Video: A 50to01 Shralp Session in Peak District Slop

 I am not sure what you had done but I had surgery on my Laburnum and Humerus last winter at age 20 and it has been over 18 months since the surgery and I am still nervous about crashes/falling. I have crashed several times since surgery and each one is quite nerve-wracking when I get up and make sure my shoulder is in place still. I think that is the hardest aspect of the sport for me is the mental battle.

 I'm at their age and it really depends on the fall. If it's just a little slide out, then I check my bike first and then whether I got bruises/scraped myself. But on heavy falls, I always check my shoulders or the head first. It's not just at your age that one breaks collarbones or tears ligaments, have done both.

 @jstndnls: Yep, the struggle is real. I broke my collarbone when I washed out the front wheel on an off camber steep section of trail. That was just over a year ago and I am still struggling with major confidence issues, especially with front wheel grip.

 @bashhard: No, but the difference in recovery at 21 and 44 is massive. And the older you get, the more you feel the old injuries on a daily basis, and not just on the bike. But from the moment you get out of bed.

 @krka73: i'm 37 and sound like popcorn every morning... still worth it!

 i'm sitting home at the couch since 5weeks now due to a dislocated shoulder. i could only start exercising last week, but there are still forbidden moves due to the injury. also, a Hill-Sachs lesion occured, so a surgery could be done in the near future. all this after shuttling on local trails... funny thing is, i haven't had any major issues abroad, only in the local area.

 You should do some workout and stretching. This will help preventing injuries to happen.

 landing in a pile of poo like they are lends to less breakage

 @jstndnls: I had three ligaments fixed : supraspinatus, infraspinatus and subscapularis. At the age of 44 the time of getting back into former shape is very looooong. It took me 20 days to raise a fork to eat, 30 days to raise a spoon, 45 days to drive, 60 days to put the 5th gear when driving, 90 days to raise my hand and wash my hair, 100 days to stay on the road bike. From 17 to 32 I was an amateur bodybuilder and probably my arms have worked a lot. I totally agree with you about the mental battle, but as you grow the feeling of fear is growing too.

 Yes... Don't believe the hype

 small bikes are fun. Much easier to whip around. I'm 6ft and all of my previous bikes were small & medium. My current bike is my first Large. I kind of miss my smaller bikes.

 @treggs: Correct me if I'm wrong, but they mostly have small frames as their jib/play bikes for videos, and bigger bikes for racing. In which case, the hype around being faster and more stable on a bigger bike is true, just depends on if you want that or not.

Horses for courses and all that.

 The new Mediums are a 6' jibber's paradise. Don't mind the size recommendations, as STAs have not yet caught up with reaches, at least for taller riders on Santa Cruz, Spesh, Evil, and more. 50:01 aren't using telescoping seatposts here anyway.

@JoeRSB: you're probably right. I bet Lewis is on a Med 5010.4 here, and a Med Bronson.3 for enduro-ing.

Enjoy mud while it lasts. Fresh deserts and drowned coastal cities are on the horizon.

 6'2" here. Have a medium 5010 v4.

Holy heck it's so stupidly playful.

 @sherbet: photos or it didn't happen...what's the bar/stem/spacer config? Your Wreckoning.2 size equivalent is: Small.

 51 years old here, don't do any jibbing and am loving riding an XL Instinct BC. @JoeRSB is right, horses for courses. They do look like they're having a ton of fun though.

 @ceecee: Here a go.

Currently stock on bar/stem. Going to get a 50mm stem, slam it to the dustcap to eek out a little bit of length, then toss on some rather tall bars. The 30mm bar with 20mm of spacers under feels very good height wise.

Have ridden it twice so far. First ride and I was already sold on it like I haven't been on a bike in many years. It's the real deal. It jibs. It pops. It slides. It smashes gardens. It's a little short while seated, I'm very upright, which I don't really mind, but while stood up it's a complete animal in a way that longer bikes just can't touch.

I rode longer reach/geo 29ers for years now, can very firmly say I'm happy with this thing!

 It was a NICE ride, I recon.

 Ah a man who prefers his edits sped up... nice.

 @thenotoriousmic: citation?

 @Dogl0rd: honestly no other than a few internet memes and some of his older edits looking like flip book no. What do you think? Serious question.

vimeo.com/149614122

 @thenotoriousmic: that must be sped up for several shots you can even see the frame rate change

 I think it’s the camera angle @thenotoriousmic:

 @enduroNZ: fair enough. Anyway anything’s better than slow motion.

 True dat @thenotoriousmic:

 @thenotoriousmic: thanks for giving me an edit to watch

 Not really worthy of front page

 legal?

 @nukedchipp: No. Then again, GMBN posted a video of a fail on the SSSI by sheepskulls the other day - these sorts don't care.

 @Denning76: if that's the case it's a bit of a shame. I love the Peak and we don't need to be in trouble with land owners, walkers etc. Wouldn't take much to get mountain biking banned in certain areas.

 @nukedchipp: Yeah, I'm all for more access for all of us. Stuff like this, making the exact same video over and over, doesn't help.