Looks like you clipped a rock on the left? Ouch and glad you're apparently ok.
Yes! - now that I've watched it again that does look like what happened. Thank you guys for your replies. I've been wondering, and I spent the whole rest of the ride watching for loose rocks in the middle of the trail. Guess that wasn't what happened.
Glad I know. I have to replace my almost new helmet now though... All in all great day. You can't let a crash bring you down when you have the beauty of the Black Canyon all around you (even if you were in a bit of pain for the rest of the ride)
I can't see your video on my phone but I've crashed enough to know they cost big money and keep me off my bike. So no crash is a good crash to me. Hope you fared well.
The good news is that you didn't seem to land on any cacti! I've had my fair share of crashes out at BCT and luckily most seem to be relatively low speed and I end up "on the trail" vs "off to the side".
The good news is that you didn't seem to land on any cacti! I've had my fair share of crashes out at BCT and luckily most seem to be relatively low speed and I end up "on the trail" vs "off to the side".
I clipped a Cholla on my arm going too fast around a corner at K-Trail Saturday. I've been stuck by Cholla before and no big deal, but this one got me full force and dug in deep. Felt like I got stabbed... and while looking left and wondering what the pain was from I clipped a rock with my ankle. No crash but a double whammy for sure.
This is really bizzare, because it's on straight segment. Brings back memories of my crash, when I was just riding along when suddenly everything stopped... and you think... WTF just happened???
It's all so perfectly lined-up. FOOT + ROCK = SITTING ON TRAIL
Same thing happened to me on the Gloriana Mine section on the BCT. The way it threw me it felt like I went OTB. Now, I'm paranoid about embedded rocks on the edge of the trail.....
It's all so perfectly lined-up. FOOT + ROCK = SITTING ON TRAIL
Same thing happened to me on the Gloriana Mine section on the BCT. The way it threw me it felt like I went OTB. Now, I'm paranoid about embedded rocks on the edge of the trail.....
Perfect, lol. Am going to be more vigilant for that sh!t!!!
I think 90% of my crashes are like that. JRA then whoop! there goes the front tire from a pedal strike or washout. I had about the same exact thing happen to me at Kentucky Camp - bruised my heel wicked bad. Always nice getting a closer look at the trail though. You can really appreciate the detail in the craftsmanship. Still better than falling off the couch!
The same type of crash happened to me 10 years ago on the MRT - McKenzie River Trail, in central Oregon. Just cruising along on sweet 1-track and then, BAM - I'm flying over the bars and landing on my knees, palms, and forearms in crushed volcanic dirt w/o any pads or armor! So I jump up and look back up the trail only to see buff 1-track as far as I can see . Dazed and confused... I then started looking at the sides of the trail and sure enough, there in the 12-inch tall grass next to the trail, is a half-buried, basketball sized, volcanic rock that I just happened to strike with my right crankarm at about the 4 o'clock position... thereby launching me into the trail.
I slowly rode the rest of the way back to the car with blood running down my shins and forearms... GOOD TIMES!
"The secret of joy is the mastery of pain." (Anaïs Nin)
While riding out at Picketpost one time, I hit a small grass concelaed stump along the trail edge just like Titusbro describes. It'll feck up your dope, make no mistake about it.
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Started the ride with one of those nice big rocks kicked up into my shin. Nice big goose egg on the shin.
The hit the rock hard enough to lift the end of the bike off the ground and rode the front wheel for about 10 feet and OTB I went. The knuckles on the left hand hurt, the shoulder has a little hamburger and the helmet took the brunt of it.
Let's just say I have learned that I NEED to remove my shades as the earliest signs of sundown from now on when riding anything remotely fast or downhill...
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Originally Posted by rockman
. Dazed and confused... I then started looking at the sides of the trail and sure enough, there in the 12-inch tall grass next to the trail, is a half-buried, basketball sized, volcanic rock that I just happened to strike with my right crankarm at about the 4 o'clock position... thereby launching me into the trail.
