Best bungees?

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Unread postby Barto » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:38 am

[quote="lonestarBubba used to have a good rule of thumb which pisses all the pro-bungee people off - whatever height bungee you can clear, you really would have cleared a bar set 2.5 feet lower. :P[/quote]

My rule of thumb is 2'.
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Unread postby cdmilton » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:52 am

lonestar wrote:Bubba used to have a good rule of thumb which pisses all the pro-bungee people off - whatever height bungee you can clear, you really would have cleared a bar set 2.5 feet lower. :P


I agree. Every year I hear a HS kid say that he can go 15' because he has cleared a 15' bungee. Yet at every meet the kid is struggling to clear 13' and gets pissed off. Not a good thing if you ask me. In this case it is not totally the kids fault but more on the coach since they did not educate the athlete.
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