How to break a downhill bike

 Was this friend of a friend named Henry? cause I sort of know of this kid who apperently cracked his Process and Operator within a day of each other.

 i ride the same bike, even more scared now haha

 just to add to this story, didnt even hit the triple and i got a crack in the frame from just wear and tear havent crashed this season fucking konas

 Mine snapped in half near the same spot! Checkout the picture on my profile :/ Got a brand new demo 8 though so its all good haha

 My friends also got a crack in the same place, i used to say that people made up bs about kona's breaking but im seriously thinking now that its true.

 Yeah, I just had to make it on top of that rock that I hit. Problem is I got bucked hard so my front end dipped about a good foot lower than it should have been and just caught the rock instead of a smooth landing on top. If you look at it in person, where I hit is the only not smooth part of the rock too, the right side is rounded over much more.

The kicker is, had I gone off the jump on the right side, it's much more mellow and probably wouldn't have bucked me + the landing is smoother if you come up short. Maybe I should check these things out a bit more first haha.

 Got bucked eh? Might just need less rabbit.

 not the longest but its a fairly techy out run with an S berm about 25m after it

 Pretty much general post-crash soreness. Couple tight spots here and there in the back and knee but nothing that stopped me from riding this weekend!

 Did you Rent a Bike then?

 That's awesome to hear. Not many times can you say you folded a bike in half and walked it out.

 Kona wont warranty it because I'm the second owner, and I can't afford the crash replacement since I literally just bought the bike a week earlier. I have a frame im borrowing for now and frankenbiked together but shes not pretty.

 oh yeah. Got to the gondola and caught a ride down from there, but yeah it was a bit of a hike after that wreck haha.

 that wont happen with a demo you need to crash that at 100km/h lol

 Hah, I wish. I tried but, used bike + crash = they don't have to warranty it. I got offered a crash replacement, but I just bought the thing so I'm pretty broke.

 Surprisingly yes! I franken-biked an old shore frame laying around in my buddies garage and ran it last weekend with that same fork and it's working as good as ever.