Re: 10x10 cm obstacle

Mark Wiggins (M.Wiggins@ftel.co.uk)
Thu, 07 Sep 1995 09:21:32 +0100

Wolfgang Stroessner wrote:
> To qualify for IUF level 3 you have - among demonstrating other
> skills - to ride over a 10x10 cm obstacle. It is not mentioned in the
> skill levels' list, what's the height of this obstacle. Are there any
> definite standards for that? Of course there are, but I couldn't find
> them. So please let me know, what height is usually used.

The height is 10cm. The depth (distance from front of obstacle to back
of obstacle) is also 10cm. The dimension missing from the definition
is the width - this can presumably be anything from the width of your
tyre (or slightly less) to infinite.

The idea being to demonstrate that you can go up a bump and, almost
immediately, ride back down a bump. "Bump" here being used as a
technical reference to a 10cm height difference. :-)

There seems to be a lot of confusion about this skill - this isn't the
first time it's been raised on this list (and/or newsgroup). Maybe the
powers that be could tidy up the description in the skills list...

Regards,
Mark.

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