Comments on: The Quest for the Rideable Berm

By: basshunter

basshunter — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:03:11 +0000

http://www.singletracks.com/mountain-bike/photo-album.php?tag=berm

the smoother wood berm in 3 of the pictures is really nice. mostly because I helped build it I never take a berm hard unless I know it is packed hard, and if a berm is built up, watch out! I know plenty of people that have blown out the back of some well built dirt berms just because of the pressure on them. a good berm needs a lot of backbone to hold up to riders.

By: Jared13

Jared13 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:35:10 +0000

“The berms pictured below are rideable, but straight, which, like my ex-girlfriend, is nearly useless for turning on.”

LOL!
I love it!

With all this talk between wall rides and berms, what’s the difference? I always considered a wall ride something you had to jump onto and off of while a berm was ride-able from beginning to end.

By: trouttrunnell

trouttrunnell — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:19:51 +0000

Excellent writing jhodgson! Keep it up, you have a gift my friend!

By: Bubblehead10MM

Bubblehead10MM — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:15:18 +0000

http://www.singletracks.com/mountain-bike/photo.php?photoID=42957&tag=beverly+park here’s one I took in IA. Shredding them, I’m working up to it. If you want a good laugh just watch me ride. very slap stick funny

By: dozzerboy

dozzerboy — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:54:19 +0000

Why yes, yes it is.

By: Spartan

Spartan — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:00:40 +0000

Dozzerboy is that up in NW Georgia at that 5 points place?? Regardless, I gotta get up there..

By: dozzerboy

dozzerboy — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:56:12 +0000

Perfect berm you say? Why not perfect berms? http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx328/dozzerboy1/4c633e56.jpg

By: Fitch

Fitch — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:10:15 +0000

In New England, I’m shocked at how intense many riders are — for a sport so fun and crazy, there’s not a lot of sense of humor. No wonder no one likes me in NEMBA… anyway, awesome article, man, and thanks for the (much-needed) laughs!

By: luvtwokayak

luvtwokayak — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:08:49 +0000

“I enjoy beer more than fitness.” I can’t stop laughing. Wheeze. Gasp. More contributors should write like you. Good stuff.

By: fleetwood

fleetwood — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:25:09 +0000

You want East Coast berms? Go to W. Kerr Scott Reservoir near Wilkesboro, NC and ride the Overmountain Victory Trail and WARRRIORRRR CREEEEK (it helps if you say the latter with a monster truck announcer voice). Berms, baby. Hundreds…perhaps thousands of berms (and wall rides for those that distinguish betweeen the two).

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:54:12 +0000

I could definitely throw a sweet roost through that pine straw berm. Mulch roosts are awesome too.

By: jtorlando25

jtorlando25 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:47:56 +0000

lol I understood the point of the article. Would just hate to see a noob rail a wall ride full throttle thinking it’s a sweet berm and dislocate or break something after smashing into the earth.

By: mtbgreg1

mtbgreg1 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:32:54 +0000

I think the point of the article isn’t really the pictures…

But just in case there’s someone out there who doesn’t know what a berm looks like, just take a minute to peruse the Singletracks.com database: http://www.singletracks.com/mountain-bike/photo-album.php?tag=berm

Or check out these photos specifically:
http://www.singletracks.com/mountain-bike/photo-of-day.php?id=326
http://www.singletracks.com/mountain-bike/photo-of-day.php?id=302

And especially this one, which you could DEFINITELY turn on all day:
http://www.singletracks.com/mountain-bike/photo-of-day.php?id=7

And Jim, this is great stuff, keep it up!

Cheers, ya’ll!

By: Spartan

Spartan — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:06:34 +0000

Who cares about the picture..cut some slack.. Great piece and great writing style jh! You should do some more .

I like you Betty.

By: jhodgson

jhodgson — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:39:27 +0000

I wish you had too. And I wish you’d put it on Flickr and marked it legal for Creative Commons use. If you had, it would very likely be in this article.

By: Bubblehead10MM

Bubblehead10MM — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:36:18 +0000

Mildly amusing. But going along with @JT. Selecting a picture with more berm and less root would be cool. Wish I’d taken a good one somewhere.

By: jhodgson

jhodgson — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:21:20 +0000

You HATER. How could you?

I haven’t actually ridden that one myself but I could see how the trail could be arranged appropriately for it to bridge the gap between wall ride and berm.

The one you linked looks nice but the edges look a bit loose to me. If you go too high up there will be death.

By: jtorlando25

jtorlando25 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:16:24 +0000

Sorry to be a hater, but the pic you posted of a “sweet” dirt berm is really more of a wall ride. I don’t see somebody hitting that, full speed, foot down, throwing roost to get into the next section of trail.

Imagine flying down this hill from the right and pitching your body sideways at full speed through this bad boy: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6710317245_9a11f0c4a2_z.jpg