Jumping a cross bike

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Permalink Reply by cxchiva on October 30, 2008 at 2:26am

Years ago I thought I had it down, getting comfortable catching air while in the drops. But then one day...I snapped the down tube on my beloved Merckx. Several months later I dislocated my shoulder. Now that middle-age discretion kicks in more frequently, I try and keep the rubber closer to terra firma.

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Permalink Reply by David Hutton on October 30, 2008 at 4:25am

if i told you how I do it, you would end up shattering a carbon rim landing on the lip of a walking path going into a sandpit.

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Permalink Reply by Rickey on October 30, 2008 at 5:45pm

hoods work ok, tops are best. be careful though. so far this season I have snapped a carbon handlebar directly in half inside the stem clamp area (oops) and knocked all my stem bolts loose. I need to remember that just because its dirt track its not my bmx bike.

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Permalink Reply by Josh on October 30, 2008 at 9:40pm

If I'm not jumping to get over a barrier, just small jumps over a small berm, curb, roots or downed tree limbs, I prefer to jump from the drops.

Just experiment hopping from the drops, hoods and the tops. See what works best for you.

...make sure to post your crash photos too.

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Permalink Reply by wood booger on November 2, 2008 at 12:22pm

Stay off the hoods, especially if you have carbon bars. The levers can slip somewhat easily even if you have them torqued properly. Landing on the hoods and having a lever slip is not fun.

For what you describe, it would be best to be in the drops because of the speed. Stay on the tops to bunny hop barriers, but the drops for any sort of "jumping".

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Permalink Reply by Jon on November 2, 2008 at 1:16pm

here is a little vid from our race this weekend of the A guys getting some air (not much though:)

http://cowbell.cxmagazine.com/video/ditch-jump-at-kisscross-5

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Permalink Reply by Kyle on November 5, 2008 at 8:35pm

Like this

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Permalink Reply by Yeti Jim on November 6, 2008 at 5:57am

Nice

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