Fairfax CCT rock crossings

[jnva]

Has anyone ridden across these?

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.953147,-77.291271,3a,75y,284.3h,90.47t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sfN7IWMl2vBAqizDs4Xe6_Q!2e0

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[jabberwocky]

I have seen someone do so (maybe not those exact ones, but very similar). Old school trials rider, made it look easy.

[Bilsko]

Dirt *almost* did

[drevil]

I love watching people try stuff like this. Win or lose, it’s always spectacular

So I take it you didn’t give it a go, Jabs?

[hozn]

Yeah, it definitely looks doable by someone with some trials skills. I could not do it, though someday when I am feeling stupid I will give it a try.

[jnva]

@Bilsko 85809 wrote:

Dirt *almost* did

Ha, that’s not possible at this one! I’m going to try it this summer. Might fall in the first couple of times but I think I can do it. I watch a lot of trial bike videos so I am practically an expert.

[jabberwocky]

@drevil 85813 wrote:

So I take it you didn’t give it a go, Jabs?

I’ve tried them before. My trials skills aren’t up to that level. I make it two or three rocks in and end up in the water.

[Bilsko]

@jnva 85819 wrote:

Ha, that’s not possible at this one! I’m going to try it this summer. Might fall in the first couple of times but I think I can do it. I watch a lot of trial bike videos so I am practically an expert.

Hmm..I’m not too familiar with the CCT, but I think that’s the same one? Are there more than one of those along the trail?

**Nevermind, just pulled up the Google Maps and realized they are, indeed, not the same ones.

I believe the picture of Dirt was this one: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9705272,-77.2796816,21z

[jnva]

I almost think you could power over these rocks with a dual suspension bike. No trials skills needed.

[jabberwocky]

@jnva 86007 wrote:

I almost think you could power over these rocks with a dual suspension bike. No trials skills needed.

Eh, not really. The gaps are just too big, even for my 160mm bike. If it was only 3-4 rocks long, maybe.

[drevil]

@jabberwocky 86027 wrote:

Eh, not really. The gaps are just too big, even for my 160mm bike. If it was only 3-4 rocks long, maybe.

Did the guy you saw make it through do it trials-y style, i.e., bouncing on the rear wheel then pedal kicking? If so, ain’t no chance of me ever doing it 😮

[jabberwocky]

@drevil 86035 wrote:

Did the guy you saw make it through do it trials-y style, i.e., bouncing on the rear wheel then pedal kicking? If so, ain’t no chance of me ever doing it 😮

Sort of. He didn’t go rear wheel only, he just kicked his way across, with each wheel on a rock the whole way (each kick would advance up one rock). Very little pausing and balancing. He made it look easy peasy. But he was someone who had been a trials rider for many years.

[drevil]

@jabberwocky 86045 wrote:

Sort of. He didn’t go rear wheel only, he just kicked his way across, with each wheel on a rock the whole way (each kick would advance up one rock). Very little pausing and balancing. He made it look easy peasy. But he was someone who had been a trials rider for many years.

Yup, no chance

Speaking of rock crossings, have you ever successfully ridden across this one at Laurel Hill? I haven’t.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5018/img0313tx3.jpg

[jabberwocky]

@drevil 86048 wrote:

Yup, no chance

Speaking of rock crossings, have you ever successfully ridden across this one at Laurel Hill? I haven’t.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5018/img0313tx3.jpg

The one on Giles Run? I’ve tried it several times but never quite made it. That one is short enough that I could probably just bash my way over, but the run-in is awful both directions so its hard to get lined up on it in the first place.

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