Yeah, sometimes I follow in faith, have learned a lot like that. I am willing to die.
So, About That New Bike Day...
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Reminds me of a teeter totter incident involving Deyv. He was following me in faith, but way to closely... let just say that the teeter did not tott as expected...
I tried. No regrets.
The knee thing is brutal. Had a friend blow up all the “CLs” at a trampoline park. Second person I’ve heard of doing it.
The thing is, I did it before on the same knee in 01’.
All the CL’s, dirt biking.
There is no round two on that kind of damage.
All the CL’s, dirt biking.
There is no round two on that kind of damage.
How's the bike ?
It was a rental, praise jeebus.
But actually, it was fine.
I’m not picking up the new bike until March or so.
But actually, it was fine.
I’m not picking up the new bike until March or so.
Ugh. My first trip to the Whistler ER was thanks to a rental. I had an early Marz Dirt Jumper bolted on the front of a Brodie (they initially told me I’d be getting a Stinky with a Super T, and my ride at home was a Stinky). On a moderate Schleyer drop the fork snapped both tubes and I face planted hard. Concussion. Might’ve dislocated my shoulder on that one. Just another time I woke up in a hospital.
The opposite was true here, the rental was amazing. I had never felt as ‘at home’ on a rental bike before.
You should change the name of this thread to new knee day
I think some of that is flat out negligent and waiting for savvy lawyer to come along (possibly the one that rented) and just rip them a new one. When you go to rent a bike at a park and they don't actually have springs to tune it to your weight, you'll be overpowering the damping if you are heavier and if lighter, it'll be a jackhammer that will bounce all over the place and make you lose control. This is one reason I'm a fan of air-shocks/forks, for setting up for stuff like this. So they basically rented you a fork that hydro-locks on any kind of sudden impact, like any rough terrain which isn't a smooth dirt jump, probably transferring that force to the crown/steerer/stanchion interface, which over time developed a crack and failed.
IMO, if you are renting a park bike you need to put suspension and brakes on it that will work and maintain that shit. No one gives a F about the handlebars, cranks, seatpost, seat, etc., but the goddamn suspension and brakes better work.
I am waiting for the monkey to convert to a paper newsletter, or perhaps a daily fax.
Maximum Monkey
Yeah. That fork famously snapped. It was a bad Marz product and my rental bike wasn’t the only one that cracked like that.
Whatever. I survived and my life wasn’t radically altered. I signed a waiver. I knew what I did was risky. I’m alive. I’m not worried about shaking down Whistler’s bike rental for a few ducats. The value of the story is worth it.
These days I write on the waiver that they have not set the bike up for my weight and that the springs are wrong. I remember demoing skis and they wouldn't set it higher than 8 or something. Sure enough, ski popped off in chute when I was skiing NORMALLY and I skid head-down like 500 feet on a double black. They gave me skis that wouldn't work on the entire mountain, even though I told them what level I was. No where did it say "don't ski all of the mountain" on the waiver or setup. So these days I write their negligence/inability to make the equipment safe on the "waiver". Drives them nuts. "You can't do that!". "I just did".
the first time i took a rental bike for a run was also the last. i was bottoming it out maybe every 50 feet, and this wasn't on difficult terrain. took one run, gave it back.
When I rented a coil sprung bike at Winter Park with the @6thElement s I swear I clipped a pedal while just pedaling along seated on flat ground.
So it looks like I am getting a Stryker Triathalon model knee replacement.
Titanium.
Let the jokes commence.
Titanium.
Let the jokes commence.
Nah, predated that. But yes, clearly I was fatter than the OEM assumed when they speced springs.
does Rapha make a hospital gown?
If he's going to be a triathlete all Monkey's should be aware to not follow or let him follow too closely while riding.
Does it have adjustable damping and a lockout?
Y U no crabonz?
I have a friend at Stryker in another division. Want me to see if we can get you some bonus ti polish or aftermarket pig ass-valves or something?
How about a pro-form, or a sponsorship? I’m highly influential on social media.
Yeah, there's at least 5 people reading this thread
[THATSTHEJOKE]
Not to rehash a bad memory, but just curious if the drop you got hurt on is the same as the one at 3:06"?
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-friday-fails-96.html
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-friday-fails-96.html
That’s the one.
Good eye.
Good eye.