Fastest sledges in the world

[Topblag]

A car bonnet.

There is a chance of injury and don't use it where there are little ones. If they are clean and polished they go faster

[FinalD]

Remove washer lines and hinges/gas struts too, to avoid injury.

[daimlerman]

Is there any performance gains by using different manufacturer's products?

I would expect a BMW bonnet to be faster than a Fiat bonnet,for example.

[maxfield]

I found an E30 bonnet to be much better than a mini bonnet

[FinalD]

Depends on the shape of them I bet. With a curled up front it should work quite well. Try it with a modern BMW bonnet and it'll probably nosedive and throw you off.

[Topblag]

Rollers are worthwhile keeping, gives you something to hold on to when you are going backwards down a hill at breakneck speed.

[verde]

Unfortunately I sold my spare bonnet and am too scared to damage the other

[Duke137]

LOL, bet you look a right coont turning up to your local park with an E30 bonnet in tow!

Sledges are only about £8 from B&M bargains (or equivalent)

Got any pics/videos of this (or it didn't happen obviously)

[Topblag]

Haven't deployed mine as yet, too busy with kids at my local hills and it isn't the most portable of items so going further afield isn't on the cards.

Pesky kids.

[Duke137]

I reckon magpie should have a go on that hill he posted in the video in the snow thread...

[FinalD]

I'd have a go on my spare bonnet (and film it) but I have no snow.

[tomislav]

Only issue with using a bonnet is that if you manage to fall of the front of it there is a large chance of death when it catches you up and smacks you in the back of the head!

[Topblag]

I did say that there's a chance of injury.

[capnmchl]

About 7 years ago in austria I picked up these big plastic discs with handles for sledging. Much better than normal sledges, especially on the black ski runs. Unfortunately, I broke mine in 2010 and my fibreglass fix didn't last very long. They're great fun though, you end up spinning in all sorts of directions and it's hard to fall off them unless they dig in.

I've found the bags soil etc come in to be good when the snows a bit harder and icier.

Just remember to check whats at the bottom of the hill before you go flying down it, especially on something like a car bonnet which will be hard to stop and hard to bail out of. Remember that girl that decapitated herself on the barbed wire fence a few years ago?

[Kedge]

Fastest thing I've used is that thin corrugated plastic, plastic feed bags packed with snow are also good!

[magpie]

the fastest home made sledge ever is an old skool gasboard that they used on the roadworks to prevent people falling in the holes they had dug. you had to jam one end in some fence railings and bend one end so it curled upwards to clear any obstacles in your way .As they had a raised lip on the outer edges of the flat sides they acted like runners and would destroy any Woolworth's bought ones the posh kids had on the slopes!

anyone else remember these ?

[daimlerman]

the fastest home made sledge ever is an old skool gasboard that they used on the roadworks to prevent people falling in the holes they had dug. you had to jam one end in some fence railings and bend one end so it curled upwards to clear any obstacles in your way .As they had a raised lip on the outer edges of the flat sides they acted like runners and would destroy any Woolworth's bought ones the posh kids had on the slopes!

anyone else remember these ?

I guess that most winter's loads of Consett citizens fell down the holes that you and your mates un-covered!

[magpie]

i lived in south shields back in the happy days of youthhood

it was a dangerous place at night back then


these are the bad-boy's



they don't make them like that any more

[zaust]

What ever happened to borrowing a mac dees tray and wizzing down a hill !!!
They took the punishment well.

[daimlerman]

What ever happened to borrowing a mac dees tray and wizzing down a hill !!!
They took the punishment well.

You must have a small bum,no way would I fit on a Maccy Dee's tray!

[FinalD]

You must have a small bum,no way would I fit on a Maccy Dee's tray!

One for each cheek?

[daimlerman]

You must have a small bum,no way would I fit on a Maccy Dee's tray!

One for each cheek?

Getting closer!

[BenHar]

Be careful out there!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ridge.html

Ben

[E30Gheko]

I have an old E28 bonnet in my Dad's garage. I can barely lift it, but if I did manage to get it to the top of a big slope I could imagine it may go rather fast.... Think I'll pass though...

[DasChin]

this is what you need:



such a funny clip and film

[Simon13]

e30 bootlids go really well bit small need to sit cross legged though