what do you think

[sxtrailrider95]

what do you think of this:D
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0bjSVsk67YQ

[baz]

Someone's gonna say it, so it may as well be me. Please wear a helmet doing stuff like this, particularly if you want to live until you're old enough to post in the adult's forum.

[Zig]

Bloke on blue bike is gonna get a sore head with the amount of dipping he does on landing

[sxtrailrider95]

ano i keep telling him but he says it looks cool

[jimjam]

ano i keep telling him but he says it looks cool


Funny you should say that, I think it is seriously cool. Like Bender.

[Zig]

he looks more like Fry






oh sorry wrong Bender.....

[sxtrailrider95]

what do you mean

[jimjam]

what do you mean

He rides like Bender.

[sxtrailrider95]

o rite lol

[monty]

Would it not be alot more fun to jump up those banks!?

[Zig]

He rides like Bender.

minus about 100ft

[sxtrailrider95]

if you were to try the wind was blowing at you

[sxtrailrider95]

it was very anoying

[jimjam]

it was very anoying


Annoying?

[Girvan]

that head bobbing is rediculous he'll try something bigger and knock himself clean out.

[downhilldude]

****.piece of piss

[TrixR4kidz]

Keep it up lads.

The future is bright, the future is no teeth.

[sxtrailrider95]

Keep it up lads.

The future is bright, the future is no teeth.

what dose that mean

[sxtrailrider95]

are the jumps any good

[keyserni]

No and more so please remove this video as I find it offensive. Don't know why I just do.

[downhilldude]

No and more so please remove this video as I find it offensive. Don't know why I just do.

one too many beers i guess..

[keyserni]

Nope.

[downhilldude]

how do you find this offensive. i no it just messing around but i dont get you?

[mprules]

Um as much as i hate to be the guy who pulls out the mod card, this is the youth forum and according to steve:

"Anyone over the age of 16 using this forum is warned DO NOT FLAME. Anyone doing so, no matter how light hearted will be banned immediately from the entire site."

I know this may seem a bit harsh as the folk in question are not exactly following the rules themselves but try not to feed them etc etc.

[monty]

What does that mean?
That means that he's going to end up toothless if he keeps on letting his head drop so much!
(Do you really not know what that means or are you just(attempting to be)having a laugh!?)

[keyserni]

Um as much as i hate to be the guy who pulls out the mod card, this is the youth forum and according to steve:

"Anyone over the age of 16 using this forum is warned DO NOT FLAME. Anyone doing so, no matter how light hearted will be banned immediately from the entire site."

I know this may seem a bit harsh as the folk in question are not exactly following the rules themselves but try not to feed them etc etc.

I do find it offensive, they are promoting dangerous cycling. In a way it is fueled by them participating in this forum which can be surmised by the fact that they put the video up on the forum to receive comment on their actions. If your going to bring up the new rules then you can't just bring them up in this case, under 16's are not allowed to post on the main forum yet one in particular still is.

[sxtrailrider95]

its only messin about and the reason we did not have a helmet was we never new we were going to do this we just spotted it and we tried it out

[thetrailbuilder]

haha, these lads actually excist, i thought it was a piss take

[Girvan]

I think the under 16 forum was a top idea well all get pissed and come on here for a drunken giggle

[gaulty]

good vid lads, keep it up

[TrixR4kidz]

what dose that mean

It's good to see young lads out having a blast on their bikes. Keep on having fun on your bike, trying new stuff and wear a helmet if you want to. Teeth are highly overrated anyway ;)

[marko]

whoever rides the kona really needs to set their bike up correctly and learn how to hit drops. if you ever hit anything over 5 foot your stem will be implanted in your head!

[Three_Fish]

whoever rides the kona really needs to set their bike up correctly and learn how to hit drops. if you ever hit anything over 5 foot your stem will be implanted in your head!

+1. To some extent the Iron Horse rider has the same issues, though he is quite a bit smoother. I'm not sure how much that weird head-bobbing thing is related to riding what is virtually a rigid front-end.

Are these bikes bought from shops/dealers? If so, I can't believe that they're letting these kids roll out the shop with such over-sprung and poorly tuned suspension. That, to me, is much more of a safety issue than riding in a field without their lids on.

[sxtrailrider95]

why is my shock set up rong my lbs set it for me

[sxtrailrider95]

and also i tought thst my forks were actuly to soft

[Zig]

They dont seem to compress when you land.

If they were too soft they would compress and potentially bottom out

[sxtrailrider95]

o rite lol

[downhilldude]

he said steve b set them up when you push they go down a about 3/4.they our ok thow

[marko]

i highly doubt that it is the bike that is the problem if it is correctly set up. your riding style needs to be adjusted. i think you have seen a video of someone landing a very large drop and have copied what their body done. try getting your weight more towards the back of the bike to stop your head from coming fowards. if you keep landing the way you are on bigger drops you will find yourself in hospital

[trailfox]

marko speaks the truth! Just saw the video, it looks nearly deliberate the way your heads are bobbing! Its not cool looking/safe at all.
O and landing to flat isn't great either..

[sxtrailrider95]

why not

[Kona Rab]

If you go on to Youtube and watch the pro downhillers and free riders, they hit massive drops but always land on a downslope.

Even tho your bike might have loads of travel, on a flat landing your bike takes a hard battering, if you watch you video again I am near certain you can hear both your bikes scream in pain.

However there is one point in your vid that one of you does a bunny hop over a log and lands on the down slope. Thats the sort of stuff you wanna be practicing.

Guys always wear a helmet it should go with out saying.

[Girvan]

Landing on a slope transferes some of your energy when you come down to ground, so the force is disapated in other words its much softer and best way to learn how to land. Flats only ok when you have learned how to use your legs and arms as suspension and ride out the impact.

[sxtrailrider95]

lol that was me bunny hoping the logs

[marko]

why not

hit your head off the stem and you will require a dentist and doctor to piece your smile back together