Winter sledges!
Discussion
ok so a little premature but need to get prepared!
never bought one before and i have a 3 year old and 1 year old as well as a mrs RC1
anyone any tips on what i should look for? wooden or plastic? should i get one for my 3 year old and then 2 more; one for me and the baby and the other for mrs RC1?
never bought one before and i have a 3 year old and 1 year old as well as a mrs RC1
anyone any tips on what i should look for? wooden or plastic? should i get one for my 3 year old and then 2 more; one for me and the baby and the other for mrs RC1?
HTP99 said:
Pothole said:
I'm no H&S freak, but are you really going to slide down a snowy hill on an uncontrollable piece of wood or plastic while holding a one year old child?
Where's your sense of fun, it's people like you who make it boring for everyone else?!I took my 2 year old sledging this year, I had the GPS on my phone record a top speed of 28mph. He loved it, no one died.
We used those plastic ones you get from anywhere for around a tenner. Previously used a plastic spare wheel cover from a range rover (The kind that hand on the back) was comfy with a pillow but did spin around alot.
We used those plastic ones you get from anywhere for around a tenner. Previously used a plastic spare wheel cover from a range rover (The kind that hand on the back) was comfy with a pillow but did spin around alot.
Watchman said:
I bought an 8 quid plastic one. Brother bought a 40 quid sledge-shaped plastic one. Brother's business partner bought a £90 wooden "crafted" one.
I won.
By miles.
i was just boffing up on the swanky wooden ones and almost bought one until i read this. git.I won.
By miles.
tesco jobbies it is then!
I have a DAVOS wooden one my uncle bought me for my 10th birthey its 19 years old this year and still lethally fast got to wax the steel runners on it to get some silly speed though.
Fastest i have ever gone is accidentally slipping on a hill nad riding my Goretex trousers and jacket all the way down the hill in an uncrollable slide of screaming pain as i ploughed into a small group of Youf's sending them flying like a bunch of skittles.
Best ones i have seen are these.
Fastest i have ever gone is accidentally slipping on a hill nad riding my Goretex trousers and jacket all the way down the hill in an uncrollable slide of screaming pain as i ploughed into a small group of Youf's sending them flying like a bunch of skittles.
Best ones i have seen are these.
I have a brilliant sledge its metal frame with a wooden seat. Can fit my daughter and myself on it (im 6ft tall). Got it off ebay a few years ago the guy makes and sells them. He does a couple of different sizes not sure which mine is tbh.
Ive never seen a sledge that goes as good or is built as well.
The only thing ive seen come close are home made jobbies made out of plastic pipes some of those seem good.
Ive never seen a sledge that goes as good or is built as well.
The only thing ive seen come close are home made jobbies made out of plastic pipes some of those seem good.
RC1 said:
Watchman said:
I bought an 8 quid plastic one. Brother bought a 40 quid sledge-shaped plastic one. Brother's business partner bought a £90 wooden "crafted" one.
I won.
By miles.
i was just boffing up on the swanky wooden ones and almost bought one until i read this. git.I won.
By miles.
tesco jobbies it is then!
This was at the Lickey Hills, near to the M5/M42 junction.
I believe the trick is to maximise the area in connection with the ground. A group of student-types went down the hill on a tarp. It looked horribly painful (the ground isn't smooth and flat - there are tree roots at quite medieval angles in places) but they didn't stop until they were passed even where I'd stopped.
And the guy on the tractor inner tube actually went slightly further still but I think he had concussion from the yump at the bottom of the hill-o-terror.
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