Was trying out riding in cold weather, temps just above freezing, for the first time. I hit this ramp for the first time today, and the first time was great. I set up my phone to record it and cased the jump a bit the second time, so I tried again. This is what happened, at half speed for your enjoyment. Don't be like me…
It looks like my biggest problem was pulling up with my feet after getting into the air? I have always ridden with egg beater pedals, but on this new to me bike this was my first ride back in egg beaters. I much prefer them, until this happens.
by msceditor
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Looks like some physics violation lol. Hope he’s ok.
By pulling the bike up, you made the bike rotate faster, by moving all your weight closer to the center of rotation (like when an ice-skater pulls in their arms when doing a spin). So you rotated fast enough to land squarely on the front wheel.
The fact that the bike was rotating in the first place is where it all started to go wrong though. You let the front wheel drop as you went off the lip.
This bizarre to watch. It looks like you seriously intentionally jumped only the back end of the bike.
Amazing.
I think that is the bigger issue than the landing. The landing was kind of a foregone conclusion after the start
For all of you wondering why you shouldn’t preload or pull when doing a drop…. Here you go. Now imagine this on a taller drop.