Who ever coached that lady off that drop at 1:03, sell your bike and never ride again. She never had enough speed to barely make it up the ramp, let alone hit that drop.
Exactly. If she can't even coast with her pedals level, standing up, she's not even close to ready for that drop. Way to make her hate mountain biking forever.
@radrider: once people are hooked, they can push falls like this. But if she's not hooked yet, chances are good she's never going to get back on a MTB. A lot of women (and men too) are throw into the deep end too fast by their riding partners, and the fear is too difficult to overcome. It's too bad really, as we'd see more people on bikes if their friends that introduced them had a little common sense and remembered what it was like to be brand new on a bike.
@hardtailparty: I agree 100 percent, I have found it hard to figure out where to take new riders. In my head a trail may be easy but all it takes is one or two technical spots to send a newbie over the bars. I now realize stream crossing on easy trails should be avoided or walked by beginners. It can be tough to remember what it was like when you started out.
I’m think well this trail has not climbing or descending must be a good trail for this newbie o damn she just went over the bars on a log over haha
Ten years ago my GF scorpioned over a water bar on a beginner trail, got road rash on her face and split her hand open on a rock. Right after she crashed she looked into my eyes and apologized for crashing. I told her I loved her (for the first time) when she was getting stitched up in the ER.
Next time you find yourself approaching an intimidating feature, with your boyfriend urging "pedal pedal pedal," and having just fatalistically cried out "son of a bitch," you would do well to reconsider.
@Phillyenduro That was no random "son of a bitch" that was short for "You put me up to this you son of a bitch." That dude aint gettin any for a VERY VERY long time.
I was caught off guard by what seems to be the genuine surprise of the videographer for Roof Drop Guy. I'd like to see the pizza box this plan was drawn up on.
@big-red: when I saw her trying to get some speed and sitting in the saddle, I understood it was already over for her, and maybe for their relationship
* I'm glad the camera quality & filming was so terrible for the guy attempting the front flip; the crash looked like he snapped himself in half
* Somebody buy teeter-totter guy a basic physics textbook
* Endur-bro hit that tree so hard he spun his googles around his helmet (I assume)
* When your bike is almost falling over due to lack of speed, no quantity of "go go go"s is going to help you clear even the smallest of jumps
* Overall I enjoyed the quality of editing that paired legit attempts/crashes with clips of people who should not be allowed to own bicycles. That sort of duality in film-making will be rewarded come Oscar season.
I said it before, but I'm convinced this is the norm for about 84% of pinkbike commenters
No science to prove it. EXCEPT, the "weird" way that bike reviews get 200+ comments and vids showing actual riding footage get maybe 20 comments. Hard to relate to anything other than bikes resting next to a tree...
But, hey, at least most of the bikes in Friday fails were carbon.
These types of videos/crashes... are exactly why I pretty much only ride with a full face helmet. The fact that you can get full face helmets that actually breathe, makes it less of an issue than it was before.
And even though they can be kind of pricey... a full face helmet is still cheaper than whatever dentistry/surgery would need to happen if I took a blow to the chin/teeth area.
I crashed a few years ago, and after I hit the ground some part of my bike hit me in the eye. The lens kept me from rupturing my eyeball and likely losing my sight, but the impact was enough to blow out my orbit, requiring months of steroids and a titanium plate behind my eye. Because of the extent of the fracture I wasn’t able to do anything strenuous, the steroids took away all my energy and shot my appetite through the roof, and by the time I was back on the bike I was even fatter and more out of shape than I’d started. Still haven’t gotten my weight and fitness back to where they were.
Full face and high-quality glasses or goggles—every time.
90% of these fails would not happen if the riders did not corner, jump, go near water or ride on rough ground. 10% would crash riding straight down a flat foot path.
Definitely, my kids ski through those trees on the way to lodge. You can see the big rock under the feature to left when he first approaches and the lift through the trees. Been skiing there for 15 years would know that double teeter anywhere.
I don't understand bike riders that find pleasure looking at bike crashes and people getting hurt. that makes you laugh and happy? or make you feel better riders? or you never crash?
I crash all the time, it's part of riding and especially part of learning how to "send it". What I don't do is film it and post it to social media. I'm guessing that those who do post it are wanting us to watch it. Therefor I have no reservations about watching, enjoying and even commenting.
I don't like seeing people get hurt, but a lot of us have been there and understand that everyone makes mistakes. I love to watch videos of myself crashing because not only is it entertaining, but it's also edifying.
Personally, I don't like seeing the ones that clearly ended very badly.
The other ones though? Those are straight up funny. Probably because we've all been there... and also... becomes some crashes are just funny.
I mean, Americas funniest home videos success as a TV show was basically built on the fact that dads getting hit in the crotch with a flying baseball/errant golf club/something falling was funny. It doesn't mean that all the people watching that show are horrible people...
This is basically the same thing, only with mountain bikes.
Pro tip for all the beginners out there: make sure you run your rebound wide open. Your tires will track the ground better. Just like the pros. Now you know, and as we all know, knowing is half the battle.
I’m think well this trail has not climbing or descending must be a good trail for this newbie o damn she just went over the bars on a log over haha
* I'm glad the camera quality & filming was so terrible for the guy attempting the front flip; the crash looked like he snapped himself in half
* Somebody buy teeter-totter guy a basic physics textbook
* Endur-bro hit that tree so hard he spun his googles around his helmet (I assume)
* When your bike is almost falling over due to lack of speed, no quantity of "go go go"s is going to help you clear even the smallest of jumps
* Overall I enjoyed the quality of editing that paired legit attempts/crashes with clips of people who should not be allowed to own bicycles. That sort of duality in film-making will be rewarded come Oscar season.
No science to prove it. EXCEPT, the "weird" way that bike reviews get 200+ comments and vids showing actual riding footage get maybe 20 comments. Hard to relate to anything other than bikes resting next to a tree...
But, hey, at least most of the bikes in Friday fails were carbon.
These types of videos/crashes... are exactly why I pretty much only ride with a full face helmet. The fact that you can get full face helmets that actually breathe, makes it less of an issue than it was before.
And even though they can be kind of pricey... a full face helmet is still cheaper than whatever dentistry/surgery would need to happen if I took a blow to the chin/teeth area.
Full face and high-quality glasses or goggles—every time.
Lands, and immediately blames the wind for his crash.
Sounds just like me
Me: 'sh*t the sun glanced off the bark the wrong way ... but I totally had it
Everyone else: mmhm ya sure
Ya, ok
The other ones though? Those are straight up funny. Probably because we've all been there... and also... becomes some crashes are just funny.
I mean, Americas funniest home videos success as a TV show was basically built on the fact that dads getting hit in the crotch with a flying baseball/errant golf club/something falling was funny. It doesn't mean that all the people watching that show are horrible people...
This is basically the same thing, only with mountain bikes.