Riders: Andreu and Lluis lacondeguy, Nick Pescetto and Jaws Filmers: Callum Jelley, Nick Pescetto and unclemetal Edited by: Nick Pescetto Photographer: Bartek Wolinski
Good, because if he were to miss rampage because of injury or death I'd be soooo pissed. He should SLAUGHTER rampage this year. He looks so dialed on his big bike lately.
ikr honestly, if you've ever had hard crashes into both you would know, gravel is far better, i don't care what physics says, i know what its like first hand, not from a textbook lol
The impact is more important than the road rash. Concrete is solid, If you step in lose rocks your foot sinks and rocks move. Thats give, thats what you would rather have a hard impact with to not break bones as easily.
Me being almost 3 years older than you having an understanding of physics greater than you I'm just stating that energy loss wise HARD COMPUND IS BETTER I'm not saying what you freaking preffer
You fall into gravel it will absorb a fraction of the energy and bounce, but hey you friggin degree master in life you say it's better so it fucking should be
If I had a choice between crashing while party biking from the bar or taking a good digger on a steep, lose gravel or dirt hill... dirt wins every time. Pavement sucks. That edit was sick, love Andreau's style and Jaws gettin really wild also. That line at the end was kinda nutty... so steep/wet/loose on decent sized rocks.
Engineer and avid mountain biker here. @jespinal I think you are not looking at the system incorrectly. Think in terms of momentum and impulse. The change in momentum when hitting a hard surface is very fast resulting in extremely large forces placed on the body, F=dp/dt. Same change in momentum, very short amount of time, leads to many broken bones. Soft surface extends the amount of time that the momentum change takes place resulting in a much lower force which the body can handle, without serious injury.
If you want a really good example of this look into rock climbing lead falls using static and dynamic ropes.........Never fall on static ropes unless you want a broken back.....same fall on a dynamic rope allows one to clean pants and try again.
Moral of the story: Nerds rule......Nerds who can MTB rule all.......
It also looks like he accepted his fate in regards to getting bucked, as opposed to trying to ride it out. He was already planning his rag-doll before he was separated from his bike.
Hitting a surface which does not give as much as a softer surface will hurt you much worse... I think that means hitting concrete will F you up much more than hitting gravel. The energy you have will be released over a longer period of time and a larger surface area, therefore less force to be applied to body. It's why we jump into foam pits, or if you are basic, cardboard, and not dry cement.
Not a physics expert. Only what I remember from high school and common sense.
Its all about how fast your energy stops. And with concrete you are not going to move it so you are going to stop as fast as you crumble. anything softer that moves or displaces would be better. (Inertia Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion, including changes to its speed and direction. It is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at constant velocity.)
^ well technically if it was a steep concrete pitch, your body would keep tumbling so its hard to tell... the skin on the other hand... that's not traveling with you.
Would you rather have all of the energy released at the same time with a massive f*cking concrete slam, or would you rather dissipate the energy of the fall into the other moving things such as gravel which will crater around you and move out of your way. Would you rather slide all the way to the bottom of the mountain after a massive slam, or would you rather loose some of the kinetic energy you started with via hitting loose gravel such as this.
If it were smooth cement, he would have sailed to the bottom and died on boulders that would be in the same place he ended up, and if it were grippy cement he would have ripped more or less all of his skin off and had a much harder initial impact.
Lacondeguy is all set to own rampage this year!! he's got the whole package- steeze, speed, flow and of course... bad ass tricks!! I'll be peed off if the judges cock up.
Nope, but it's nice to have Rock N Roll in a mountain bike videos again. Oh wait I have soundcloud on my phone
first song is I'm on fire by vandevander it wouldn't identify the second song, probably too much gravel noise
All the way through I was thinking that the biggest problem these guys have is that they make everything look too easy.... then the crash in the middle illustrates how tough the riding is beautifully!
Don't know about all in. Semenuk has been on fire this year! He could definitely throw down along with a lot of other big riders right now. But Andreu has been shredding hard for sure! I think it'll be close, and one of the most exciting rampages yet! ...assuming weather doesn't f**k it up. :/
Man I hope Bartek Wolinski uploads some of those pics. Anyone on here know his username? That train coming down the chute looked insane! Potential POY material if you ask me!
@Donhnutdic...... "XXX" is pretty hardcore these days, you sure your not more along the lines of NC-17? I fear you may need to go see a therapist, thats a lot of "X's".......
I'm so over freeride videos. These guys are beasts on bikes and it's no respect to them it's simply that most of us will ever even come close to riding this type of terrain. Go on now start with the down likes. I'm just expressing my opinion and nothing against these amazing athletes.
couldn't be any more bored of watching people skid down gravel when will this "big mountain" thing end? shoot a video riding real trails that regular people actually have access to, not random gravel slopes and one hit wonder fake trails in Fiji .....
gnarly lines for sure, but for me any video with Lacondeguy when his wheels are on the ground more than off isn't really doing it for me. Again, sick riding, just maybe not as visually appealing for an edit.
So you the loss of energy in a hard surface will harm you less than loose gravel, with it you'll basically jump all over the place than just slide
If you want a really good example of this look into rock climbing lead falls using static and dynamic ropes.........Never fall on static ropes unless you want a broken back.....same fall on a dynamic rope allows one to clean pants and try again.
Moral of the story: Nerds rule......Nerds who can MTB rule all.......
And these dudes are awesome, great vid.
And people think I'm a f*ckin' troll. :/
Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion, including changes to its speed and direction. It is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at constant velocity.)
Would you rather have all of the energy released at the same time with a massive f*cking concrete slam, or would you rather dissipate the energy of the fall into the other moving things such as gravel which will crater around you and move out of your way. Would you rather slide all the way to the bottom of the mountain after a massive slam, or would you rather loose some of the kinetic energy you started with via hitting loose gravel such as this.
If it were smooth cement, he would have sailed to the bottom and died on boulders that would be in the same place he ended up, and if it were grippy cement he would have ripped more or less all of his skin off and had a much harder initial impact.
I don't see how in any way cement is better.
That's how you react to your mate getting up after being thrown around like a rag doll
Edit: Didn't actually look like Jaws or any of the four for that matter. Who was that dude?
Quality insane film and how the hell did the rag-doll rider survive to dance?
Here's the link for anyone else who wants it! soundcloud.com/vandevander/im-on-fire
I fear you may need to go see a therapist, thats a lot of "X's".......