Stop building stupid jumps

[chongoblanco]

we have full squish and disc brakes go around!! if you want to complain about jumps that have to much vert go practice at sheep hills or slaters take some pics to complain about!! ill even drive you there.

plus remember how lucky we are to have all these trails to ride for free I used to have to run from cops or security just to grind a ledge every once in a while, somtimes just for fun. cops at downtown disney are slow.

i purpose we pay for green stickers just like the dirtbikers and offroaders and have access to what ever is paid for.

If we get booted and it comes down to hitting somthing at night do what you gotta do and get out!. old school street ride style.

bottom line. Much respect to every body fighting to keep things open, but somthings have to take their course, if they want to boot us they will, just like when the cops need a fall guy.

As far as the jumps go if they are not hurting anyone dont swet it, some kids! or something we cant controll. This sport is supposed to relieve stress not make more. happy trails!

p.s just like riding, building jumps takes practice lend a helping hand if you can

[tkblazer]

Originally Posted by 2w4s

you're right, I can't jump or do drops. I only race semipro DH for the chicks, but thanks for playing...

thank you for clarifying the general location and condition of the jumps. My initial post was in response to your rather vague post about the jumps. guess you really took that remark about not riding it if you can't deal to heart...it was not aimed at you as i was generally speaking about the sport. o well i'm not gonna lose any sleep over it. kudos to you though for racing at that level, you gotta be skilled thats for sure.

Originally Posted by roadkillross

tk got served.

not sure what you mean ross, i'll be at the fully swap meet if you want to explain yourself in person.


back to the topic of the thread, i'll be there tomorrow morning and i'll stop and try to tear down the jumps...maybe even snap a pic of these speed bumps...now that i think of it, the only person that builds these kind of "jumps" is Art Tuttle? blackstar has a bunch of those 6" tall speed bumps that could really mess someone up if they didn't remember where they were at.

[Mudman]

all those little bumps are avoidable. But be being a terrible rider I tend to go for them anyway and crash.. haha
I rode there monday or tuesday I think, and the ruts are what concerned me more.

I was actually there today around 3pm.. Cholla, Lynx, and Rock-It is really nice. Although Rock-It has some soft spots to slip on in the single track!

[chongoblanco]

tk blazer 3:30 pm sunday orange y bmx call me or get ahold of me some how let me know if you wanna go

[2wheel_lee]

Originally Posted by chongoblanco

tk blazer 3:30 pm sunday orange y bmx call me or get ahold of me some how let me know if you wanna go

I hope to be there. BTW, Sunday is not a points race, so there may not be a lot of people there. Friday night is the last points race of the year at Orange. I may go to work on my 20" skills...er...learn some.

[tkblazer]

went and rode oaks today... we spotted two "jumps" but they look more like small cones off to the side of the trail... i don't see why someone would try to jump it, maybe use it like a hip.. the first one people would just ride by since it is so close to the intersection of what used to be the single track down from the top and barham ridge. from what i remember the second one, you would really have to go out of your way to hit it

[boludo]

After reading all this about little bumps in the trails, I was just wondering one thing.

Is it okay to build smart jumps instead of dumb jumps?

[DownhillWebKook]

...that these jumps are lame?

If they're little, just kick the damn things down and be done with it. This is ridiculous. Let's move on to something else now.

Seriously, people piss and moan about this stuff all day long, but it doesn't stop the kids or whoever from building this stuff and it never will. So instead of trying to figure out the big mystery just take some immediate and decisive action.

[tkblazer]

you said "member"

[Pho'dUp]

Originally Posted by ODB

Just let the rangers take care of the trail work there. You can trust them to do a good job.

Hilarious!

[tkblazer]

chocolate rain....awesome

[dirtvert]

[quote=tkblazer;157367]can you make a list of legal areas to build jumps?

You can build jumps at Sheep Hills and, to a lesser extent, in Fairview Park (both Westside Costa Mesa). Illegal stuff will just get trails closed, like in Laguna Coast/El Morro (pet peeve, gotta let it go)...

[MotoRider]

Originally Posted by Waldo

Exactly. Every sidewalk has potential, as long as you build 'em right.

Dang! You got shocks, pegs... lucky! You ever take it off any sweet jumps?