If a stunt has obstacles placed on top of it ...

[irishpitbull]

Thanks, Nice work fella's

[rvd]

speaking of obstacles:

where is this line coming from / going to anyway?

[reidabel]

LOL! See - proof that it's strong enough to hold weight!

If you reference that picture with me standing on the "gangplank", on the right bottom of the picture you can see boards on one of the two forks of the tree. Entry is coming around the blind corner on Remember Me, coming up the boards on that fork, then going past where I'm standing (option of stopping on top because the gangplank will allow me to build a wider area), going a few feet along the log, then turning to the right to drop down onto that log you see on the ground behind me (more clearly in the second picture) and to the right of the built decking (only in the second picture as it was taken later). I still have to put deck boards on the drop-down log, and stabilize it with cross-members. It should be more challenging than the other lines.

If this weekend is relatively decent, I should be able to finish this line off. This is the one called "Pitchfork", that geardaddy referred to (and has helped work on).

[reidabel]

Weekend WAS relatively decent, though we were hit with hail and rain as we worked on Saturday. Sunday was better, Christina did a great job of putting up with being out there as her Mom was out of town. I didn't finish Pitchfork, unfortunately, but there should only be a couple of hours left on it now. It will definitely be more challenging than the other lines, which are starting to feel pretty tame now.

[rvd]

I didn't finish Pitchfork, unfortunately, but there should only be a couple of hours left on it now. It will definitely be more challenging than the other lines...

No kidding. It looks pretty daunting on your newest pictures!

[reidabel]

I'm hoping it's one of those things that is less scary once you've ridden it! I actually finished and rode the entry line yesterday, up to the top to the platform, which works exactly as intended. The entry is skinny, down to 9" at the start, to discourage the inexperienced, but much wider on top. I just have to finish the exit and do the test ride, but I want somebody other than my little girl out there when I ride the exit.

I covered up the entry with brush, so if anybody wants to uncover it to ride it up to the top, please ONLY RIDE TO THE TOP and don't ride the exit. It should be obvious that it's not finished, but you never know ... and of course, PLEASE PUT THE BRUSH BACK ON THE ENTRY WHEN FINISHED. Sorry for the "yelling", but I want to emphasize those points.

If anybody does this during the group ride tonight (if there is one), let me know how it goes. I won't be at the group ride since I will be working until 6 today.

[reidabel]

No kidding. It looks pretty daunting on your newest pictures!

Okay, geardaddy37 and I reviewed it this morning and decided that it would be too tricky (downright scary) the way I was going, so we came up with an alternative that still has character, but that is easier to figure out what to do. I ended up building an additional platform for the rear wheel to drop onto, while the front wheel takes the higher path and has a small drop to the lower log. I test-rode it, smoothly and cleanly the very first time, then two tries where I had to jump off before the top because I stalled out, then one final try where I had to jump off before dropping to the exit and ended up with my rear tire bending way out of shape, ending my testing for the day.

I would not try this clipped in, but I have seen that some of you have far greater control than I do. I know from the one successful ride that it is possible and flows nicely if you can stay balanced. I'm looking forward to hearing about successful rides. Be aware that the entry is somewhat steep and you may stall out on it.

All lines in this new stunt section are now open. Tomorrow (Sunday Nov 6 2011) at 10 am (hopefully) a few of us are meeting in the McNamara lot and will be riding out to it to try some more test rides. Anyone is welcome to join us.

The latest pictures will be up on my web site in a few minutes:

http://www.reidabel.com/Mountain%20Biki ... %20Me.html

I will be posting a thread about this new stunt and its various lines, and the entry trail to it. This trail and stunt section together will be called Hellboy, named after the movie of the same name.

[AllMountin']

Nice. That looks awesome. I'll definitely give it a go next time out. It looks like the platform for the rear wheel is definitely necessary, since there isn't enough room before the drop to swing the rear tire around.

[reidabel]

Okay, so a bunch of us checked it out this morning and we're going to make some more changes. I'm going to go back out and block it off so that it can't be ridden until I make the changes. We put a big brush pile on the entry, but I'm going to do something more permanent this afternoon.

[SteveF]

Earlier this past week I rode (clipped in even!) the two up and over lines that you'd finished before--they are rock solid--nice work!

[reidabel]

Thanks, Steve. Thanks, Steve.

I removed the exit for now, and in addition to the big brush pile on the entry, I nailed in some boards on the entry to prevent it from being ridden without serious demolition work. It will be a while until I can get to redoing the exit, though, so it may sit in this state for a while.

A test rider tried to put the front wheel onto the lower platform and missed it by a bit, resulting in a fall. We all discussed it for quite a while and decided that the best thing to do was no longer have two levels on the curve to the exit (upper for front wheel, slightly lower for rear wheel). The rebuild, when it happens, will be further down the log, ramping down to the right just before and alongside the existing lowest line's exit ramp.

[rvd]

A test rider tried to put the front wheel onto the lower platform and missed it by a bit, resulting in a fall.

The test rider shall not be named! Not a board member anyway, but that fall looked very nasty. Hope you will be able to come up with a safer exit, Reid. Otherwise, it would be a shame of all the work you put in Pitchfork already.

[reidabel]

Yes, and I'm having ideas beyond what we talked about yesterday. It should be possible to reuse most of it and still have some character remain.

[scat silvurz]

Whenever I want something closed, I aways put an old left shoe [I stockpile 'left foot' shoes specifically for this purpose - and you should too] on it, filled with weatherproof/all-season charcoal briquettes. This method always ensures that people I don't know will always figure it out that it means "closed".........

[reidabel]

I hope you're not the anonymous test rider we're talking about ...