aftermath of jump that was not landed in the right place. never seen this done before. exploded after rediculous bottoming, bottomed, then bottomed tire pinch flatting it then jumped the bars and picked the bike up to see this. kinked then exploded from internal pressure. result = really badly sprained ankle and bruised wallet aha

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flag Charge262 (Oct 13, 2009 at 13:22)
if anyones wondering, look at his right fork leg, above the bottom crown. i just actually dropped my jaw. only thing i can think of is maybe you had too much oil in there mate.
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flag audeo03 (Oct 15, 2009 at 6:23)
Would be less likely to happen to a non-inverted fork. Not having the arch above the tire really reduces the stiffness. The tube buckled between the two crowns...
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flag bb7-416-rider (Oct 13, 2009 at 15:45)
ye. my jaw dropped when my buddy picked up my bike and i saw it too. shows what internal pressure can do.
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flag downhillpanzer (Oct 14, 2009 at 3:01)
it looks like smashed on a rock after jumped over the bar.! bad job dude..
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flag bb7-416-rider (Oct 14, 2009 at 7:06)
nope. didnt hit any rock. none anywhere near the landing
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flag Szaraq (Oct 15, 2009 at 6:14)
left fork leg. not right
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flag crazygeorge (Oct 17, 2009 at 4:36)
Ouch...id get in contact with them. Might be something they can do...
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flag eder (Oct 18, 2009 at 6:22)
The pressure was just the end of the history. What really happened was aluminum fatigue by flexion after many years of use.
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flag travman25 (Oct 23, 2009 at 1:31)
yo i got the last pair of shiver uppers made, brand new if u wanna fix that hole
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Date: 2009-10-13
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Description: aftermath of jump that was not landed in the right place. never seen this done before. exploded after rediculous bottoming, bottomed, then bottomed tire pinch flatting it then jumped the bars and picked the bike up to see this. kinked then exploded from internal pressure. result = really badly sprained ankle and bruised wallet aha
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