The Crash Thread

[Rawry]

my grand son first time over the bars good job it was very soft going not very happy.

 

[Trail-Niels]

My small contribution... a crash during a downhill run in Spain followed by a visit to the local ER with a fractured radius bone

 

[Funkeydunk]

First one is my arm after a very low speed low side. the second dips my boy, who gouged his knee doing wheelies.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

this was about 2004... still got the bike

 

[Macone]

on the 8th of this month.

was on a pump track trying to improve my skills, went up a steep ramp about 3 metres high and didnt commit with enough speed. Front wheel came up and I rolled over backwards. tried not to put my hand down to brake my fall so that I wouldnt break my arm. Landed on my elbow which drove enough force into the top of my arm to collapse it and my shoulder. I'll be back.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

owch

 

[HikerDave]

Going down the National trail with a prototype video camera on the helmet I got sloppy and went OTB; said some not very nice words rotating in the air.

Once my rear wheel left the ground the whole event was over in three video frames; or about a tenth of a second but it seemed like I was in the air forever; bike and I did a full 360 with the bike landing on top of me. No serious injury or even bleeding and the camera was unscathed despite the rocky landing. When I get to work I might add a still of the upside-down rotating world.

Testing another camera a random mountain biker laughed and pointed at the camera and said “You know that thing is the jynx of doom” and I think he may be right.

 

[steve_sordy]

A mate of mine turned up at one of my guided rides in Sherwood Forest with a camera on the top of his helmet. I told him that "I'd give it no more then 1 mile before that gets knocked off!" He managed a few hundred yards more than a mile and it ended up in one foot of muddy water (with soft mud at the bottom). It was a big puddle and he got wet and muddy feet as well as wet and muddy arms!

 

[Trail-Niels]

When using an action camera I use a chest mount. I have a helmet mount (the breakaway type) but as @steve_sordy mentions it is prone to get broken off, the few times it has happened I’ve been lucky to find it again - on the other hand I’ve had a few times where it was caught by a branch, stuck and I had some stress to the neck before it released it self.
If the breakaway doesn’t work properly it can be fatal in a crash - you’ve all heard of Michael Schuhmacher who stumbled while skiing and hit his helmet camera on a rock with fatal head injurie.

 

[OldBean]

After this thread I ask "Why do I love E MTB-ing?" The alternative is boring and unhealthy.
Just keep buying more body armour and locator beacons.!!

Helmet cameras ...no no !

 

[Trail-Niels]

After this thread I ask "Why do I love E MTB-ing?" The alternative is boring and unhealthy.
Just keep buying more body armour and locator beacons.!!

Helmet cameras ...no no !

Just Challenge yourself
I think in short that it is when we’re on the edge that we really feel alive - at least it’s my take

 

[OldBean]

Just Challenge yourself
I think in short that it is when we’re on the edge that we really feel alive - at least it’s my take

AT 79 I think I am "over the edge!"

 

[Trail-Niels]

AT 79 I think I am "over the edge!"

Depends on how you define “the edge”...

 

[steve_sordy]

Depends on how you define “the edge”...

In @OldBean 's case the edge is a hill.

 

[Trail-Niels]

In @OldBean 's case the edge is a hill.

I've met younger "mountain bikers" who's edge was a 4" branch on the trail - so a hill is somewhat more.

 

[OldBean]

In @OldBean 's case the edge is a hill.

Not many hills in suuuuufuk!! thank goodness

 

[steve_sordy]

I hate explaining my jokes. They never seem as funny afterwards!

@OldBean
You posted: AT 79 I think I am "over the edge!"

@Trail-Niels said "Depends on how you define the edge"

I replied with: "In @OldBean 's case the edge is a hill."

In other words "AT 79 I think I am "over the hill!"

See! Not funny any more!

 

[Trail-Niels]

I hate explaining my jokes. They never seem as funny afterwards!

@OldBean
You posted: AT 79 I think I am "over the edge!"

@Trail-Niels said "Depends on how you define the edge"

I replied with: "In @OldBean 's case the edge is a hill."

In other words "AT 79 I think I am "over the hill!"

See! Not funny any more!

After all - it's better to be riding a bike than not getting out at all

 

[Chubba]

Jonkjershoek in Cape Town, very dry, sandy and rutted. Very lucky not to hit my head on one of those rocks - time to watch - 2.23. We all need mates that just laugh at you!

 

[Gary]

Came off on a greasy roundabout last night doing 25mph+
Slid across the damp tarmac on my hip and forearm moto GP style. Luckily no damage to me or the bike other than a tiny bit of road rash so I got straight up and dragged the bike out of the path of the following double decker bus.

Still unsure of whether Schwalbe Moto X lacking grip are to blame or the surface truly is incredibly slippy... Both wheels Slid at exactly the same time at a lean angle far less than I'd commit to a flat corner on my roadbike with 23/25c tyres (or a hard packed flat corner on hard compound DHFs).
Am thinking (hoping) the road is the culprit as I've seen a few boy racers drift that roundabout at pretty low speed.
Winter commuting is going to be pretty interesting if it's just the tyres.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Still unsure of whether Schwalbe Moto X lacking grip are to blame or the surface truly is incredibly slippy

Just stick at it, you'll get the hang of it eventually. Have you considered any riding courses ? Did you spill your beer and chips ?

A splash of diesel on a roundabout and you're toast ! Don't worry though, you've got about 30mm of rain due starting later this afternoon that will wash it off nicely .. once it's been though the even slippier wet diesel phase ..

 

[Gary]

Might be waiting a while. Its the driest area in Scotland, way way drier than the UK average. It also just happens to be the sunniest place in the UK. Quite a bit drier than Brittany too.

Ever been?


Bring warm clothes.


No. Chips or beer were damaged in this production

 

[Zimmerframe]

Might be waiting a while. Its the driest area in Scotland, way way drier than the UK average. It also just happens to be the sunniest place in the UK. Quite a bit drier than Brittany too.

Ever been?


Bring warm clothes.


No. Chips or beer were damaged in this production

Edinburgh was my favourite goto place for Hogmanay for several years ... a long time ago !!!

As a newby to MTB .. I've never ridden there...

Brittany's kinda renown for being WET in the winter ... It's rained pretty much none stop for two weeks.. Went out with the dog last night to walk some trails to see what they'd be like for riding, most were just rivers of water .. the others were soupy mud... So I've got no excuses when I fall off this afternoon.

 

[Gary]

My youngest's Mother is born and bred from brittany... I've been there a lot... (I rarely travel without a bike) The mtb riding in brittany is pretty shit TBH! Great BMX Track in St Beuec though

I'm 19miles East of Edinburgh... Where it's far drier. The roundabout is half way between.
Mtb riding here isn't the best. But half an hour South of here it's some of the best in the world.
You should come!

 

[Zimmerframe]

My youngest's Mother is born and bred from brittany... I've been there a lot... (I rarely travel without a bike) The mtb riding in brittany is pretty shit TBH! Great BMX Track in St Beuec though

I'm 19miles East of Edinburgh... Where it's far drier. The roundabout is half way between.
Mtb riding here isn't the best. But half an hour South of here it's some of the best in the world.
You should come!

It's worrying to think about how global "Gary Wet Lady Syndrome" has spread over the years ...

You're not wrong about Brittany and MTB. It lacks mountains !! I'm lucky that it's not too bad where I am at on the south side of lac de guerledan - still no mountains, but at least there's a reasonable variation of trails (if you're willing to go out with a chainsaw and brush cutter to keep them open) and some altitude variation, though the longest "entertaining" downhill segment is only 1km long.

I guess you're talking about Innerleithen ?? Looks pretty spectacular !!!!!!! I'm going to have to take a week or two out at some point and do a UK eMTB tour (with my paramedics).

Do you mean St-Brieuc BMX ?? I can never spell it properly either for some reason I'm about 40 mins south of there.

 

[Trail-Niels]

@Zimmerframe

Gary Wet Lady

Those words in combination gives quite a different meaning...

 

[Gary]

Auto correct fucked up my spelling of St Brieuc.

I'm not just talking about Innerleithen but the entire area (basically the valley from Galashiels to the other side of Peebles there are hills on either side littered with quality trails.. Pretty much every type of mtb riding you could want bar a proper jump bike park

 

[Zimmerframe]

Auto correct fucked up my spelling of St Brieuc.

I'm not just talking about Innerleithen but the entire area (basically the valley from Galashiels to the other side of Peebles there are hills on either side littered with quality trails.. Pretty much every type of mtb riding you could want bar a proper jump bike park

I hope you've not slept with anyone I have ... this damned rash ....

Did you say bar ! I'm coming ..

Ok, sign me up on the Scottish Lowland Assisted Velo Excursion scheme next year, it sounds good !

I'll have a proper look at the area later, hadn't realised it was quite so extensive !

 

[Pabs]

Wet wooden skinnies that cross rivers and e bikes don't play nice together.
Just saying

Rider and bike fully submerged, no damage done to either thankfully, just a soggy ride home

 

[valecek]

One of the more serious falls two years ago. My front wheel locked up in a corner, the bike stayed between my legs and I did a massive OTB. The leg held, the handlebars bent. Observe the prescribed moments so that the stem bends more easily.