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_J_
14-07-2004, 03:53 PM
His first stair gap (5-15) and right foot slipped off his pedals. He's riding a Da Bomb XLR8 with DNM Upside downs, and are they good forks or not? He thinks they are the ants pasnts but I think they are a cheapo copy of Shivers....

Movie HERE (http://www.eengoedidee.nl/videoz/bike-trials/_chris_.wmv)
Cave Dweller
14-07-2004, 04:00 PM
Hah!

He would have been packing his crap back in after that.

Doing stair gaps without a fullface is dumb.

The forks are ok, not the ants pants but.
Rik
14-07-2004, 04:08 PM
He would have been packing his crap back in after that.
And judging by the impact with the seat, he'd probably be nursing sore balls too :shock:
Tomas
14-07-2004, 04:28 PM
It slipped off after he landed yea? Not as bad as Dylan T on dropin doing the crankflip down the steps and missing the pedals. "I would prefer to be shot in the face".... hehehehhe
LTR
14-07-2004, 05:24 PM
Bikepro were selling DNMs for $200 a while ago. That should give you an indication.
Jordy
14-07-2004, 05:37 PM
they use to be $1800 retail
manny24
28-07-2004, 09:38 AM
sorry fellas, but thats a pretty lame vid. if he stcked aqnd faceplanted, then it would have been worth it :D
Dan
28-07-2004, 10:20 AM
Hah!

He would have been packing his crap back in after that.

Doing stair gaps without a fullface is dumb.

The forks are ok, not the ants pants but.

riding urban with a fullfaced is dumb
CHEWY
28-07-2004, 10:59 AM
Hah!

He would have been packing his crap back in after that.

Doing stair gaps without a fullface is dumb.

The forks are ok, not the ants pants but.

riding urban with a fullfaced is dumb

Yea, cause mashing your teeth on a stair edge is so much fun..
Rik
28-07-2004, 11:21 AM
riding urban with a fullfaced is dumb
Being hardcore is great until you need a facial reconstruction.
I'll go on and on about it, I've seen 3 nasty crashes involving staircases, all 3 times the riders were wearing fullface helmets, and without their fullfaces, they would've been in a whole lot of trouble.
Urban hacking (ie, drops gaps), fullface is more than justified.
But for techy stuff, there's no real need.
You have to draw the line between the two, making a blanket statement doesn't help anyone.