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A bit late in the day for those type of questions Paul!
Is there any science behind jump building? some sort of ratio between height and distance that we should be aiming for? recommended angles etc? Or is it all in the eye?
i geuss we shall find out if you've got it right when we go to ride them. have any of the kiddies who go up tried any yet? looks like tables are definitely getting some use also, i was wondering with the 'spiral' how do we get into it? do we take the berm thats on the second dp landing and then what? will we be dropping into it?
i used to work at the cleveland tontine just down the road from gt ayton, gotta go and see your work
Looking at the last pic I posted and it shows the water laying between DP1 lander and the table top inside the spiral. I think my next task will have to be to dig the pipe out of there and relay it so the water flows out better hopefully to improve the drainage and help it dry
i think we have to wait and ride stuff before we start re doing .the thing about jumps is to build what you think ride it if it works great if it doesn,t great just change it and ride it till it works thats the great thing about trails
A day away from the quarry and already feeling refreshed and looking forward to the mid-week dig...Now where are we going to fit these in (15 to 20 seconds on this vid... http://video.mpora.com/watch/l9aMDJFGb/Any ideas? Ill post when I can think of somewhere (from 1.30 onwards its a bit like our old quarter-pipe)
I'd not seen this before, amazin , best turn your sound off though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD57RfyxkBQ&mode=related&search=
On the drying out thing, I found that whatever you build will take a while to set. For my day job I assess soils for use in building / foundation design so trails is a bit of a bus mans holiday for me. Ayton is more shale but with clayey soils what you find is the outside dries out first with the inside staying wet for a lot longer, hence the reason you get ruts. Going off last year up my trails we spent a long time filling in ruts and tweaking them. With the more complicated burm stuff we found it took about 2 or 3 attempts before we got it right, mostly just minor tweaks. I think the key is to throw the mud up in roughly the right place / shape then ride it and mess about with it, you can usually make something work in the end!
Quote from: Eddy on March 09, 2009, 01:40 PMOn the drying out thing, I found that whatever you build will take a while to set. For my day job I assess soils for use in building / foundation design so trails is a bit of a bus mans holiday for me. Ayton is more shale but with clayey soils what you find is the outside dries out first with the inside staying wet for a lot longer, hence the reason you get ruts. Going off last year up my trails we spent a long time filling in ruts and tweaking them. With the more complicated burm stuff we found it took about 2 or 3 attempts before we got it right, mostly just minor tweaks. I think the key is to throw the mud up in roughly the right place / shape then ride it and mess about with it, you can usually make something work in the end!With all the geological layers and the quarrying and the mining we've got quite a mix on out hands. Water works it's way down the hill side and seeps out of the slopes into the riding area. The spiral corner is sheltered from the sun and the wind at this time of year so takes a long time to dry out. The flat riding area is hard packed, when it rains the top inch (clay ?) goes muddy and sticky but underneath its hard and dry. It soon dries out in the wind mind.
will there be a dig friday? what about on the weekend? i go back next tuesday i think. wanna get as much time in as possible!
