Bad Mountain Bike Technique Part 1 - How to faceplant

RichMTB
RichMTB Posts: 599
edited July 2008 in MTB general
This technique requires both dedication and bravery and a total inability to distiguishes ones intentions from ones ability

Faceplant!

Succesfully completing this technique will also involve one of the following excuses:

"The surface was loose"
"I'm not used to these tyres"
"I think my fork wasn't set up right"
"I'm not used to the handling of my new bike"
"I spotted a rare species of bird and lost concetration"

Advanced technique - taking it to the next level: When you face plant in a ditch make sure you have a helmet camera on so you can share with the world!
Step in to my hut! - Stumpy Jumpy Pacey

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  • MrKawamura
    MrKawamura Posts: 192
    Excellent! I'm still trying to master the "low speed sideways fall into a bog" - I'm not sure if there is a proper name for it, I kind of came up with it independently. I'll probably try a Faceplant when I have a bit more experience, but I've already had a go at some of those excuses so hopefully it'll all fall into place soon.
  • Bossangel
    Bossangel Posts: 164
    hmm it kind of brought back some too personal memories watching that, loved the excuses. Thankfully didnt look as if you were going that fast. My burning question though is did you get back on and ride?
    Why use brakes? Falling off is a much quicker way to stop
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Sadly, the quality of the video is so poor that you made this baby cry...
    cryingbaby6qc.jpg

    In fact, not only that, but you made this seal pup actually WANT to be clubbed to death
    seal.jpeg

    you are a horrible, horrible person :evil:
  • xtreem
    xtreem Posts: 2,965
    Bad Mountain Bike Technique Part 1 - How to faceplant
    Is this your crash?
    And what do you mean by Part 1, are you planing to crash yourself in near future. :lol:
    Brave man. :lol:
    NS Bikes Eccentric Alu custom - 2016
  • Bossangel
    Bossangel Posts: 164
    Maybe he has read the practising crashing thread and has decided its the way forward
    Why use brakes? Falling off is a much quicker way to stop
  • RichMTB
    RichMTB Posts: 599
    Sorry for the poor video quality its a bit compressed for YouTube the orginal sourcefile is about 60MB.

    And yes I got back on and finished the ride
    Step in to my hut! - Stumpy Jumpy Pacey
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    RichMTB wrote:
    Sorry for the poor video quality its a bit compressed for YouTube the orginal sourcefile is about 60MB.

    And yes I got back on and finished the ride
    You need to apologise to the baby, and the seal, not me.
  • kegs
    kegs Posts: 204
    surely it is too late for the seal now, its kind of hard to apologise to a pair of slippers ;)
  • BlackSpur
    BlackSpur Posts: 4,228
    Was that the Pace you crashed on? You 'd better not have scratched it or I'm going to be so angry....
    "Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." ~James E. Starrs
  • RichMTB
    RichMTB Posts: 599
    BlackSpur wrote:
    Was that the Pace you crashed on? You 'd better not have scratched it or I'm going to be so angry....

    Don't worry the Pace survived unscathed.

    I'm definitely still getting used to the handling, the front end has a tendency to try and tuck under, I might try a longer stem to make the steering a bit steadier
    Step in to my hut! - Stumpy Jumpy Pacey
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    RichMTB wrote:
    BlackSpur wrote:
    Was that the Pace you crashed on? You 'd better not have scratched it or I'm going to be so angry....

    Don't worry the Pace survived unscathed.

    I'm definitely still getting used to the handling, the front end has a tendency to try and tuck under, I might try a longer stem to make the steering a bit steadier
    Ooh, I don;t know about that.
    I decided to opt for tiny stems years ago because...
    1. I don't need to compensate for any shortcomings :lol:
    2. I found that with a tiny stem, and my weight really far back, I can pretty much just switch my brain off, if I hit a drop, the bike stays level in the air, or at worst, leans back a little. Kinda like a permament "attack" position.
  • RichMTB
    RichMTB Posts: 599
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    [Ooh, I don;t know about that.
    I decided to opt for tiny stems years ago because...
    1. I don't need to compensate for any shortcomings :lol:
    2. I found that with a tiny stem, and my weight really far back, I can pretty much just switch my brain off, if I hit a drop, the bike stays level in the air, or at worst, leans back a little. Kinda like a permament "attack" position.

    A good point, I'm just not used to a bike with such aggressive steering, I'll stick with it for the mo, I'm going for another ride tonight but if I keep chewing the scenery I think I'll make the change
    Step in to my hut! - Stumpy Jumpy Pacey
  • BlackSpur
    BlackSpur Posts: 4,228
    What length is the current stem? Oh, and if you do go for a new one male sure it's black :wink:
    "Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." ~James E. Starrs
  • Bike Bloke
    Bike Bloke Posts: 172
    Surely part 2 is the SPD leaning death?
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  • RichMTB
    RichMTB Posts: 599
    BlackSpur wrote:
    What length is the current stem? Oh, and if you do go for a new one male sure it's black :wink:

    90mm, and what wrong with silver :wink:

    TBH i'm thinking its the tyres that are causing the issues. I'm used to riding on Panracer Cinders, I thought I'd try the Conti Gravity's to see if they give me a bit more speed and they do but leaned over they just feel really sketchy and after Sundays spill I find I'm backing off which kind of negates the speed advantage of the tyres.

    So either back to Cinders or try Nevegal's or High Rollers
    Step in to my hut! - Stumpy Jumpy Pacey

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