I love how everyone complains about dude "wrecking" his "expensive" full suspension bike. Obviously this dude does not give a f*ck that he's getting his bike wet. Each and every one of you that commented care way more than the dude "ruining" the bike. This guy brought his good bike because this was obviously a fairly busy event and he didn't want to be the pussy on the shit-box bike. He probably wasn't even planning on hitting the jump but then he saw a photographer and decided to get f*cking gnarly. Dude tossed a backflip, dried his bike off, shagged someone's daughter, then got POD. Now that's a solid day. Respect.
yeah but some of us arnt f*ckin rich enough to a nice ass bike and it pisses us of when people who do have nice ass bikes trash em' but hey the dude did throw down
"pussy on the shit-box bike" surely you would be less of a pussy to use a bad bike than feel the need for triple clamps etc to jump into some water, but that's just a casual observation
that looks like such a great location. look how clear the water is. def worth POD. id love giving that a shot. what type of bike is it anyways? he might have another good bike and this could be his dam-jump bike. u never no
ya it shows they enjoy riding but crappy sequence it wouldve deserved POD if it had not been sequence or a better sequence fdor example in 1 shot the bike overrides the nest shot in the sequence
now a days bikes have a thing called sealed barrings and jumping into water is almost the same as jumping threw a puddle or spraying your bike with a hose. and that looks like a lot of fun. finally a sick nar pod
His backtire position makes me scratch my head and wonder if maybe he didnt actualy do a backflip in real life. That maybe they rotated the rider when making the sequence. Zooming in and looking at his body language, his feet do kinda look right, but thats about it. I dunno.. looks messed up.
His tire is like that because it's a fully and when u preload the suspension going over a jump in a flip the shock rebounds once it's over the lip. Maybe you should look up a wiki that explains how suspension works and save urself some embarassment
obviously not...its a sequence shot...the second frame is where he is...he would never hit his head....REAL...and i dont understand why you would think that somebody doing a backflip into water is fake. they do them on dirt all the time
its not always about big names and big locations and things like that.....its about riding with your mates having a laugh and drawing straws for who is getting all the crap out of the seals and bearings when you drag the bike off the bottom of the lake. best kind of days!
Totally agree man , i think this photo really shows the mountain bike lifestlye/frame of mind perfectly , you got a big kicker a big lake a big group of mates and a big bunch of smiles.!! happy days
that definetily looks sick and super fun i want to try that but theres no risk involved and its not really pod material and who gives a crap if hes "ruining" his bike
Romy18 (3 hours ago) (Below Threshold) show comment and that photoshoped..look at his 1st pick..if he actually took off that high then his tire woudnt be that low
if thats photoshoped, why is there a splash when he lands in the water.
the guy in the red shorts on the right looks fcked up lmfao! anyways i think its worth pod considering is summer and hella nice out and that seems like a good idea! Me and the guys go to a local lake and do the same thing off a metal ramp!
yeah im pretty sure he went of a jump beside that one.. and i doubt his bike will be ruined. at most needs drained and replaced bearings. but we jump our bikes off docks and there fine
that looks like a pretty nice bike, i would never do that to mind, i do that all the time with shit bikes, not nice ones, but anyway nice pic man it deserves POD if your willing to do that to your bike
whats up with all the people saying shit about water and the bike, its no different jumping into a pond and swimming out with your bike than riding in the rain or washing your bike its not like hes going swimming for any amount of time with the bike..
Actually it's tremendously different. Getting a little bit of water from rain or a hose is horrible for your bike, too, but submerging your bike in a large body of water is even worse. Full submergence allows time for the air bubbles to escape from places such as the bearings and bushings in the pivots of the frame. It also allows massive amounts of water to get into the top and down tubes of the frame, which then end up in the bottom bracket area, causing massive amounts of rust and deterioration.
i dont understand the way that the back tyer isnt ware its suposed to be. im gessing on a ramp you cant see and it would be impressive if he was ment to get that like that and still do the back flip props man sweet
reminds me of Renny at D-ville last summer. I complimented him on his 1.5, but he replied that he was really pushing for a full 2. Still, head-first(postion 3) entry is always a crowd pleaser.
yeah amazing fun but i wudnt ride a DH bike in to it lol, id f*ck my bmx and hard tail up doing it (Y) is that a sinister frame ?!?!?!?!?!? any one know what the frame is?
Who is spending all this time going around giving negative props to very much positive comments? There has to be some genuine Geeks/nerds/shut-ins/freindless gimps browsing these forums with a shitty attitude GTFO and ride ya bike u freakin hermits
to the stupid shit that said bikes float cuz of the air in the tires ur a stupid f*ck cuz biked do NOT float there is not enough psi in a bike tire to keep it a float
this is a complete fake! look at where his back is when he is taking off! he would hit his head im sorry but im not there for fakes photos ike this ^^^^^^^^^
im just saying... it looks like its the same picture over and over again till his done the backflip, cuz his back tire is not even in the air on the first pic, it is like on the top part of the ramp, but im just saying that so the negative props for this comment can start now lol
it's either a smaller ramp behind it, or when they put the photo together, they missed a little bit. But still, rather many sequence PODs of people doing backflips these days. I dont think this picture should be POD, its a bit too far away and plus it's a bit bright, but not the worst photo I've ever seen
he's going to need to be to overhaul the bike after that. someone should have told him lake jumping is just as fun on a sketchy old BMX, rather than your full sus.
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why is it f*cking it up? all you need to do is dry all the pivots ect with an Airline and regrease BIGDEAL well worth it for the the fun in my opinion!!