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CltMTBer Coaster Bike Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 50 Location: Charlotte Joined: 04/27/10	The Big Plunge and some air!! 05/21/14 at 11:51pm	Print Post
	Steve, Just saw what you're working on at the bottom of the Big Plunge! Who needs a bridge anyway!!! RRT just keeps getting better and better. Thanks--looking forward to some fresh air!

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Watcher Little Ring Offline I Love YaBB 2! Posts: 624 Location: Harrisburg Joined: 09/11/06	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #1 - 05/22/14 at 12:00am	Print Post
	Working on this as a request from a frequent rider. This isn't my type of feature to build so be very cautious and look well before you leap. I'm just a humble single track builder this type of thing makes me a little nervous.

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CltMTBer Coaster Bike Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 50 Location: Charlotte Joined: 04/27/10	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #2 - 05/22/14 at 12:06am	Print Post
	Will Do! I wouldn't mind seeing him (or her)! hit it before I do!!!

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MountainCycle Big Ring Offline Unelite p***^. Heartbreak lover. Posts: 1062 Joined: 02/05/09	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #3 - 05/22/14 at 12:40am	Print Post
	CltMTBer wrote on 05/21/14 at 11:51pm: Steve, Just saw what you're working on at the bottom of the Big Plunge! Who needs a bridge anyway!!! RRT just keeps getting better and better. Thanks--looking forward to some fresh air! You won't do it. If you do try it post up the time and date.

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Banjopickin Big Ring Offline Spinnin' knees & Hittin' trees since '85 Posts: 1805 Location: Pisgah National Forest, USA Joined: 08/01/11	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #4 - 05/22/14 at 1:01am	Print Post
	Whens it going to be ready? looked like another foot or two and shes good to go. I almost moved the bucket last monday and went for it. Someones gotta be the guinea pig. If you pin it down Plunge your going to need at least 30-40' of run out

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RobP Big Ring Offline Posts: 2235 Location: Mint Hill Joined: 10/30/01	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #5 - 05/22/14 at 4:00am	Print Post
	Let me know when it is ready and whoever is gonna hit it. I have the camera, and may try it next. I mean its not like you wont have enough speed. I just checked Strava and I am pretty sure I am 20+ mph at the bottom of that hill.

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Yellowduck Big Ring Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1537 Location: Concord Joined: 04/28/10	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #6 - 05/22/14 at 1:20pm	Print Post
	You guys enjoy. I'll take the bridge.

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sager Big Ring Offline Waiting for my next ride! Posts: 1343 Location: Charlotte Joined: 11/02/08	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #7 - 05/22/14 at 1:50pm	Print Post
	Yellowduck wrote on 05/22/14 at 1:20pm: You guys enjoy. I'll take the bridge. same.

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johnski Small Cog Offline Posts: 379 Location: Concord, NC Joined: 07/10/11	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #8 - 05/22/14 at 2:27pm	Print Post
	Yellowduck wrote on 05/22/14 at 1:20pm: You guys enjoy. I'll take the bridge. I'm gonna stand at the top and just release my bike to take the plunge and jump all on its' own. I figure it'll be like getting a good read on a putt before I decide that I don't like to golf.

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Watcher Little Ring Offline I Love YaBB 2! Posts: 624 Location: Harrisburg Joined: 09/11/06	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #9 - 05/22/14 at 10:39pm	Print Post
	I pulled the bucket. Wired the logs together, added more soil, packed it in good as I can. Looks like it's a long way down to it from the top. Going to come at you mighty fast. Please be CAUTIOUS that's why I put in a really wide bridge at that spot.

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Specialist Little Ring Offline The rider formerly known as "Trekker1" Posts: 694 Location: Charlotte Joined: 05/11/12	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #10 - 05/22/14 at 11:27pm	Print Post
	Pic?

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RobP Big Ring Offline Posts: 2235 Location: Mint Hill Joined: 10/30/01	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #11 - 05/23/14 at 1:22pm	Print Post
	Specialist wrote on 05/22/14 at 11:27pm: Pic? It's not going to do it justice. I haven't seen the finished product, but I know the "gap" it is spanning and how fast you are going when you hit that bridge. Watcher wrote on 05/22/14 at 10:39pm: I pulled the bucket. Wired the logs together, added more soil, packed it in good as I can. Looks like it's a long way down to it from the top. Going to come at you mighty fast. Please be CAUTIOUS that's why I put in a really wide bridge at that spot. Any change you installed one of these? (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I mean just in case, if I get to the bottom to look at it I am not going to be very motivated to push back to the top of that hill.

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Yellowduck Big Ring Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1537 Location: Concord Joined: 04/28/10	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #12 - 05/23/14 at 1:29pm	Print Post
	Trying to get back up that hill would be brutal in bicycle shoes.

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Watcher Little Ring Offline I Love YaBB 2! Posts: 624 Location: Harrisburg Joined: 09/11/06	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #13 - 05/23/14 at 1:49pm	Print Post
	Well I guess you could just cut over do No Name to the second switchback and cut across to the Plunge

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Shredder Big Ring Offline Posts: 2077 Joined: 01/12/05	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #14 - 05/23/14 at 2:37pm	Print Post
	That jump will be gnarly just because of the speed and the angle. That's a trip over the bars just waiting to happen if you're not careful. Steve, did you check out that potential reroute I was talking about shortly before the plunge after the 2 small jumps and the big one? It would be awesome with a big S berm that goes left at the first tree and cuts right before the second one and then gradually up the hillside to keep the flow going. I'd be more than happy to come give you a hand.

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JimShoe Big Ring Offline Posts: 1147 Location: Charlotte Joined: 12/17/06	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #15 - 05/23/14 at 5:18pm	Print Post
	Guess I know where I'll be riding Monday!!!!!

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Watcher Little Ring Offline I Love YaBB 2! Posts: 624 Location: Harrisburg Joined: 09/11/06	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #16 - 05/23/14 at 5:28pm	Print Post
	Shredder I have looked at it just haven't made a decision. There are some really huge roots on the right side of those trees that evidently is why I chose to stay on the uphill side. We'll get together out there and look it over.

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MountainCycle Big Ring Offline Unelite p***^. Heartbreak lover. Posts: 1062 Joined: 02/05/09	Re: The Big Plunge and some air!! Reply #17 - 05/23/14 at 11:31pm	Print Post
	Great work not the new bridges through the second "wet" section. Thanks Steve. I was the one tonight yelling and screaming down the plunge on my yelli screamy tonight. Like a girl.

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