Was cruising along and hit this log on the trail dead on. Didn’t see it AT ALL. How my bike didn’t flip over I will never know. Rode a front endo for like 10 feet and landed it. Got realllly lucky. Stay safe out there!
by bmf0034
Was cruising along and hit this log on the trail dead on. Didn’t see it AT ALL. How my bike didn’t flip over I will never know. Rode a front endo for like 10 feet and landed it. Got realllly lucky. Stay safe out there!
by bmf0034
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Thought for sure it was the second shadow until I zoomed in. Yikes
Big yikes. Any wheel / fork / frame damage? I’ve seen crumpled frames at the head tube from less…
Yes, but I also ride a lot of natural trails on my MTB and there are a ton of logs and tree trunks on the trails after storms.
This one IS hard to spot. The easiest way to spot those is to pay a bit of attention to what is left and right of the path not just on the path itself.
Especially since this path is straight as an arrow and very smooth, so there is not much else you have to pay attention too.
Focus on the vanishing point of the road in that picture and then use your peripheral vision to look a the trees left and right of the road. There is one “bright” line going left to right that is not like the others which are upright and it kinda sticks out like a thore thumb once you see it.
It certainly takes some practice and when the brushes are higher or the road gets windy and/or undulating it’s not always possible, so also practice your bunny hop and slow down a bit in tricky visual conditions :).