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thor 21-06-05 02:27 PM

Hills and biking = take off feeling :-)
 
Anyone else get this?

Accelerate hard up a long bouncy hill - bike feels like it's taken off and heading into the sky. Wonderful!

Sudoxe 21-06-05 02:34 PM

Accelerate hard up a hill with a bumpback bridge at the end and you do....

Ceri JC 21-06-05 02:40 PM

Yep, I know a few people got air off the humpback bridge on AR05. :twisted:

Carsick 21-06-05 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ceri JC
Yep, I know a few people got air off the humpback bridge on AR05. :twisted:

Front wheel much higher than the back in my case.
Nicely landed the back well before the front and held the wheelie for all of a few feet.
Felt fantastic.

mysteryjimbo 21-06-05 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ceri JC
Yep, I know a few people got air off the humpback bridge on AR05. :twisted:

:twisted: :twisted:

JakeRS 21-06-05 03:03 PM

theres loads round ashford... decided to stop doing it before i broke someting... hehe

Ceri JC 21-06-05 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mysteryjimbo
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ceri JC
Yep, I know a few people got air off the humpback bridge on AR05. :twisted:

:twisted: :twisted:

Surely not sir! :o

Fun though, wasn't it? :)

One of the advantages of doing the route the day before (on the Saturday) was knowing when it was coming up and dropping a gear and accelerating off it. I didn't get very high (probably only a few inches) but it was definately off the deck.

My second favourite road has a good stretch where there's not a jump as such (you'd have to hit it at silly speeds to get airborn), but just as the upward momentum of the ramp up bit dies down, the flat you've been on drops away, creating a weightless sensation for half a second or so before the bike settles.

Ceri JC 21-06-05 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JakeRS
theres loads round ashford... decided to stop doing it before i broke someting... hehe

Yes, kiss your fork seals goodbye :lol:

Cronos 21-06-05 04:35 PM

We managed to get 3 out of 4 of us airborne is rapid succession at *cough* mph on the SV Ecosse Spring Tour!!! 8) What a feeling! 8)

ophic 21-06-05 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ceri JC
Yep, I know a few people got air off the humpback bridge on AR05. :twisted:

hehehe my pillion was not impressed :twisted:


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