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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Bushwacked on December 15, 2008, 11:29 AM
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What's the score with damp ramps?
Not enjoying not being able to ride as much as I want due to damp weather :-\
Near me I've got loads of out door ramps varying from concreate, to wood to metal.
can I ask some of you with more experience than me which are OK to use if slightly damp and how can I make it safer to ride them?
SHould I just wait until spring and keep to indoor parks for the time being?
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stay away from metal
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Concreate and wood OK theN?
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especially the coping on wooded ramps when riding in, it cost me a broken elbow :'(
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try it and see?if wet they are all a no no to me
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as Jai says, watch the wet coping, a lot of folk lift the front wheel over the coping a touch anyway.
Concrete: I taught myself to pop out and roll in on some small concrete ramps in the rain, on my own, first time out on a new school bike, but just try it. I guess what will happen is the grip gives up less predictably.
Wood: damp, no totally dry is sometimes okay, but I've found you often get a kind of "slimey" coating on damp ramps, esp in the shaded part if it's not in full sun to dry out.
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Back in the day we would just pour petrol on damp ramps and burn them.If done right they would dry out pretty quick.Good days!!
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Back in the day we would just pour petrol on damp ramps and burn them.If done right they would dry out pretty quick.Good days!!
:LolLolLolLol: done that plenty of times at worcester ramps BITD
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Back in the day we would just pour petrol on damp ramps and burn them.If done right they would dry out pretty quick.Good days!!
i was gonna say that as well,used to do that over chingford.
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Hmmm - might take a rag / old towel with me to dry the coping on my local mini then.
Have been known to take a window cleaners blade down with me to clear off the dampness / standing water - works a treat during summer when you have dew or rain from the night before.
Worth changing the tyres to something more suited? Running Fit FAF's at the mo...
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Unless it was dry i'd stay away or go an indoor park, it aint worth the risk
Mind you i manage to fall off on a regular basis indoors... :D