how big can you drop a 02 norco 4by4

[jjperko]

i was wondering how far you could drop a 02 4by4. I can do about 5 ft to flat and it does that ok. The bike is stock standard and i want to do bigger drops with trannies but it's a short travel bike so I don't want to taco any wheels. Thanks :D

[ona rampage]

depends how high up you are.... ;-)

[CHEWY]

as far as u want...

[rad rob]

check out one of the eposides from pinkbike season 1. the guy does a monster drop on a 4by. the drop was huuge. someone else will can probably remember more details

[CHEWY]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=556

refer to this thread for all your abusive needs

[acrider]

http://dropin.pinkbike.com/index.php?but_type=dlepis

I saw Norco drop that on "Drop In" too.

Not sure which episode, but I highly recommend downloading the entire series ASAP.

[Ty]

this the offical how big can i drop on a bike formula

Weight of the rider in kilograms (80) / travel of the bike in inches (6) / (specific gravity (9.8 m/s/s) / the angle of the transition (45 degrees) CoSine) = height of drop possible (13.85) feet





(p.s i made this up, don't take it seriously, and if the numbers don't add up for you i blame it on the fact i haven't done any maths for 5 years)

[Rik]

Height formula

max height =

(suspension travel + bike strength) * skill

[fastrider gus]

who cares.... just huck the damn thing!!

[TOSS3R]

yeh i am in pure agreeance with gus..just do your 5 ft, then do your 6ft and if the bike still works, see how much further you guts will take you..its not like your gunna do a five footer and then think you can go and hit a 30 footer to steep just because you landed the five. progression is a fantastic thing. go will the flow.

[ride4fun]

i dont know which episode it was but the gap in drop in was done by mike kinrade. he didnt make the distance, cased the landing and was bucked over the hangers

[rad rob]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=3699
episode 3, season 1 about 13 minutes in

[MikeT]

how high u say??? hmm (as fuzzy would say) tree fitty nar but serious i reckon 8-12 foot tranny seing a guy can do a 30 foot drop on a hardtail

[Ryan]

So because a guy can do a 30ft on a hardtail it means that a smaller drop is capable of being done on a dually? Makes sense, in Crazyworld.

[Kreaky]

i did a 8-9ft on a mongoose pro wing pro to 45 degree landing andi held up very well. the ting is this bike is a crosscontry

[igothp]

http://dropin.pinkbike.com/index.php?but_type=dlepis

I saw Norco drop that on "Drop In" too.

Not sure which episode, but I highly recommend downloading the entire series ASAP.

i will 2nd that, mad crazy and hell-a cool

[jjperko]

yeah i dowloaded some Dropin Episodes, Mike Kinrade does a huge stairgap as well in episode 2 on a 4by

[Cruz]

12,000 feet from the rear of a Hercules.

You will only do it once though.

Puts the freefall into freeride.

[and1]

12,000 feet from the rear of a Hercules.

You will only do it once though.

Puts the freefall into freeride.

I'd hit it.

[maka]

its dropin ep 3 its road gap with 10 feet of the ramp cut off .mass nose wheelie on the landing/ crash.