Video: Friday Fails #196

 That one looked awful. When the big 50t gears came out, uphilling accounted for all my crashes that year.

 The unicorn of Friday Fails...such a rare, mythical beast.

 Isn't setting up a camera to record yourself climbing the actual fail?

 @freeinpg: might be a tough climb but they never look that way on camera

 climbing crashes are super gnarly

 @freeinpg: Not when we get FF content. Who really has friends that bother to film them anyway?

 Always remember, when climbing something steep an rolling back, grab your front brake. Locking the back brake climbing and rolling back is the same as locking the front brake when going downhill and endoing, except in reverse.

 @goombay: The front brake probably won't be effective just like using the rear brake won't do much when descending something that steep. Or actually, it will be even less effective as (with half-modern geometry) you won't be able to get your weight in over the front wheel when climbing as much as you can get your weight over the rear wheel when descending (with a low saddle and a not-too-big rear wheel). If you want to bail when climbing, safest is to just jump off the back and if you need to let go of the handlebar, step aside.

 @goombay: I checked again and it seems like the rider had his seatpost so high that he didn't manage to lift himself over the saddle before he took his feet off the pedals. Not sure why he had his saddle up as the climb was clearly so steep that he wouldn't sit down anyway. I'd say just lower the saddle for anything technical. Gives you more room to move around.

 4th dimensional rock....its there, just not in our reality

 Ya same with that kid at 2:00. What's his problem??

 @msalcher: No kidding! What a punk!!!

 Trying to use his foot as a brake as well, appears to be no front brake at all.

 This was funnier before I remembered the reference you're making

 nah man them shorts were just too tight

 Pretty sure he got shot

 sniper. definitely a sniper.

 The dreaded overshoot fail.....it's the worst as you have the hang time to contemplate your inevitable destruction!

 I think the sound of his crash could become the new "Wilhelm Scream" for Hollywood movies.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNvZYzg7o68

 @ReformedRoadie: That's exactly what I thought!

 Would bailing off the bike make sense in this scenario? I would imagine hitting the ground is better than hitting hard skinny metallic tubes.

 Those noises he makes will haunt my dreams.

 @withdignityifnotalacrity: as long as you're not dead sailoring...I would guess staying on the bike is the better option...would rather have the suspension absorb as much of the initial impact as possible before the body takes it

 @SATN-XC: I agree. Try to use the bike to help take the brunt of it. Especially on an overshoot. Unless your a gymnast and your rollout game is one point, bailing is best reserved for potential nose cases or not making it at all.

 @withdignityifnotalacrity: nope, at least suspension takes some hit

 @withdignityifnotalacrity: He might have even been okay if the bike survived but it sounded like either the frame or fork snapped. A good example of where being on a DH bike could have made all the difference.

 He needs a super-hsc circuit in his suspension for hits like that!

 @BrambleLee: my out-loud-laughing was unsettling to my wife when i told her the reason. Congrats!

 @friendlyfoe: looks like the lower pivot pulled away from the mainframe.

 Or...hey, the freakin' weekend starts soon.


#glasshalffull

 Now that you mention it: f*ck what have I done with my life....

 When you're living paycheck to paycheck it can't go by fast enough.

 Might be the worst feeling on a bike!

 @GotchaJimmy: I mostly agree except for these two things:
1) near crash on a starter MTB: descending a short fall line. Unexpected drop to flat at bottom. Landed very front wheel heavy but the seat was literally attacking me and pushing me over the bars. Somehow rode it out but walked funny for a couple days after.
2) dumb crash: It started raining so I decided to head home. I was exploring a new area and to get back I had to ride over the top of a dam then down a trail. But I could see where the trail came out next to the dam and decided to ride diagonally down the smooth angled face. I was only about 1 foot before I realized this was a terrible idea but there was no going back. I was picking up speed and if I would brake my rear wheel would start to slip down and the front brake wasn't enough. I was about 3/4 the way down before panic took over and I grabbed a handful of rear brake, which slid my back tire out and I fell on my side. Now I am sliding down this wet concrete wedge on my side. I eventually stop when I hit a fence at the bottom, while straddling the frame. The crash broke one of my chain stays. Sitting down was hard after that one.
The common thread of these two crashes was the anticipation of something bad happening. Riding the front wheel while your saddle is pushing you forward for what felt like forever and then the second I started down the face of the dam I knew it was not going to end well and I was only the manager of my doom.

 Perfect use of the slow mo on that one!

 please don't let that rider near a bike ever again.

 I do think they should save that for Taco Tuesday. Tacos are the most disheartening thing because you know you aren't riding again until you spend money. I once tacoed a wheel climbing at about 1 mph on a wet root. It feels like the universe sending you a message.

 on it .... "oh" I see what the editor did there ... good job as always