@VtVolk: nice catch! Didn't notice that the first time, but after going back for some slo-mo analysis, he's also wearing jean shorts and a braided leather belt. Well tomorrow is Father's Day!
@rrolly: Fortunately, I landed in fairly shallow water on both wheels at once, so I didn't put a foot down but managed to pedal to the bank. I told them that any gentleman mtb'er would do the same.
I think it is great that a lot of the MTB community is very welcoming to beginners, but I think that's a double edge sword. Friday Fails shows so many people without fundamental bike handling skills getting in way over their head and crashing. It is gonna get even worse (or if you are watching Friday Fails, better) with all the covid noobs on the trails now.
I don't mean to say we should be tough on beginners, or that I'm a bike handling god, but we need to drill into beginners heads that mountain biking risk needs to be taken seriously, and that you can get seriously f*cked up if you aren't careful. I love seeing people starting their journey, but for the love of god, your Ibis will not do the job.
I agree, but I don't think this is a new trend. We were doing the same stupid stuff as kids in the 80's and 90's. It's just that no one was lugging a 20lb VHS camcorder around with them all the time so most of it went unseen.
The whole "just send it brah" mentality is bad for beginners. I understand pushing yourself and getting over fear, but there is a difference between sending something you are scared of but have the technical abilities to ride and just going for something that you have no business doing.
@VtVolk: scroll down the mtb sites today,its all cool people doing huge jumps and gaps ,making it look easy. In the 90s,no internet,mtb mags featured lycra guys sweating like pigs. People buy cool gear,hit the bike park,no accept of their own limitations, bye bye.
@lenniDK: This isn't really true. Sure we didn't have such easy access but the reason I tried stupid stuff was (1) magazines and (2) bike shop VHS on loop.
At 2:25 they rode down, got off their bikes probably talked about filming for a bit, hiked up, did the entire ride in. And somehow through all that time passing no one had the thought to move the bike in the middle of the runout?
Breaking with your middle finger has nothing to do with it. I brake with my middle finger on the left because I lost the tip of my index finger in a motorcycle accident when I was 14. hasn’t hurt my riding skills. so I would suggest that is pilot skill that caused the crash.
Yo Pinkbike, could we get a feature on some of the trails in these fails videos? Lots of them look homemade but super fun. Would be cool to read about the spots and riders that built them.
I don't mean to say we should be tough on beginners, or that I'm a bike handling god, but we need to drill into beginners heads that mountain biking risk needs to be taken seriously, and that you can get seriously f*cked up if you aren't careful. I love seeing people starting their journey, but for the love of god, your Ibis will not do the job.
Mine's like "oh it's Friday? That means Friday Fails"
Shit... he better calls Saul for that case
Need an entire attorney office.
EDIT: Talking about the case at 3:00