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| Author: | Pres-Elect FukNuggitt [ Sun May 10, 2020 10:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Insane "Single-Track" Mountain Biking |
I was listening to Brendan Schaub on with Joe Rogan prior to this weekend's fights, and he kept going on and on about his new love: single-track mountain-biking. If you don't know single-track, it literally means you have a lane to ride in that is just wide enough for your bike. Anyhow, I tried it - ONCE (in the single track that my friend said was built to be used if the Olympics came to Chicago, somewhere in a woody area called Palos Woods in the West-South burbs). I only went after the incessant urging of my crazy adrenaline-junkie friend, and I almost got a few concussions after falling off a steep trail. This shit, though, is NUTS: |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Sun May 10, 2020 11:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Insane "Single-Track" Mountain Biking |
I really thought this was going to be a Ogie thread, but it turned out even worse. |
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| Author: | Antarctica [ Sun May 10, 2020 11:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Insane "Single-Track" Mountain Biking |
One of the twin otter pilots I work with is major into this shit. The guy is absolutely nuts. Without any sort of fear. Good pilot though, does a lot of cowboy shit but no more than any other bush pilot. I think he lasted a matter of weeks at the airlines, just zero regard for his own personal safety. It takes a certain kind to do that thing, there are dozens of moments in that video where he easily could've died. |
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| Author: | Pres-Elect FukNuggitt [ Sun May 10, 2020 11:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Insane "Single-Track" Mountain Biking |
Antarctica wrote: One of the twin otter pilots I work with is major into this shit. The guy is absolutely nuts. Without any sort of fear. Good pilot though, does a lot of cowboy shit but no more than any other bush pilot. I think he lasted a matter of weeks at the airlines, just zero regard for his own personal safety. It takes a certain kind to do that thing, there are dozens of moments in that video where he easily could've died. Its not something you can just jump into. At the time I did it that one day, I was riding about 15 Miles per day on regular trails, so I was very conditioned, yet I almost fucked up both myself and my bike. My buddy kept telling me that it was no big deal, but he had a fat tire bike that was way better-suited to the type of shock and stress we were putting our bikes and bodies through. I was incredibly lucky that I did not get seriously injured. At one point in the course, we were riding on the 8 inch wide remnants of a dug-out concrete foundation of a house - and that's it. You have 8 inches for your tires to grab - or nothing - about 10 feet down onto solid concrete on one side, and rocks on the other. You fall, you are getting fucked-up. Never, ever again. |
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| Author: | Jaw Breaker [ Mon May 11, 2020 7:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Insane "Single-Track" Mountain Biking |
That’s insane. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Mon May 11, 2020 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Insane "Single-Track" Mountain Biking |
It's irresponsible for anyone who has people who rely on them to embrace ways to almost die. |
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| Author: | GoldenJet [ Mon May 11, 2020 9:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Insane "Single-Track" Mountain Biking |
good dolphin wrote: It's irresponsible for anyone who has people who rely on them to embrace ways to almost die. Eggzackly! So stay inside and wear a mask kids. |
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