Advice: Hang on throughout the crash. Stay committed and focused. In other words, whatever you do, don't point the recording device towards the ground because you are too concerned about the rider. We need to see the entire aftermath.
I seem to recall the 2019 Peaty's Steel City DH race organisers spray painting a skull and crossbones on the ramp to let racers know under no uncertain terms what kind of jump it is. IfyouI go hunting for Ben Deakins youtube video from the race day he mentions it from track-side.
I agree, its always amazing to see how they don't even budge a mm when a biker hits one. I hit a little tiny young sapling once...that thing didn't even shake a leaf off. They are really an immovable object for bikers.
2:10 guy had enough hang time to check his phone, take a sip of water, and then $h1t his shorts... oof, he knew that crash was coming for a good while.
@bikeybikeybikebike: I got rekt pretty hard. 3 fractured vertebrae, 11 cracked ribs, punctured lung, destroyed collarbone. Few months to heal but I'm back riding now. Could've been worse! Amazed at no concussion or blacking out. Full face did its job.
@orphan: I salute all the doctors and nurses who helped, and also every part of my bike which came away fine ???? Only broke my Timber Bell. Silver lining
on a serious note.. what is the reason for this 'landing on the front wheel'? I don't know what you call it, but this seems to happen in most cases of Friday Fails.. Is the reason, that they don't pump enough from the take-off, or how does that happen? I've felt this come on a few times when doing a jump, but so far was lucky I guess... but if you land on the fork like that, the OTB is inevitable I guess?
Basically, if you don't push into the jump with your feet, the lip slows your bike down but your body continues at full speed, causing you to rotate forward in the air.
More specifially the principle of the dead sailor is, that they could not unload the front wheel on the lip. That is why you pump, to unload the front wheel on take off. If you don‘t, your front wheel stays low because the fork compresses, your weight gets shifted over the front and the rebound of the unloaded rear wheel gets you. Been there, man, it is the worst.
@stalkinghorse: Agree. I also noticed on many of these fails that people pull their legs up like it will help them with lift. However, if you are clipped in it will further rotate you over the front end. I always have to remind myself to keep my heels down to prevent this phenomenon.
@stalkinghorse: I think that physics explanation should be posted every week in Friday Fails. So, much bad advice online and from friends, but that explanation really makes sense.
It is a combination of the two things: 1. The slope pushes your body OTB by inertia. So keep your body and arm tension! 2. The gravity pulls your front wheel FIRST. Thus the front starts to fall while the rear wheel is still on the ground. This is all the same on jumps, drops or stepdowns. So unload yourself and the bike by pushing the pedals to become airy at lift-off!
@stalkinghorse: You can hit a kicker with zero input from your feet if you want. Racers almost always suck up jumps instead of adding compression because adding compression means more time in the air and a slower line. Most over-rotation is from the rider's weight being back. Add in a stiff upper body and you have the classic dead sailor. Add in dragging the rear brake off the lip and you have something really spectacular.
That easy chair is the best trail feature I've ever seen. Calling all MTB trail organizations, please start installing these at the top of the 1+ hour climbs!!!
"Mesmerizes one of the wedding guests,
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the Sea".
"I see dead sailors"
in this day and age though; plenty of seared consciences that didnthearnuthin ...
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Unless....
First, broken collarbone?
Second, broken ribs/face/everything?
So many dead sailors today... why do they jump??? They don't have any skills.
that lip has claimed many a wheel.
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(Photo links taken from the 2018 race: www.pinkbike.com/news/photo-epic-peatys-steel-city-downhill-2018.html)
I seem to recall the 2019 Peaty's Steel City DH race organisers spray painting a skull and crossbones on the ramp to let racers know under no uncertain terms what kind of jump it is. IfyouI go hunting for Ben Deakins youtube video from the race day he mentions it from track-side.
1. I wonder if Superman can still have kids after that performance?
2. My heart goes out to all the healing collarbones this week
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSGJqFXrEdU
Basically, if you don't push into the jump with your feet, the lip slows your bike down but your body continues at full speed, causing you to rotate forward in the air.
1. The slope pushes your body OTB by inertia. So keep your body and arm tension!
2. The gravity pulls your front wheel FIRST. Thus the front starts to fall while the rear wheel is still on the ground. This is all the same on jumps, drops or stepdowns. So unload yourself and the bike by pushing the pedals to become airy at lift-off!
Other notables:
1:40: When trail builders have to clean up blunt force trauma.
2:57: That rider's name has to be Leroy Jenkins.
f*ckin"hate tree hugs!!! LOL!
Didn’t stay loose...
If I aint' casin' jumps I'm landin' nose heavy“