How not to do it...

Discussion in 'Rider Down' started by Samusick, Sep 25, 2012.

  1. Samusick

    Samusick OI!

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    Samusick, Sep 25, 2012
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  2. da big hills

    da big hills happy night trails

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    Uncanny, you were riding straight and had a washout? Haunted trail?
     
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    lol@ "fack!" . that sucks, hope u didnt hurt yourself
     
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  4. proraptor

    proraptor The Bikes & Brew Crew

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    Dang you did crash hard lol, looks like you tried to switch to the left side of the trail and front tire washed out
     
    proraptor, Sep 25, 2012
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    been there done that..fell your pain.
     
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    from the looks of it you need to be a tad bit farther back on the bike, buddy. But hey. Wash out like that happen to the best of us. I crashed exactly like this out at SJT a few weeks back.

    Just keep on riding. Best advice if you ask me. lol.
     
    thomaswildchild, Sep 26, 2012
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    Ouuuuch. Hope you're no worse for the wear.
     
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    Ouch.. hope you're ok.. that was a hard one..
     
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    How does something like that happen? Did your front tire start to go flat or something? Your thread title sort of implied that there was a lesson to be learned and I can't tell from just watching...
     
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  10. un-kola

    un-kola Just another Homer!

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    Learn to "tuck and roll" before you break a wrist or collar bone. -LLoyd :wave:
     
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    Since this is in the rider down, did you get injured?
     
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  12. Samusick

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    All I know is my front wheel lost traction and I was airborne shortly thereafter. The trail was a little dusty and loose that day and I might have had too much air in the tires. Woke up the next morning and had no grip strength whatsoever and no flexibility in the wrist. My shoulder was pretty sore as well. The real b!tch was the climb back up from where my bike ended up at. I couldn't have picked a worse spot. That's what my comments after the crash were about. I was thinking "this is gonna take a minute..." LOL!
     
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    I can name my two worst crashes in life, and the were at speed on two really tame sections of trail.
    for whatever reason, I just f----kin' stacked and went Ass over elbows.
    It happens.

    I've been down lotsa steep stuff, but sometimes it's the tame, simple stuff that gets ya.
     
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  14. proraptor

    proraptor The Bikes & Brew Crew

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    i can attest for the loose and dusty as i went down the trail right before mr samusick
     
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    Hope you didn't break your wrist. I noticed the first thing you checked after the crash was your wrist.

    Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
     
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