of videos on his YouTube channel from Twisted Oaks where he teaches his girlfriend how to do jumps.
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PostPosted: 08:48 - 22 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nobby the Bastard wrote:
I thought you were mostly cyborg after your girlfriend (at the time) ran you over.


7 years ago I've grown new spines since then, don't get me wrong crashes hurt more now but i try and limit them
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PostPosted: 08:50 - 22 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy-X wrote:
Indulge us: define small and large gaps, preferably in feet and inches.


Small gaps of 4 foot on small jumps where you don't need much speed...

Big gaps of 6ft+ where you have to go full send you know you'll be going more than fast enough to not case it or nose bonk
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PostPosted: 13:13 - 22 Mar 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you bunny-hop? Like properly, on the flat, clear a small obstacle. If you have a rock-solid bunny-hop, I'd suspect a smaller gap would be much less of an issue.

Essentially practice the skill of jumping a small gap without the gap being there.
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PostPosted: 12:50 - 04 Apr 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote

Slightly obvious answer that should have occurred to me sooner and that is follow someone who knows what they're doing through the jumps as then you'll be going the right speed for the jumps.
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