The "Photos From Today's Ride" thread. (Vol. 2)
Discussion
Bike collected. Fine from a distance but looks like the whole group set is f
ked, bars bent, front wheel bent and the brakes are completely shot. Some sor of rear axle damage. The hill in question was 25%, he was coming down this bit which is a long straight:
Hit here:
Then landed here, right into a big pile of rocks. You can see the top of the wall that he took out, most of it has gone from other vehicles/people hitting it as it's pretty notorious:
Saga complete. Good crack in hindsight. Hopefully he can get his top speed off his wahoo app.
ked, bars bent, front wheel bent and the brakes are completely shot. Some sor of rear axle damage. The hill in question was 25%, he was coming down this bit which is a long straight: Hit here:
Then landed here, right into a big pile of rocks. You can see the top of the wall that he took out, most of it has gone from other vehicles/people hitting it as it's pretty notorious:
Saga complete. Good crack in hindsight. Hopefully he can get his top speed off his wahoo app.
Edited by horsemeatscandal on Sunday 2nd June 13:25
nickfrog said:
25% is almost flat on a mountain bike. Light weights. 
(joking obviously).
He is not realising his luck because the POC helmet is fubar? (sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick).
Haha, maybe that's it, he just fancied a rapid transition to MTBing. I invited him on a 33%er a couple of weeks back with no run off, just a sharp drop. Dodged a bullet there. (joking obviously).
He is not realising his luck because the POC helmet is fubar? (sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick).
The helmet comment, I just meant he's spent probably £200 on a helmet which I personally would have said is excessive but it might have made the difference.
horsemeatscandal said:
nickfrog said:
25% is almost flat on a mountain bike. Light weights.
(joking obviously).
He is not realising his luck because the POC helmet is fubar? (sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick).
Haha, maybe that's it, he just fancied a rapid transition to MTBing. I invited him on a 33%er a couple of weeks back with no run off, just a sharp drop. Dodged a bullet there. (joking obviously).
He is not realising his luck because the POC helmet is fubar? (sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick).
The helmet comment, I just meant he's spent probably £200 on a helmet which I personally would have said is excessive but it might have made the difference.
I chose one purely for road cycling, since they usually come well recommended!
2HFL said:
horsemeatscandal said:
nickfrog said:
25% is almost flat on a mountain bike. Light weights.
(joking obviously).
He is not realising his luck because the POC helmet is fubar? (sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick).
Haha, maybe that's it, he just fancied a rapid transition to MTBing. I invited him on a 33%er a couple of weeks back with no run off, just a sharp drop. Dodged a bullet there. (joking obviously).
He is not realising his luck because the POC helmet is fubar? (sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick).
The helmet comment, I just meant he's spent probably £200 on a helmet which I personally would have said is excessive but it might have made the difference.
I chose one purely for road cycling, since they usually come well recommended!
I had a minor lie down today... My lid... A POC
MaxFromage said:
A week in Kefalonia and I wasn't planning on hiring a bike, hence the lack of kit. However I was very close to one of the few decent hire places, so I gave in to fate. A great place to ride and this climb up Mount Ainos at just over 1600m was beautiful.
So you know the colour of the boathouse then... 
I didn't want anyone getting jealous.Having bought some new carbon rim brake blocks, I was able to get my Hoy outdoors again for the 1st time in a couple of years. It's usually on my Wahoo Kicks for Zwift.
Ran well, but suffered from the ticking of valve stems rattling in the carbon rims. I've since added some tape over those and the sound's gone.
Anyway, I was out with Mr loudlashadjuster of this parish, and we went to the local cider producer, Ramborn in Born ... and had rather a few of these.....
The return 33km was "interesting", with the last 5km a climb up from the Moselle. Hic!
Ran well, but suffered from the ticking of valve stems rattling in the carbon rims. I've since added some tape over those and the sound's gone.
Anyway, I was out with Mr loudlashadjuster of this parish, and we went to the local cider producer, Ramborn in Born ... and had rather a few of these.....
The return 33km was "interesting", with the last 5km a climb up from the Moselle. Hic!
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