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Old 06-16-08, 02:08 PM
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scrublover
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Today was slow speed trialsy playtime. This direction on these was easy; much tougher the other direction. Once up the first, you've got no momentum to hit up the second - hopping and lurching time, folks.

Up and down a bunch of various sized and sloped rollers and rocks, working on the hopping thing. A nice bonus is it really opens my eyes to other features to hit on the bigger bikes.

Found a *perfect* natural ramp for a ~ 5' stepdown drop to a mellow tranny - with a smallish gap over some other rocks you need to clear. Just to the left of the shot above, so you have the small option in the pic, and the much bigger option on the other side. Perfectly lined to toss you right back onto the trail. All rock - no making lines off trail.

A small roller, but a steep and fun one. Very tempting to launch the top with the big bike someday, but it would send you to a very flaaaaaaat landing. Not gonna do it.
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