The Semi Official HOT DUDES Thread!!!!!
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From: State of Confusion
Originally posted by alexf20c
I was riding down the mountainside and pinch-flatted my rear tire on a log I bunnyhopped over unsuccessfully. The tire dismounted itself and the inner tube got bunched up in the fork, so I was riding on bare metal over loose gravel at about 30mph.
And then my front brakes went out - I squeeze the lever and fluid sprays all over my hand. So I had no brakes and no rear traction. I tumble over a 15ft drop into a river, still tangled in my bike. The crankset cuts big gashes in my left shin (that look like shark bites) and I lost the bike forever. It was way too deep and the embankments too steep to attempt any recovery.
Major bummer.
I was riding down the mountainside and pinch-flatted my rear tire on a log I bunnyhopped over unsuccessfully. The tire dismounted itself and the inner tube got bunched up in the fork, so I was riding on bare metal over loose gravel at about 30mph.
And then my front brakes went out - I squeeze the lever and fluid sprays all over my hand. So I had no brakes and no rear traction. I tumble over a 15ft drop into a river, still tangled in my bike. The crankset cuts big gashes in my left shin (that look like shark bites) and I lost the bike forever. It was way too deep and the embankments too steep to attempt any recovery.
Major bummer.
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From: Come see me after class.
Originally posted by brantshali
I've ridden basically a factory Kona DH bike before, though.
I've ridden basically a factory Kona DH bike before, though.
How funny, my Ellsworth was the '00 factory works bike. I bought it from them used for $5k.
