Old blokes who should know better.....

[dobbyhasfriends]

 

[Hobo Mikey]

Chicks dig scars Sam, keep riding your doing well. Hope to ride one day this season with you and dad. But I am a old git so have to be gentle blue runs.

 

[steve_sordy]

ooh dear! I hope he's not left-handed.
Get well soon Sam.

 

[RebornRider]

One aphorism that has finally begun to sink in is that you learn much more from your mistakes than from your successes. Sometimes when I successfully ride a feature (translation: didn't crash) I get to the other end and realize I have no idea how I got through it. Must've been luck. On the other hand, when I screw up, I usually know exactly what I did wrong.

When I resumed biking after many decades of not, I had a low speed crash that ended up with thumping the back of my head on the pavement. I bought a new helmet and decided I would tuck my chin to my chest if I knew there was a chance of another head thump. Pain is an effective teacher!

"Learn to crash before riding?" Good luck with that!

 

[steve_sordy]

...........................

"Learn to crash before riding?" Good luck with that!

In 1980, I learned to parachute (once!), But before that I spent 8 hours falling onto a concrete floor from various heights and at various angles, including backwards from 3 feet up. All without any safety protection, not even a helmet!! We had two ex-Parachute Regiment guys on the same course and they said that the instructor was definitely ex Special Forces. He had just finished a contract in Oman so he was probably ex SAS.

Falling off a bike is easy by comparison, all that safety gear!

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

I definitely know better.
Just got over COVID and I'm digging out my boots and gumshield on the hottest day off the year!

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

That went well!!!!
head glued back together

 

[Zimmerframe]

That went well!!!!
head glued back together

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Lobotomy ?

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Lobotomy ?

might solve a few issues

 

[Hobo Mikey]

Ouch, stick to riding your bike but try to not fall off.

 

[Doomanic]

That went well!!!!
head glued back together

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That Humpty Dumpty's let himself go...

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

we're back, day out at Forest of Dean, gave the Jenvey drop a miss (cant afford time off injured) but gave the second drop a crack.

 

[Doomanic]

The drops on GBU

20220312_154853.mp4

• Doomanic
• Mar 12, 2022

GBU Slab Drop

20220312_155537.mp4

• Doomanic
• Mar 12, 2022

GBU Plank Drop

 

[Doomanic]

The drop at Farmer John's, school days edition...

Do not do

• Doomanic
• Aug 18, 2022

Do

• Doomanic
• Aug 18, 2022

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

none

The drops on GBU

20220312_154853.mp4

• Doomanic
• Mar 12, 2022

GBU Slab Drop

20220312_155537.mp4

• Doomanic
• Mar 12, 2022

GBU Plank Drop

none of them play for me but thats not unusual.. my macbook is 10 years old and dont wanna do anything

 

[Doomanic]

They are in the gallery so I have no idea why you can't play them.

 

[Stihldog]

They are in the gallery so I have no idea why you can't play them.

They played on my iPhone …but I was eating popcorn at the time

 

[KnollyBro]

The drop at Farmer John's, school days edition...

Do not do

• Doomanic
• Aug 18, 2022

Do

• Doomanic
• Aug 18, 2022

Did "the rider's" butt hit the back tire on the first one? I think a little more speed and a little less in the back seat would be safer

 

[Doomanic]

It’s not me in the first video.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

forest of dean, corkscrew

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

forest of dean, ski run

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

back after 7 weeks of not riding.. its that time of year and im a heating engineer.. just so busy
a totally new type of video, just for fun !

 

[Akiwi]

back after 7 weeks of not riding.. its that time of year and im a heating engineer.. just so busy
a totally new type of video, just for fun !

Some fun looking trails there. I did a ride here yesterday with a mate, but it is considerably flatter, and was a lot dryer than what you guys

 

[RustyMTB]

I had a new plate heat exchanger fitted yesterday. It's now clear to me how you get to run shiny ebikes at expensive trail centres.

 

[Zimmerframe]

I had a new plate heat exchanger fitted yesterday. It's now clear to me how you get to run shiny ebikes at expensive trail centres.

I can't believe you're so posh that you have a heat exchanger just to warm your plates ! ;-)

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

I had a new plate heat exchanger fitted yesterday. It's now clear to me how you get to run shiny ebikes at expensive trail centres.

yea, I do a lot of them

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

first proper cold ride since the weather changed, I had actually forgotten what it was like

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Old bloke went racing

 

[Zimmerframe]

That was top !

To be fair, if I was Sam and I knew there was a young lady near, I'd have totally thrown myself at that tree aswell ! Go SAM !

Nice job boys, looks like it was great fun.

 

[The Hodge]

That was top !

To be fair, if I was Sam and I knew there was a young lady near, I'd have totally thrown myself at that tree aswell ! Go SAM !

Nice job boys, looks like it was great fun.

You are obviously personally relating to the fact that there were lots of crashes ..