Rider down HARD at the Bike Park

[dirtrider]

That is not a wig !! he use to have hair !!!!

[NotSoBigBen]

That is not a wig !! he use to have hair !!!!

 

Hallelujah brother

[scotty]

You can be how good a MTB'er but it will be a dead cert you will take a tumble sometime, chances might be that the rider has even done the section before.

[Mar]

In MTBing it's not if you fall, it's WHEN you fall.

[Andyr249]

Do you want to walk the Epic route before you ride it?

Just don't ride a double black diamond trail if you not at the level yet. It is called common sense

I hope the rider makes a speedy recovery

This' date=' to me, is an interesting topic...
I've been riding at Groenkloof 1 or 2 times a week since July. So I know the trails and bends pretty well by now. I'm not a pro; posted a 3h25 at the 94.7 and my best MTB time was 32mins a lap at the 24 hour. However, the 3 ruffest/hardest falls I've had so far happened in the last 2 weeks...
Why??? Because I'm pushing the limits of my skills...
Why??? Because I'd like to get better...

If you don't try to go faster or ride out a steeper/ more technical hill, then you won't get better... You won't learn new skills...
But sometimes you have all the skills, you know the track, you have been warned and still you buy some property... [/quote']

 

Good point and I agree that you have to ride harder or faster to get better. But within reason. For example, if you have just started riding then don't go try the blue route the first time. Master the green, then progress to the blue and only once you are comfortable riding the blue try the black. Don't ride the blu once and just because you didn't eat dirt think you are ready for the black routes. We all want to get better but got to do it progressively. You can't start the green and an hour late master the black routes. Progress gradually and only once you have mastered the level below move to the higher level. You don't go from Grade 8 to Matric. You have to go through grade 9, then grade 10, then grade 11 before you get to Matric. Only you will know once you have mastered the easier routes and are ready to push yourself on a harder route. But you have to be sensible about it as well.

True, and I don't dispute that. Sometimes even if you have done the route a hundred times before then something can still go wrong.

[gummibear]

In MTBing it's not if you fall' date=' it's WHEN you fall. [/quote']

 

You will fall at some stage no matter how good you are.

[whistler]

In MTBing it's not if you fall' date=' it's WHEN you fall. [/quote']

 

 well said

[Dirt*girl™]

In MTBing it's not if you fall' date=' it's WHEN you fall. [/quote']

 

...and more importantly....HOW you fall

[Tumbleweed]

In MTBing it's not if you fall' date=' it's WHEN you fall. [/quote']

 

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...and more importantly....HOW you fall

 

 

 

Maybe we should all practise douglas adams' theory about how to fly. Throw yourself at the ground and try miss...

[Hog_]

Maybe we should all practise douglas adams' theory about how to fly. Throw yourself at the ground and try miss...

 

 

 

This one time, I was so drunk that I fell off a bar stool and missed the ground. At least I think I missed the ground. It was a rough night, so my memory is a little foggy.

 

 

 

 

[Daft Vader]

I never fall

 

I do however occasionally run out of talent.  Ok, maybe a little more frequently than occasionally...

[Danger Dassie]

Since the topic is up, I'm going for a ride at the park later if anyones keen. Slowish

[Hog_]

Since the topic is up' date=' I'm going for a ride at the park later if anyones keen. Slowish[/quote']

 

 

 

Sweet! I'm taking Mrs Hog for a ride at 4, see you there.

 

 

 

 

[Hog_]

I never fall

 

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I do however occasionally run out of talent.? Ok' date=' maybe?a little?more frequently than?occasionally...

[/quote']

 

 

 

As long as the crash is epic enough you at least gain respect!

 

 

 

 

[Danger Dassie]

Since the topic is up' date=' I'm going for a ride at the park later if anyones keen. Slowish[/quote']

 

 

 

Sweet! I'm taking Mrs Hog for a ride at 4, see you there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But it's twenty past 3 already ... How long are u guys gonna be there dorothy?

[Hog_]

But it's twenty past 3 already ... How long are u guys gonna be there dorothy?

 

 

 

Probably about 2 hours... which is how long it'll take the Mrs to do the 2 green routes.   

 

 

 

Don't tell her I said that.