I think there are a couple, I've seen vids of one somewhere in the Rockies , probably a ski resort, and one in Appalachia (Va or Tn) I think....
Probably not a single insurance company in the states would want to carry one.
Good point....the Luge carts here have no guide rails, no seat belts, just a helmet and a 15 second verbal instruction.....and you're away. It's called Adventure Tourism. I have seen a guy carted off in an ambulance a few years ago, and I have heard blood-curdling screams from others hurtling down the hill.
Good point....the Luge carts here have no guide rails, no seat belts, just a helmet and a 15 second verbal instruction.
kids love it though.. Just this summer I came barreling down a parking lot with my daughter behind me on our BMX bikes and saw a speed pump.. naturally I thought I'll show her how cool her dad is and launch this thing at a high rate of speed. Nobody told me speed bumps are made of steel and very slippery when hitting them at an angle, Yeap the front tire washed and I ate it big time... cut up and bleeding! Kids still laugh about it.
Thanks for bringing back that memory! I visited NZ in 1997 and being 6'4" I experienced the same problem to brake
Nice to see that it still exists.
Cool. The first time I did this was back in 1999. It's still a heap of fun...and I'll do it again no doubt.Thanks for bringing back that memory! I visited NZ in 1997 and being 6'4" I experienced the same problem to brake
Glad it didn't deter you from wanting to do it again...Cool. The first time I did this was back in 1999. It's still a heap of fun...and I'll do it again no doubt.
That looks like a lot of fun....thanks.Damn we had some crazy wrecks, still it never stopped any of US
from doing it again the next day or week...
Thanks for bringing back the memories
Glad it didn't deter you from wanting to do it again...
reminds me of;
When I was a youngster, we had these things called a Flexy Flyer
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looked like an ice sled but had wheels instead of ice skids
they had brakes but not too good at speed
you had to kind of rotate the steering forward IIRC
friction brakes {useless really at any speed}
we usually didn't ride them as intended either,
laying down & face forward
I usually sat on it & steered with my feet...
{my sister got her front teeth cracked riding if face down}
anyway;
We had this hill in Concord Calif. called Chauser Hill,
seemed huge when I was a little dude maybe 9-10 y/o
{spelling ?, we called it that it was a Way, Ave. or Drive },
a few streets over, it was about maybe 1/4 mile long with a 250ft drop
{? not sure in reality }seemed really steep, with a short flat run out
on the very bottom...
BUT;
It did have some nice big lawns we could bail out on etc.
Just before it dumped out on a cross street...
It was like a test of manhood/boyhood, intestinal fortitude
{even for the girls, my sister Candy was a shoe in, brave as any of the boys}
Damn we had some crazy wrecks, still it never stopped any of US
from doing it again the next day or week...
Thanks for bringing back the memories
Had a small break over the past few days with the family - school holidays, and the boys wanted something different to do. So we spent some time down south in Rotorua. A small city in the the centre of our North Island - a tourist mecca. Anyhoo, we always make time to take a trip up the Skyline Gondola and have some rides on the famous Luge. This was to be a more memorable trip for me....picked up a few scratches and bruises on my 3rd run down the hill. No horsing around, and no racing....just having a blast and going at a reasonable pace. I blame the fact that I'm a little taller than most, and my knees interfered with my ability to brake as required (in a panic that is) ....video here below was grabbed from YouTube because I left my GoPro setup at the hotel in my haste to get away.
and here is the part of the run down where I went to pull back on the brakes, hit my knee, and ended up slamming the wall sideways at full speed....( I actually flipped the Luge and had it sitting on top of me)
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I ended up underneath my cart, with me left foot wedged in the bodywork, my right shoe in the middle of the track, a mouthful of dirt and a heap of scratches and scrapes.
The impact was pretty hard and I was out for a second ....bit of a headache, but the helmet did it's job. I get to the bottom and my older boy asks what took so long....and then saw that I was covered in mud and crap.
On the way down to Rotorua I called in to say hello to Paul aka @70 Viper and checked out the latest progress on the Road Runner....it's coming along nicely. I was pleased to hear that Paul has been getting a lot of helpful advice and tips from the guys here at FBBO
On the way home earlier today we called in to meet up with Jason aka @Chargerjase - another very cool member here at FBBO. Sadly we couldn't see the car as it was at another location, but we had a great time talking about all sorts of things that will get me into trouble later on
Ok cool aloha I’m from hawaii Oahu I have two builds/ hobbies I have a 70 pro touring roadrunner on a rotisserie now. I’m looking to do a gen 2 viper motor on it.
