Holy s%*t these things are... better the right way up.

[slippery pete]

Weekend riding at Comrie Croft and I ended up snagging a couple of rocks. These are my first offs since moving over to eMTBing. Initial impression is that more things break because there's more weight landing on whichever unlucky component bears the brunt.

Luckily, I've spent enough time falling off mountain bikes so I managed to eject in relative safety. Bike didn't fare so well.

- 2 dinged up spokes in rear wheel (DT H1700) - rim should true up
- bent rotor - should true up
- bent pedal spindle
- bent dropper post lever
- (I should probably be replacing my helmet too but that was just the dang tree that got in the way)

Is this another way ebikes are more costly than analogues?

 

[steve_sordy]

At least the bike didn't land on you.

 

[CjP]

Is this another way ebikes are more costly than analogues?

Oh yes!

At least the bike didn't land on you.

True although your usually pumped full of so much adrenaline/excitement you don’t feel it...until the next day.

 

[GrahamPaul]

you don’t feel it...until the next day.

I hate to tell you this, but there seems to be an age somewhere around the your mid-50's when you stop bouncing on impact and just go SPLAT! The pain is immediate. It hurts more every year... Now I hurt even before I hit the ground

 

[CjP]

I hate to tell you this, but there seems to be an age somewhere around the your mid-50's when you stop bouncing on impact and just go SPLAT! The pain is immediate. It hurts more every year... Now I hurt even before I hit the ground

It’s helps to go faster before you fall as the momentum helps you bounce better.

 

[slippery pete]

... there seems to be an age somewhere around the your mid-50's when you stop bouncing on impact and just go SPLAT! The pain is immediate. It hurts more every year...

If it doesn't hurt until the next day there's no Pavlovian conditioning and I'm doomed to crash again. Looking forward to my mid-fifties (not far to go now) so I can finally stop crashing ?!

 

[aarfeldt]

- (I should probably be replacing my helmet too but that was just the dang tree that got in the way)

In our country, our insurance will pay for the broken helmet.
Just a hint...you might be covered in some way

I had a motorcycle incident some years ago (on track), and my insurance company payed new boots, new leather suit, new helmet.
It was a friend of mine, that told me I was propably covered...and I was.

 

[GrahamPaul]

It’s helps to go faster before you fall as the momentum helps you bounce better.

Someone tested that for me...

 

[CjP]

Someone tested that for me...

And that’s why I don’t do big drops anymore, last 6ft drop I accidentally attempted resulted in my nuts reverting to their pre pubescent position.

 

[GrahamPaul]

And that’s why I don’t do big drops anymore, last 6ft drop I accidentally attempted resulted in my nuts reverting to their pre pubescent position.

Don't worry: that's another problem that disappears with age...

 

[slippery pete]

Don't worry: that's another problem that disappears with age...

With age, on bumpy terrain you more likely to get bad bruising on the insides of your knees?

 

[CjP]

Don't worry: that's another problem that disappears with age...

Maybe you misunderstood, I landed on my nuts and pushed them into my abdomen, old or not that shit hurts.

 

[GrahamPaul]

Maybe you misunderstood, I landed on my nuts and pushed them into my abdomen, old or not that shit hurts.

I didn't misunderstand. As one ages, appendages just wrinkle up and shrivel away...

 

[CjP]

I didn't misunderstand. As one ages, appendages just wrinkle up and shrivel away...

I can’t wait, I’m sick of it being in the way. Always ruins my jumps!