Ride Report Fully Loop 7/26

thnx for keeping us all informed. i agree with others......you could have been hurt a lot more with the looks of the bike. the 2-wheeled gods took mercy.....kind of Heal well and use the time to find the bike that will take the beating....contact the Army?

 

The Chute...

...OK, I'm officially bored. I went back to the scene of the carnage to make some sense of it. The only sense I could find was NOT to ride at night... downhill... really fast... without LIGHTS! Anyway, here are a few shots of the hill. I believe the last one is where Keith and bike met the tree... Get well soon Keith!
#-o

 

I know of another girl that bombed that hill before. Smacked head on into that same tree and cracked her helmet open, but her head was ok...

It was a group from the old Felcyn bike shop rides....

 

I ate that same downhill about 2 weeks before... same rut, missed the tree tho.

Heal up quick mate!

 

Dam, after seeing what the abuse the bike took, looks like it could have been much worse.

Well, at least you can spend your down time bike shopping....

 

That is some crazy damage. You sure you didn't get up after the first hit, go back up the hill, then hit it again for good measure?

Get well soon, and happy bike hunting!

 

Bike?? You see the damage on that tree??? :lol::lol:

 

Those pictures sent a chill down my spine!8-[

 

Its all physics F=ma, although you lost in this battle but it could have been a lot worse.

 

Damn Keith, you taught that tree a lesson!

Update on my co-worker xavier . . . x-rays were negative. Knee is still swelled and bruised as is the elbow. He's been limping around the office but it looks like he'll be okay in a week or so.

Gene . . . he wanted to thank you for your help.

 

Glad to hear. Hope he get's back on the bike!

Keith, you've got a second career in Landscaping. Wow!

 

My days as an environmentalist are over! Its clear to me now that trees are evil. They need to be stopped. And we have to stop them.
I'm going to fix chainsaws to my axles and lay waste to entire forests...then again maybe thats just may meds talking:lol:

 

Look at the damage to the trail by everyone skidding their rear tires....6-8 months ago that section of the trail wasn't rutted and bumped out like that....IT is also a section that lights are needed especially when there are a bunch of riders b/c of the low lying dust...

 

I wasnt going to say anything but yes - totally correct on both counts. It was ridiculous of me to ride that without lights and the ruts are certainly from people whose idea of a controlled descent is to lock the rear brake and roll down destroying the trail. Ever heard of brake modulation???

Using the straight line equations of motion i calculated that I was doing approx 31mph when i hit the tree - thats a guess on the angle of the slope and its length and neglects friction.

 

Dayum engeneering geeks.

You've obviously decreased the meds, glad you're feeling better

 

Sorry to hear about the crash, Keith. Those pics are brutal.

I couldn't help but mentally tally up the parts destroyed, and that's an expensive crash.

So does this mean you get to take the hospital bills back to England & get reimbursed by the cashier?