Cooter Eats it on his new stunt...
- Thread starter golgiaparatus
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Ouch!
Man, the downward motion of that teeter absorbed every bit of wheelie drop "spring" he needed to avoid the faceplant. He either needs to build a tranny to roll out or lock up his brakes and not attempt to wheelie drop until the teeter's motion bottoms out and comes to rest in the down position.
Three cheers for redneck engineering!
Three cheers for redneck engineering!
Yet another case where speed is your friend....... Hope his noggin is OK.
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Just spoke to TTGF and she says his neck is compressed or some shizz and he is on drugsSkaredShtles said:
I'm sure Cooter will own that stunt after he recovers.
Man, that's painful to watch. I hope Cooter's doing ok.
This is a good PSA video. People - remember: when going ass-over-teakettle on your bike, don't forget to *TUCK* so your noggin doesn't take the brunt of the impact.golgiaparatus said:Just spoke to TTGF and she says his neck is compressed or some shizz and he is on drugs
I'm sure Cooter will own that stunt after he recovers.
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ouch - looks like he should have just rolled off the teeter instead of trying to drop off of it no?
Ye-ouch !!
that just looked nasty !
that just looked nasty !
ACK!
so how has TTGF been doing? (tell her we miss her!)
so how has TTGF been doing? (tell her we miss her!)
Oh damn! Goes to show no matter how much skillz you got, you can still get bit in the ass. Hope he's not hurt too bad.
Holy Crap! That looked BAD!!!!! Glad to hear that he's going ok!
Damn True said:
Damn...I was finally able to open that...the susupense was killing me...that's crazy. I hope he didn't mess up his neck for good. neck injuries....no good.
Damn True said:
psssst....you probably shoulda posted that link to begin with...Damn True said:
dh girlie said:psssst....you probably shoulda posted that link to begin with...
I thought the connection would be pretty easy to pick up on. But apparently some folks are not as quick on the uptake as they give themselves credit for.
Damn True said:
Right...either that or no one was gonna bite!
Fishin's been pretty slow 'round here ever since that Biggins character got hisself that cush new job..........dh girlie said:Right...either that or no one was gonna bite!
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the problem as i see it is that he didn't attempt to wheelie drop it; his cranks stayed level throughout, and he didn't have enough speed to prevent the front wheel from dropping to lawn dart mode. check out the bike position at 0:085 or so - when the rear wheel leaves the totter, it's gone horribly wrong.llkoolkeg said:
so, either wheelie drop it, or build a longer totter so you have more speed as you approach the end. you've still got to venture out on the board to get it tipping, so you decrease your x distance over which you gather speed. it looked like a tranny was there, but it was tough to see how far away from the totter end or how steep it is.
either way, landing on yr head sucks. glad to hear you aren't really rung up too bad.
That stunt is pretty fubar. You can take that at speed but you'll launch ackward since the teeter apex will spit you out at an unknown angle. Hitting slow as to allow the apex of the teeter to kick down doesn't allow enough time to wheelie drop properly, as is demonstrated on this vid. Extending the end of the teeter totter and putting some wieght on the starting side so it returns would fix that poor design.
Get better Cooter.
Get better Cooter.
Still easier said than done, you have little time after the apex. Even with another 3 feet, it will be tough. Better to do that stunt by just riding off, and hoping you don't stuff as hard up front. Remember that teeter is kicking your momentum forward, i've stuffed trying to do a wheelie drop on a 3 foot drop and my rear wheel caught a root and kicked me forward. i heard my spine crack from my tailbone to my neck as i landed on my shoulder and neck. Slowly got up thinking i was going to feel the worst pain, and actually felt super loose, i called that my chiopractic crash.....narlus said:
agreed that it's tougher, and little rocks/roots which act as rear wheel grabbers (not to mention skipping chains) can spell DANGER in big red letters.
but, i see it the only option to get and keep yr front wheel from diving. just hucking it like poor cooter tried ain't gonna work, esp at that slow a speed.
edit - up here in the land of no tranny, developing wheelie drop skills is pretty essential if you wanna drop stuff.
but, i see it the only option to get and keep yr front wheel from diving. just hucking it like poor cooter tried ain't gonna work, esp at that slow a speed.
edit - up here in the land of no tranny, developing wheelie drop skills is pretty essential if you wanna drop stuff.
whammo! hope he gets better soon and doesn't have permanant damage.
looks like he tried to wheelie drop it but didn't get is front end up high enough before the thing swung down.
the structure looks fine to me, just need to get your front end up higher, sooner.
looks like he tried to wheelie drop it but didn't get is front end up high enough before the thing swung down.
the structure looks fine to me, just need to get your front end up higher, sooner.
narlus said:
I live in the bay area, plenty of trannys here. Gotta check the adams apple!
i agree, with you really but that build is kooky, if anything a shovel to make that transition steeper than the angle of where the teeter winds up at would be better. i personally suck at wheelie drops, and doin a wheelie drop on a teeter totter is not easy, especially ones that are really teeter totters and not diving board style like that stunt. The effect of the teeter totter is the same as a chain break/skip/rear wheel catch, since your momentum is all going forward. There was a vid of someone at Ray's on this forum, trying to do a manual on a teeter, and he wound up all fubared.narlus said:
Not saying it's impossible to do, just way tougher than you want it to be.
Just a bad design on that stunt that needs some modifications, not really anything to do with skill here.
Yah well what if you haven't had your coffee yet? Huh what then? :dancing:pnj said:
mtbtom said:
That was a great first post
Well it is certainly a cunning stunt.
At least i'll be able to turn my neck to see you trying to keep up with me. :dancing:pnj said:then you stick to the kiddie section. :nuts:neaky:
That's it, dillhole. You are officiallyEcho said:
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Thanks for all the concern 
's, I am ok, not hurt, just hurting like a mo fo, but it is feeling better everyday.
Since then, there has been a tranny added so you roll off the teeter onto the tranny, no drop to it anymore
here's a pic of the Giro Mad Max after it was all done
's, I am ok, not hurt, just hurting like a mo fo, but it is feeling better everyday.Since then, there has been a tranny added so you roll off the teeter onto the tranny, no drop to it anymore
here's a pic of the Giro Mad Max after it was all done
WOWDamn True said:
Your on a roll today DT !
I thought Vanessa said it was broken. Looks okay to me, just looks... used.Cooter Brown said:Thanks for all the concern
Since then, there has been a tranny added so you roll off the teeter onto the tranny, no drop to it anymore
here's a pic of the Giro Mad Max after it was all done
She sent that over to me e-mail, I couldnt think of a better thing to do with it than post it on the