Quote Originally Posted by Bethany1 View Post
Seems silly, but I jumped off my son's homemade ramp this evening with my 29er. I've never jumped off a ramp before so I was a little nervous. It wasn't that high, just a little over the curb, but I hit full speed and and went over. I thought I was going to bounce over the handlebars when the front tire hit the pavement but I did just fine.

The second time I went faster, went up the ramp and lifted the bike like my son and his friend said to do. The seat nailed me right in the crotch mid air and again when I landed on the ground much harder. I went completely numb for about 15 minutes.

Is there a way to safely land w/o your seat hitting your crotch this hard? And is it possible to land the wrong way and end up over the handlebars?

I had a great time but am leary of going over stuff if/when I do a real mountain bike trail now.

LOL. Now I know why DH bought a dual suspension MTB. I want a dual suspension 29er which runs at least 3000 so it won't happen anytime soon. LOL.

I am proud that I went off the ramp twice though.
From the sounds of it your timing was off when you pulled up on the front of the bike. It is also possible to land wrong and end up over the handle bars, especially when you jump higher because you land harder!