skandy32 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 A glorious winters day (when expecting snow) gave me more motivation than ever to ride. Reminding myself not to go too big, because i had a bit of a buggered chain (snapped the night before, and i 'repaired' it just for todays ride), i was happyly enjoying smaller streety bits of trials. Before long, with the nice cold sea breeze settling in early afternoon. we reached "old Portsmouth", a popular and well known trials playground. Spice island was all good and my chain still strong. A extremely cold wind too! A nice big fat greesy cheeseburger with chips warmed me up on our way towards clarence pier ish. Mid journey, we briefly stop off at that famous archway drop, with that nice gap too. Locals will know the one - heres a pic of me in mid flight infact....... Still quite chilly and in desperate need for some adrenalin i veture up to the top, couple of 8ft drops later, people are still standing around with they're warm hoodies on. So i thought " why not, lets try the 10fter ontop of the archway". Few got they're cameras out. all was well, last minute check of all my chain links gave me the confidence. Imagine yourself in my shoes..... trackstanding nervously, yank up the front wheel, i slowly gap concentrating soooo hard to the edge, for a brief second everthing goes slow, i have all the time in the world to perfect this manouvue (sp!). Tuck my bum down real good, lower the front end slowly, and gap..... :'( ...... the new tar i put on a few mins ago sticks that little bit too much, almost as if my brake locks for a second too long. Instead of being a slow carefull drop - its suddenly turned into the quickest panicy riding of my life. i launch forward more than down unexpectidley, all is well and recovered - chain was ok! Until i hit the deck. So quick i dont remember. (But looking at the scenario afterwards it went something like.....) BB snaps on the right side, that foot lands safely on concrete sandwiching my right pedal. The left foot on the other hand ( he he good punn :'( ) takes all my body wieght still on the pedal. The bike falls to one side. i walk off it as if i fell down a couple inch high curb, bugger. I wonder round insisting nothing hurts, and im just shivering with the cold. I look back at my bike in amonsgt the crowd of ashtonished fellow riders, the crank completely seperate from the bike. And the wheel, oh my..... Having never really broken any trialsy parts before, and barely even straightened this wheel, even though i've done many drops before, this was amazing. EGG, kinda spells it out, half the spokes as loose as string, one side just flat. And woudlnt roll through the maggy any more ;) . Chain was all ok though! :( To show my pain i drew a little picture of where it all hurts.... orange = sore red = inscrewsheee-aating pain and heres a couple of snaps ( another punn :) ) of the amazing equipment i used...... Moral of the story - *shrugs shoulders* maybe dont bother going to A and E for 3hours unless theres lots of blood and sticky outy bits!? Anyone recommend a new rim or bb? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 :( ;) :'( :'( :) Should cover it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 jesus.... You were a lucky b*stard to walk away from that... I've had a few incidents of uber sticky tar but not from 10ft. Grats for rescuing the drop and not faceplanting though :'( Hope you get better soon and do it again :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Video? :'( And I've seen had rims a lot worse than that. :'( Least you're largely ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Limburn Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 andy i thought your ten foot drop to grass in IOW was crazy, and now you go and do it to concrete!!! good effort mate (apart from the broken parts) when you did the 10ft drop four times in IOW everyone was confused at why your bb and bb were still holding up - but i think we can say they finally gave way! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Moral of the story Drops are pointless and kill you and your bike. :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Fair play mate, 10fts big! I'd never have the balls to do 10ft, barely 7ft to be honest. Dont really like drops, for that exact reason ;) Love stories like this, thought it was just gonna be the drop, o no scrolled down HAHA, that drawing as well :'( :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..johal.. Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 as long as you had a good time :'( lol johal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 At least your alright, one of lifes little lessons too... don't use TAR! (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha it was just SO funny when it happened..... he literally fell off almost 10foot up.... had he been dead i wouldnt be laughing, but seeing as hes ok, im aloud to laugh (Y) i watched it.... he was hopping towards the edge, taking AGES, then suddnely he just jumped to the edge, paniced, and literally fell off the top, without lower the front wheel much at all! the impact was pretty serious! like a gun shot! initially we thought it was just the BB, but the rear wheel is TOTALLY f**ked.... i trued it so it would roll home, but that rims not being used again..... top job andy.... have another go tomorow mate! its really not that bad (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skandy32 Posted November 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Video? (Y) fraid not, couple with cameras, and they both take a photo! dammit! andy i thought your ten foot drop to grass in IOW was crazy, and now you go and do it to concrete!!! good effort mate (apart from the broken parts) when you did the 10ft drop four times in IOW everyone was confused at why your bb and bb were still holding up - but i think we can say they finally gave way! Tom two bbs? maybe thats why it held up sooo long! te he he yeah and all you guys were like " what rim do you use??. how the hell is it holding up?? " ha ha those were the times (only one week ago) grass is better than concrete though - i agree! lots of ha ha.... brilliant - filled me with confidence now! :) The laughter did take my mind off the pain though! just thought - this was one expensive drop!! new rim, wheelbuild, and now i need a fancy bb that holds! :P cheers for the support guys!! Doctor guy sed no riding for a while, lets see little that while is . . . . . (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Hahahaha that's well good. Well harsh on you though, get better soon mate, looks nasty. Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 dance like an egyptian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clownbike Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Andy mate, i still got that D521 you were thinking about. Give me a shout if you want it? Neil PS it was unlucky, sorry i wasn't there to see that (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Moral of the story, dont use tar! Grind your rim then your brake wont stick and will work better anyway! That's harsh though, Im not a fan of drops for the reason you just explained to us, they are risky and kill your bike if you go wrong! (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseface Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 unlucky, thought people falling 10ft would have hurt much more. amazed how the bb snapped (Y) looks bad in the pic (Y) steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petit_pablo Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Moral of the story, dont use tar! Grind your rim then your brake wont stick and will work better anyway! Exactly what i was going to say. Ive had near misses using tar a few years back. Id rather ride with a smooth rim rather than tar these days 10/10 for actually landing the drop though and not faceplanting from up there. You wouldnt be riding for a long time if you had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guineasmithpig Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 lucky git i snapped a bb in may off a 7ft drop. put me out for bout 4 moths gettin me ankle sorted out. just ridin again now (or tryin to). i kinda went off doin big drops a while back. far to damaging to both ur bike and ur health. good effort though smithy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 (edited) Crazy, what bb was that lol? Get well soon Andy :) I've seen that drop been done SO many times and everyone has made it look like nothing. Quite funny :) Edited November 29, 2005 by Sam@SouthTrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skandy32 Posted November 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Crazy, what bb was that lol? and XT jobby :lol: brought just one week beforehand, (the day i went to the IOW doing big drops too). Didnt last long. If anyones interested.... the parts im replacing the broken bits with look like a raceface expensive bb - either the 40 or 80 quid fancy annodised ones (not that anyone can see your bb!!). And the wheel should be being built up by tarty soon with a new ronnie rim and GRIND this time - no more tar!! cheers for all the response guys! i've learnt my lesson ( i think ), he he :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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