Mid-State: Burchfield

[xcrdr]

Hey, Buddy ... spare change for a tank of gas and a bunch of 2x4's?

What new stunt? Has anybody seen a new stunt somewhere?

Still looking for it.



Nice work!

[TenSpeed]

That picture contains the recommended daily allowance of win! Glad that I got to take it, and watch it.

[rvd]

That looks great. Looking forward to riding it in the near future.

[reidabel]

Interesting - in the forum I don't see the whole picture - the rider's head doesn't even show up in the frame. However, if I right-click and save it, there is more to it. It is cropping it in the forum somehow.

It's my new desktop wallpaper now, thanks

[xcrdr]

Interesting - in the forum I don't see the whole picture - the rider's head doesn't even show up in the frame. However, if I right-click and save it, there is more to it. It is cropping it in the forum somehow.

It's my new desktop wallpaper now, thanks

Are you running your view at 100%?

BTW, quality work on those ladders. Thanks for putting the time in. They look like they will be enjoyed for quite some time.

[reidabel]

Interesting - in the forum I don't see the whole picture - the rider's head doesn't even show up in the frame. However, if I right-click and save it, there is more to it. It is cropping it in the forum somehow.

It's my new desktop wallpaper now, thanks

Are you running your view at 100%?

I don't see anywhere to set a view percentage, and I had my browser maximized. However, now I'm on my machine at home, on a smaller screen, and it shows the entire picture here. Hmm ...

They look like they will be enjoyed for quite some time.

I'm hoping they last for 10 years like the big teeter-totter did, before the logs rot out. Although, I don't know the state that the big teeter-totter's logs were in when they built it, maybe we'll get more than 10 years out of these ones since they're so fresh? The main log I'm using was a perfectly healthy tree, it was uprooted by the bigger more rotten one beside it. There's a root ball underneath those cutoff pieces up high behind you guys.

[Overdrive]

Interesting - in the forum I don't see the whole picture - the rider's head doesn't even show up in the frame. However, if I right-click and save it, there is more to it. It is cropping it in the forum somehow.

It's my new desktop wallpaper now, thanks

Are you running your view at 100%?

I don't see anywhere to set a view percentage, and I had my browser maximized. However, now I'm on my machine at home, on a smaller screen, and it shows the entire picture here. Hmm ...

They look like they will be enjoyed for quite some time.

I'm hoping they last for 10 years like the big teeter-totter did, before the logs rot out. Although, I don't know the state that the big teeter-totter's logs were in when they built it, maybe we'll get more than 10 years out of these ones since they're so fresh? The main log I'm using was a perfectly healthy tree, it was uprooted by the bigger more rotten one beside it. There's a root ball underneath those cutoff pieces up high behind you guys.

With 'decking' maintenance those should last much longer than the teeter-totters or some of the others.
I stopped to look at them the other day, fabulous job. Also great to see that old section of trail opened up and again and reworked as well. Nice job!

[AllMountin']

Finally got a chance to ride this. Lovin' the left most option with the drop.

On a completely unrelated note: 600 lumens; helmet mounted- more than enough for riding hard on singletrack. Frankly, it is ample for deer spotting as well. Big fan.

[reidabel]

Cool! Geardaddy added a "do-over" line yesterday, enter between the blind corner and the start of the log, so you can quickly circle around to do different lines over and over. I did a lot this weekend on a third line that will be more challenging than what you've ridden so far there. I'm hoping that we can finish it up by the end of next weekend. I'm not sure I have the cajones to ride it, I might need to enlist you. I saw three clipped-in riders do everything currently on it with ease today - one going really, really slowly on the down ramp, one medium, and one fast with a big wheelie off the drop. All three seemed unconcerned and made it look really easy. Others eyed it up and moved on down the trail, trembling

[SteveF]

Anyone else think that the new reversed direction on dragonball run is great? Loving it! The only bad spot there is the first (used to be 2nd) log crossing right near the beginning of the run (used to be near the end) It was sketchy but doable as an exit ramp, but as an approach, it's steep, narrow and angled so your wheel wants to slide down the log and away from you as you top it--might be a good small project to add a better approach ramp to that? I'm no carpenter but I could maybe help knock something together sometime...

[TenSpeed]

^ this!!! Agree 100%!!! A fix would make Dragonball really sweet.

[jonw9]

Anyone else think that the new reversed direction on dragonball run is great? Loving it! The only bad spot there is the first (used to be 2nd) log crossing right near the beginning of the run (used to be near the end) It was sketchy but doable as an exit ramp, but as an approach, it's steep, narrow and angled so your wheel wants to slide down the log and away from you as you top it--might be a good small project to add a better approach ramp to that? I'm no carpenter but I could maybe help knock something together sometime...

Last I heard, Jecc the TC does not want that feature modified. I recall he stated that he can do it on his Raleigh hybrid, so anybody else should be able to as well.

That being said, I don't enjoy that log, and it was the main reason Dragonball wasn't in the TT.

[SteveF]

Anyone else think that the new reversed direction on dragonball run is great? Loving it! The only bad spot there is the first (used to be 2nd) log crossing right near the beginning of the run (used to be near the end) It was sketchy but doable as an exit ramp, but as an approach, it's steep, narrow and angled so your wheel wants to slide down the log and away from you as you top it--might be a good small project to add a better approach ramp to that? I'm no carpenter but I could maybe help knock something together sometime...

Last I heard, Jecc the TC does not want that feature modified. I recall he stated that he can do it on his Raleigh hybrid, so anybody else should be able to as well.

That being said, I don't enjoy that log, and it was the main reason Dragonball wasn't in the TT.

Ah, well, I will of course defer to his decision on this since he's shouldered the TC burden. I'll just add that log to the long list of things I go around at Burchfield.

[geardaddy37]

Anyone else think that the new reversed direction on dragonball run is great? Loving it! The only bad spot there is the first (used to be 2nd) log crossing right near the beginning of the run (used to be near the end) It was sketchy but doable as an exit ramp, but as an approach, it's steep, narrow and angled so your wheel wants to slide down the log and away from you as you top it--might be a good small project to add a better approach ramp to that? I'm no carpenter but I could maybe help knock something together sometime...

Last I heard, Jecc the TC does not want that feature modified. I recall he stated that he can do it on his Raleigh hybrid, so anybody else should be able to as well.

That being said, I don't enjoy that log, and it was the main reason Dragonball wasn't in the TT.

if it's what I think you guys are talking about, there's no way jeff did that on his bike...I got 10$ says nobody other than maybe a trials guy could hit that thing in the opposite direction and clear it... he must be thinking about something else...
As for doing the stunt at the beginning of the dragon ball section (used to be the end) now that is fun to do "backwards" and very do-able. It will probably need to be rebuilt in the next year as it looks like it is getting a bit rickety. Perhaps Reid's next build...?

[SteveF]

if it's what I think you guys are talking about, there's no way jeff did that on his bike...I got 10$ says nobody other than maybe a trials guy could hit that thing in the opposite direction and clear it... he must be thinking about something else...

I rode it the first time I came up to it--on my fat bike! But it was so sketchy I haven't ridden it since...