how to land stairs properly?

[skillz]

does anyone know whats a safe way of jumping stairs, but instead of jumping all of them land on the last few steps?

heres a pic
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=297[/img]

yeah how do you land smooth on stairgaps??

IE clearing a first set then landing on a second?

[skillz]

Yeah, landing on 2nd is my guess.
but im just wondering how you land smoothly on one set?

[Ryan]

Landing on stairs is a lot smoother than you'd imagine, the faster you go the smoother it is really. I haven't hit one up in ages, but Dom and Ty have busted some size Large ones on street rides recently, so they should be able to help you out with some tips.
I just hit a stair gap like it's any gap to a tranny, and land on the second set like I would any landing.

[fastrider gus]

land both wheels evenly and absord it with your legs as much as you can.. its also better if you jump with a "racer" style other than a "huck" style.. then you will be landing into the stairs instead of landing ON them..
a dude here in geelong (dave) is known for doing huuge stairgaps on his BMX.. he lands them prety shonky, but he still rolls away.

[skillz]

hmm wahts a racer style ?

[wombat]

Low and fast.

[creepyjoe]

look at skillz's picture he's not talking about stair-gaps, just stairs

[wombat]

Same principle though.

[skillz]

the 2nd pic, the front wheel is meant to be at the bottom of the stairs

[Simo]

i think your seatpost is bent :P

[kalem]

just manual the stairs, it's more fun... if ya really wanna do whatever it is you are talking about, just go out and do it, there aren't really much tips that are gonna help near as much as actually doing it.

[AirDog]

is it easy to land on a second set of stairs on a HT ? or do you really need a dually ? and back first or even ?

[Adi]

Yea its easy as, as someone already said, the faster you go; the smoother it is. You just gotta be confident. Look at the doods in JIB (if you have it) Good stuff in there.

[Adi]

Also find one nice long set of stairs that has no flat part in it, and practice bunnyhopping or just riding off them and landing on the same set

Here is what I mean.

http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=34061

That will help youget a feel for it.

[ricky lee]

u just land with your wheels lind up with the steps or with your front a little up

i think your seatpost is bent :P

Fuzzy your so awesome ;)


forks to

[DOM]

Hit it as if you would hit any other gap ..

Land both wheels same time on the landing stairs ... momentum is your freind with stairs .. the faster you going the smoother it is ..

Biggest ive done is 11 - 10 ...
Scotty got a pic of it the other night ... As everyone above said .. Take it race style .. Low and fast .. no hucking unless you feel like a trip to the hospital .. Keep low fast .. make sure youve gapped things before .. example jumps .. Landing front wheel first or both wheels in a down position.

My Advice .. find something small .. then once your totally confident .. go knock yaself out ..i mean find a larger gap.. or set of stairs. ... But yeah in your case what your doing is good practice .. bunny hoping into a set of stairs and getting your wheel positions correct is good .. same concept as gapping a set. - Although ya gotta make sure you clear the gap .. Hartails are no different .. just as smooth in my experience on both a dually and hardtail .. Although be sure to clear the gap on a HT as they will buck your rear wheel up if you fail to clear it .. whereas a dually will allow you to be sloopy. Ive only done a couple of stair gaps .. The Top one is the largest 11 - 10 .. much bigger then what the photo looks like damm it... and the other was our first attempt .. Myself Ryan and Ty battled this bitch for ages .. Nothing hardcore though.

http://www.future-edge.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=341
http://www.future-edge.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=340

[sxereturn]

I'm contemplating sending myself down the first one you did, Dom...

[DOM]

yeah the roma st gap is cool ... first one i did.
or you mean the QR one ? top pic or the 2nd pic ?

[zen_rider]

get a copy of Sprung 5, the boys from 24 bikes do some seriously INSANE gaps like the one you are talking about....seriously huge, no helmets! nuts

you can get the clip from their website. not sure if it will help you much....but it will make you realise whats possible on a hardtail.

[jayboy882003]

just manual the stairs

[Bender is CRAZY]

Where were those stairs in the pictures?

[::RideSiK::]

try to land both wheels even and just be going fast...

perth riders theres a hell easy set to learn on outside main roads dept they are mint and the first stairgap i did...

though i hear that the main roads dept are doing roadworks to them and they arnet there anymore

theres still a few around the CBD though...

perths killer for stairs

[oz-freerider]

dont fat land with your front wheel like i did this weekend it's damn scary :S

[n2o spark]

doing stairs is fun. i've got a sweet hardtail. rhino trials 2000 with manitou black super airs up front. suarve. the most stirs i've done hva been 12 but only a drop of about 4ft i've done a 5ft drop and that's as big as i've gone..for now. well the 12's are really long and you need a heap of speed to clear them but yes when you do lad your rear wheel on the last 2 or 1 steps it is really smooth. generally though when i do drops it's the rear wheel that i land first then the front.


RALPH
GO HARD

[naz]

hey, i ride a norco one25 wits super t's (02) and i jsut discovered how smooth it is doin stair gaps on a hardtail its smootehr than my duallie!!!
here a pic im on the right
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=684
its not just a long stairs theres a flat section in the middle....look at hte handrail....

[n2o spark]

di you clear them stairs or land before :)

looks like fun anyway. i wish there were stairs like that near where i live

[naz]

land on the second set of stairs

[n2o spark]

suarve

[Muz]

That 12 flat 12 that naz did is so smooth. i hit it for the first time the other night. Ones with longer flat sections are more fun though. And as everyone else has said, land both wheels at the same time or even front first on steep shorter sets is good.

[jayboy882003]

hey, i ride a norco one25 wits super t's (02) and i jsut discovered how smooth it is doin stair gaps on a hardtail its smootehr than my duallie!!!
here a pic im on the right
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=684
its not just a long stairs theres a flat section in the middle....look at hte handrail.... totally where is the pic taken from. looks mad tho!!

[chunkyapple]

i'm only thirteen and havent gone huge yet, only about 7 to 7 but i know as so many people have said speed is your friend...

one problem i am facing with my 1st stair gap is not the hight maybe the gap but mostly the fact that there are 2 more flights of stairs after it.
thats 4 flights of steps with 6-8 foot flats in between.
about 13 stairs each. i am wondering if i get enough speed to gap the 1st flight will it force me to launch the next set. i am imagining that a double luanch stair gap would be pretty nuts!

[simooooona]

yeah just go quick... unless youll clear all of them... then just land both wheels at the same time

[simooooona]

hey, i ride a norco one25 wits super t's (02) and i jsut discovered how smooth it is doin stair gaps on a hardtail its smootehr than my duallie!!!
here a pic im on the right
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=684
its not just a long stairs theres a flat section in the middle....look at hte handrail.... totally where is the pic taken from. looks mad tho!!

naz where bouts is that? i heard its near sydney grammer?

[stinky|dan]

perths killer for stairs
and thats about it.... sadly.

[tj]

yeh its across the street from sydney grammar :s
well its parallel to it its called cook and phillip park

[S.]

one problem i am facing with my 1st stair gap is not the hight maybe the gap but mostly the fact that there are 2 more flights of stairs after it.
thats 4 flights of steps with 6-8 foot flats in between.
about 13 stairs each. i am wondering if i get enough speed to gap the 1st flight will it force me to launch the next set. i am imagining that a double luanch stair gap would be pretty nuts!

That's how one of the 24 riders broke his pelvis... double stair gap, got bucked when he hit the first landing and went over the handrail at like 50km/h.

[curtisrider]

that was nasty

[Konaman]

If thats the insanly scary looking one out of JIB yes it is very nasty. probly one of the worst looking crashes ive ever seen.