Bike Park Wales - 22nd July uplift day?

[James19181]

Got my first trip to BPW a week on Thurs - excited but surprisingly nervous! Not very experienced with big drops and the like so will probably be sticking to the blues!

[anonymous-user]

Herman Toothrot said:

?? So I have one silly crash that left me fuzzy for the day and I need coaching, nice ??

Here is me doing some drops at Aston Hill :-
http://www.steve-bowen.co.uk/steve-bowen.com/Bikes...

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Monday 27th July 20:05

well, to be fair, you did put up a video of you binning it on two extremely minor features!

(not being nasty here, just honest)

[Herman Toothrot]

Max_Torque said:

well, to be fair, you did put up a video of you binning it on two extremely minor features!

(not being nasty here, just honest)

You obviously didn't read the comment posted with it, I believe you have been on a ride with me - can't remember you keeping up very well.

[daddy cool]

Play nice boys! We're all buddies on Pedal Powered. Im sure MT just meant it as banter.

[vwsurfbum]

daddy cool said:

Oh, you want to see a really lame crash at BPW? This is on the A470, I must have just not noticed the drop-off. I actually knocked myself out briefly, because the first thing I said to my mate was "where am I?". He freaked out.
From my POV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sFgiMkHgFE
From his:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YphlqI3r3sQ

LOL these made me chuckle, i of course am a riding god and have never done anything like that ever *whistles*

[anonymous-user]

Herman Toothrot said:

You obviously didn't read the comment posted with it, I believe you have been on a ride with me - can't remember you keeping up very well.

Easy tiger! It was meant very tongue in cheek, sorry if it didn't come across that way!!


BTW: If you'd like a race some time, i'm game........ ;-)

[sutts]

daddy cool said:

Herman Toothrot said:

What gets me is the crashes are almost always on the innocuous stuff you are not bothered about riding, when you get to a big feature for the 1st time you may stop, look at it think, hum, unsure but will give it a go, you ride it no sweat, then fall off on an easy bit you've done 10 times before without a worry.

Oh, you want to see a really lame crash at BPW? This is on the A470, I must have just not noticed the drop-off. I actually knocked myself out briefly, because the first thing I said to my mate was "where am I?". He freaked out.
From my POV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sFgiMkHgFE
From his:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YphlqI3r3sQ

I am currently nursing a fractured C7 vertebrae after landing on my head going over that one last Monday! I'd done it twice already that day, just stopped concentrating for a moment with unfortunate results.

[daddy cool]

sutts said:

I am currently nursing a fractured C7 vertebrae after landing on my head going over that one last Monday! I'd done it twice already that day, just stopped concentrating for a moment with unfortunate results.

Well, i suppose that makes me feel slightly less of a tool! It is pretty dark among those trees, so easy to not gauge the drop.

But hope you get well soon! Hearing about neck/spinal injuries does worry me more than just "normal" bones being broken.