With the final month of 2020 upon us and the dry trails of summer forming a distance memory of dusty heaven we have looked back through the archives for some of the top edits of riders battling the white stuff.
@hamncheez: I’m gonna say stay on the bike and hope some of the suspension makes it easier on your body as opposed to having whatever part of your body shatter that hits the ground first without the bike.
@hamncheez: Definitely stay on the bike, it will cut one huge impact into 2 much lighter (but longer) impacts: first you will "only" have to absorb the vertical impact, and only then you will probably fall and slide (absorbing the forward momentum until you stop sliding).
Where as if you jump off your bike and try to land on your feet, you will have both the vertical impact as the forward momentum hitting your body at the same time, all the forces being compressed into a split second (which is much worse). Your legs won't be able to absorb the impact, so you will just sag through them like noodles and your body will receive most impact. This is assuming you can actually land your bike and you're not landing in an OTB position.
TLDR: If you go slow jump off your bike, but if you go fast stay on it (even if you know you will crash due to the impact being too big).
Some awesome throwbacks! I don’t know if it’s a top 10 but really enjoyed making this one with Wade Simmons shot by Connor Macleod years ago on a snowy winter riding bikes and boarding Cypress Mountain. m.pinkbike.com/video/302140
Silvia Films edits are some of the best edits ever made. Winter trails and The Fall Edit as well as the one in Sun Peaks. I rewatch them each 2 times a day since they were released.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypLuYbN2-ZQ&feature=youtu.be&t=123
When Gee crashed a crevasse opened up in the mountain and is still there to this day.
Where as if you jump off your bike and try to land on your feet, you will have both the vertical impact as the forward momentum hitting your body at the same time, all the forces being compressed into a split second (which is much worse). Your legs won't be able to absorb the impact, so you will just sag through them like noodles and your body will receive most impact.
This is assuming you can actually land your bike and you're not landing in an OTB position.
TLDR: If you go slow jump off your bike, but if you go fast stay on it (even if you know you will crash due to the impact being too big).
m.pinkbike.com/video/302140
vimeo.com/156169255
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4asxEKEfm4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=veyrVbbW6Ws
www.pinkbike.com/news/cam-mccaul-and-casey-brown-send-it-down-corbets-couloir-video-2017.html
Love the track for it too
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