I remember that happening pretty frequently as a kid doing dumb stuff on bikes and skateboards or imitating pro wrestling. Would usually pop right back up. Then it happened again a few months ago (age 30) and I thought I might actually die at first.
That was horrible to watch. I wonder if a back protector is of any use when you're being smashed to the ground like that. Or when you're being folded in two during an OTB like so many of these fails.
I love our modern society and modern mountain biking... because people have so much more faith in their ability, and then we get lovely videos like these.
That's a 12 year old and he broke his femur. Its been posted before. I catch a ton of sh--t for saying it, but someone that young, when their bones have not fully formed, should not be allowed on the big features.
@sino428: They have lower ultimate strength but they are less brittle I think, also the parts where the bones are still growing can get damaged and the bone won't keep growing. At least that's what I remember the doctor saying back when I broke my wrist as a youth 15+ years ago.
Kids recover much quicker than their dads if this is of any solace to anyone. They also have at least 10 more years of fast learning period for their motorics. With a bit of luck and self awareness this kid will now always remember to unweigh the bike on the edge of any drop, and will not develop much mental trauma. For folks in my age 35-40 and onward, crashes like that can be career enders. Career ender sender... I have more and more friends who no longer want to hit sht like that. So, all the good vibes to the kid
@WAKIdesigns: Not sure if it was a matter of not un-weighting the bike. Looked like he actually airs the up slope leading to the drop and almost clear the entire thing. His front wheel never even comes back down on the flat before the drop off.
@sino428: he may have unweigh it too early. The catapult happens as the front drops, drags you down by your arms then rear keeps going forward for a moment as it leaves the edge. It looked like an accident at work. His pace and body position was defo not firstteamalljerry
@WAKIdesigns: It looks like he was jumping the entire flat section of the drop and came up short. I'm sure he knows how to unweight his bike to ride the drop normally.
@I think the major problem is if the break is near the growth plates. Kid bones are more flexible up to a certain age but by 12 they’re probably nearly as brittle as a young adult.
@sino428: Edit: Just saw other people replied similarly They may be less "brittle" sometimes, but with growing bone, growth plates etc, yeah you could look at it as best case he heals more quickly/completely maybe, but that could also seriously mess a kid up for life.
2:40 - 2:42 is the type of crash that scares me most.
By that I mean it looks like it was within his skill level, but he made a small mistake, that cost him dearly. Its the exact sort of thing I'm worried about (as a guy who tries to ride within his limits "most" of the time.
In this case he overcooked the entry, and flew over the entire run in on the drop, clipping only the very end of it with the rear tire, sending him horribly over the bars.
I enjoyed the 2 sparsely placed pads on either side of the wood berm in the beginning which the guy completely misses. Those are called anti-lawsuit pads. Not actually meant to break falls.
That’s on Trestle’s Pro Line (Banana Peel) and it makes you sign off with a special waiver just for it. The whole time I eyed it I feared for that damn gap. Now that I gotta’ think about falling off the feature too, I guess I ain’t ever doing it. Dang.
"Rebound damping regulates the speed at which your fork or shock recovers, or bounces back, from an impact and returns to its full travel. Much like a compression circuit, rebound damping relies on oil moving through a circuit to regulate the speed at which the suspension extends after being compressed."
What is your point? You think everyone who gets bucked has their rebound set incorrectly? That has almost everything to do with poor control or the bike and body position, not rebound settings. Sure you could slow your rebound to a crawl and maybe eliminate some of those instances but your bike would ride like shit the rest of the time.
@sino428: Just a joke dude, not everyone has their rebound set wrong. It's one more thing to pay attention to before you send it into that big lip and get bucked. Getting better is hard and it can hurt, a lot. Some of those offs are avoidable by checking your settings. Not everyone knows or appreciates how much of an impact rebound can have off a lip.
Leafs need to draft this beast with that display of brutal physicality, pure speed, agility, balance & strength.... Looks durable as well. Smart too keeping out of the box so to speak.
Victim: Well not exactly....
the rear wheel.
They may be less "brittle" sometimes, but with growing bone, growth plates etc, yeah you could look at it as best case he heals more quickly/completely maybe, but that could also seriously mess a kid up for life.
By that I mean it looks like it was within his skill level, but he made a small mistake, that cost him dearly. Its the exact sort of thing I'm worried about (as a guy who tries to ride within his limits "most" of the time.
In this case he overcooked the entry, and flew over the entire run in on the drop, clipping only the very end of it with the rear tire, sending him horribly over the bars.
Yikes.
"Rebound damping regulates the speed at which your fork or shock recovers, or bounces back, from an impact and returns to its full travel. Much like a compression circuit, rebound damping relies on oil moving through a circuit to regulate the speed at which the suspension extends after being compressed."
Source: www.bikeradar.com/features/how-to-adjust-the-rebound-and-compression-settings-on-your-mountain-bike
pure speed, agility, balance & strength.... Looks durable as well.
Smart too keeping out of the box so to speak.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeqpBNK33Ow