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A friend of mine out here decided he would ride Mt. Elbert. It's a
14er. there are very few who dare to take bikes up to the top of 14ers.
Probably because the trails get very nasty and steep as you go above
tree line. As was the case here, they pretty much hiked-a-bike to the
summit. Hikers thought they were nots haveing never seen bikes up that
high.

Well, they point the bikes downhill and Terry's hydros failed. Here was
the result:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TBTwar3fy4

He was going 35 mph at the crash point and ended with a few scrapes and
a broken helmet.


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www.schnauzers.ws
 
"Ride-A-Lot" <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>A friend of mine out here decided he would ride Mt. Elbert. It's a 14er.
>there are very few who dare to take bikes up to the top of 14ers. Probably
>because the trails get very nasty and steep as you go above tree line. As
>was the case here, they pretty much hiked-a-bike to the summit. Hikers
>thought they were nots haveing never seen bikes up that high.
>
> Well, they point the bikes downhill and Terry's hydros failed. Here was
> the result:
>
>
>
> He was going 35 mph at the crash point and ended with a few scrapes and a
> broken helmet.

Two contributors to this newsgroup did Mt Elbert with on their Sears Free
Spirits a couple of years ago with results much better than that.

Greg
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On Jul 16, 3:34 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
> A friend of mine out here decided he would ride Mt. Elbert. It's a
> 14er. there are very few who dare to take bikes up to the top of 14ers.
> Probably because the trails get very nasty and steep as you go above
> tree line. As was the case here, they pretty much hiked-a-bike to the
> summit. Hikers thought they were nots haveing never seen bikes up that
> high.
>
> Well, they point the bikes downhill and Terry's hydros failed. Here was
> the result:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TBTwar3fy4
>
> He was going 35 mph at the crash point and ended with a few scrapes and
> a broken helmet.
>
> --
> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws

Were they being chased by some speed demon from the darkside of our
past that went by the name... d a r s h ?

CDB
 
That's almost funny.

BTW.
How do you know he was doin 35mph?
was he spun out in a 44x11?
 
CowPunk wrote:
> That's almost funny.
>
> BTW.
> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>

Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.

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www.schnauzers.ws
 
"Ride-A-Lot" <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> CowPunk wrote:
>> That's almost funny.
>>
>> BTW.
>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>>
>
> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>
> --
> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
> www.schnauzers.ws

That's what I'd do and I've hit 45+ on the SB going down the east side of
Dallas Divide on CO 62 (way past being spun out on the 44x11)
Gary
 
GeeDubb wrote:
>
> "Ride-A-Lot" <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> CowPunk wrote:
>>> That's almost funny.
>>>
>>> BTW.
>>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
>>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>>>
>>
>> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>>
>> --
>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>> www.schnauzers.ws
>
> That's what I'd do and I've hit 45+ on the SB going down the east side
> of Dallas Divide on CO 62 (way past being spun out on the 44x11)
> Gary

Yup. The camera really flattened this one out. It was a 30% incline.
He got up to speed very quickly. In fact, he was behind the other guy
in the video. The other two had full storm trooper gear and he was all
XC (120mm). The other guy though he was being a wise ass when he blew
by him.

I can't imagine what I would have done in that situation.

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
 
Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> GeeDubb wrote:
>>
>> "Ride-A-Lot" <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> CowPunk wrote:
>>>> That's almost funny.
>>>>
>>>> BTW.
>>>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
>>>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>>>
>>> --
>>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>> www.schnauzers.ws
>>
>> That's what I'd do and I've hit 45+ on the SB going down the east side
>> of Dallas Divide on CO 62 (way past being spun out on the 44x11)
>> Gary
>
> Yup. The camera really flattened this one out. It was a 30% incline.
> He got up to speed very quickly. In fact, he was behind the other guy
> in the video. The other two had full storm trooper gear and he was all
> XC (120mm). The other guy though he was being a wise ass when he blew
> by him.
>
> I can't imagine what I would have done in that situation.
>

I think you would have crashed. ;) Me too.

Damn. I guess I'll only do that on my SS with the Avid mechanical on the
front. Yeah, that's the ticket!

Matt
 
On Jul 16, 8:13 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
> CowPunk wrote:
> > That's almost funny.
>
> > BTW.
> > How do you know he was doin 35mph?
> > was he spun out in a 44x11?
>
> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>
> --
> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws

I knew the speed of my big crash of 2000 because my computer froze
upon impact. Not like me, who broke upon impact...

CDB
 
On Jul 16, 3:34 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
> A friend of mine out here decided he would ride Mt. Elbert. It's a
> 14er. there are very few who dare to take bikes up to the top of 14ers.
> Probably because the trails get very nasty and steep as you go above
> tree line. As was the case here, they pretty much hiked-a-bike to the
> summit. Hikers thought they were nots haveing never seen bikes up that
> high.
>
> Well, they point the bikes downhill and Terry's hydros failed. Here was
> the result:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TBTwar3fy4
>
> He was going 35 mph at the crash point and ended with a few scrapes and
> a broken helmet.
>
> --
> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws

He didn't hurt anything this is a big lie and you tried to make it
look real, but it's so obvious it was done on purpose aka "STAGED".

Ride-A-Lot you're the biggest, wussyman alive. GET A LIFE YOU PATHETIC
PLUMPY BEAN BAG MAN!
 
"Paladin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Jul 16, 8:13 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
>> CowPunk wrote:
>> > That's almost funny.
>>
>> > BTW.
>> > How do you know he was doin 35mph?
>> > was he spun out in a 44x11?
>>
>> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>>
>> --
>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws
>
> I knew the speed of my big crash of 2000 because my computer froze
> upon impact. Not like me, who broke upon impact...
>
> CDB
>

I'd be embarrassed to say how fast I was(n't) going when I endowed and broke
my clavicle.......

Gary (not quite right since)
 
On Jul 17, 2:09 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
> GeeDubb wrote:
>
> > "Ride-A-Lot" <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> CowPunk wrote:
> >>> That's almost funny.
>
> >>> BTW.
> >>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
> >>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>
> >> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>
> >> --
> >> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
> >>www.schnauzers.ws
>
> > That's what I'd do and I've hit 45+ on the SB going down the east side
> > of Dallas Divide on CO 62 (way past being spun out on the 44x11)
> > Gary
>
> Yup. The camera really flattened this one out. It was a 30% incline.
> He got up to speed very quickly. In fact, he was behind the other guy
> in the video. The other two had full storm trooper gear and he was all
> XC (120mm). The other guy though he was being a wise ass when he blew
> by him.
>
> I can't imagine what I would have done in that situation.
>
> --
> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Both hydros failed? Eesh!

He looked like he was going stupid fast, especially as the trail
looked to bend almost 90 degrees based on where the camera holder was
standing. The fact that conditions were dry and the trail looked flat
doesn't sound like it would have allowed him to make a sharp left at
that speed.

Reminds me of myself....

I was once meeting some friends in a park to camp there overnight. I
had a big backpack on, with maybe 30-40lbs worth of stuff in it (tent,
bag, booze...). I was heading down a loose, sandy, steep downhill
alongside a fence. There's an opening in the fence through which the
trail makes a hard, bankless left. I didn't account well for the
weight on my back, which not only increased the braking distance but
also crept up my back threatening to endo me if I hit the brakes too
hard. Not a good combo.

I wound up launched off the trail into the trees. Comical.

Glad your friend is okay.

/s
 
Scott Gordo wrote:
> On Jul 17, 2:09 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
>> GeeDubb wrote:
>>
>>> "Ride-A-Lot" <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> CowPunk wrote:
>>>>> That's almost funny.
>>>>> BTW.
>>>>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
>>>>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>>>> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>>>> --
>>>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>>> www.schnauzers.ws
>>> That's what I'd do and I've hit 45+ on the SB going down the east side
>>> of Dallas Divide on CO 62 (way past being spun out on the 44x11)
>>> Gary
>> Yup. The camera really flattened this one out. It was a 30% incline.
>> He got up to speed very quickly. In fact, he was behind the other guy
>> in the video. The other two had full storm trooper gear and he was all
>> XC (120mm). The other guy though he was being a wise ass when he blew
>> by him.
>>
>> I can't imagine what I would have done in that situation.
>>
>> --
>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Both hydros failed? Eesh!

Yup!

>
> He looked like he was going stupid fast, especially as the trail
> looked to bend almost 90 degrees based on where the camera holder was
> standing. The fact that conditions were dry and the trail looked flat
> doesn't sound like it would have allowed him to make a sharp left at
> that speed.

It does make a sharp bend where the guy was filming. If he didn't bail
where he did, all bets are off as to what would have been his physical
condition. They were already looking for a place to land the life flight.

>
> Reminds me of myself....
>
> I was once meeting some friends in a park to camp there overnight. I
> had a big backpack on, with maybe 30-40lbs worth of stuff in it (tent,
> bag, booze...). I was heading down a loose, sandy, steep downhill
> alongside a fence. There's an opening in the fence through which the
> trail makes a hard, bankless left. I didn't account well for the
> weight on my back, which not only increased the braking distance but
> also crept up my back threatening to endo me if I hit the brakes too
> hard. Not a good combo.
>
> I wound up launched off the trail into the trees. Comical.

Been there. All you can do is laugh when it happens.

>
> Glad your friend is okay.
>
> /s
>


--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
 
Scott Gordo wrote:
> On Jul 17, 2:09 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
>> GeeDubb wrote:
>>
>>> "Ride-A-Lot" <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> CowPunk wrote:
>>>>> That's almost funny.
>>>>> BTW.
>>>>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
>>>>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>>>> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>>>> --
>>>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>>> www.schnauzers.ws
>>> That's what I'd do and I've hit 45+ on the SB going down the east side
>>> of Dallas Divide on CO 62 (way past being spun out on the 44x11)
>>> Gary
>> Yup. The camera really flattened this one out. It was a 30% incline.
>> He got up to speed very quickly. In fact, he was behind the other guy
>> in the video. The other two had full storm trooper gear and he was all
>> XC (120mm). The other guy though he was being a wise ass when he blew
>> by him.
>>
>> I can't imagine what I would have done in that situation.
>>
>> --
>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Both hydros failed? Eesh!
>
> He looked like he was going stupid fast, especially as the trail
> looked to bend almost 90 degrees based on where the camera holder was
> standing. The fact that conditions were dry and the trail looked flat
> doesn't sound like it would have allowed him to make a sharp left at
> that speed.
>
> Reminds me of myself....
>
> I was once meeting some friends in a park to camp there overnight. I
> had a big backpack on, with maybe 30-40lbs worth of stuff in it (tent,
> bag, booze...). I was heading down a loose, sandy, steep downhill
> alongside a fence. There's an opening in the fence through which the
> trail makes a hard, bankless left. I didn't account well for the
> weight on my back, which not only increased the braking distance but
> also crept up my back threatening to endo me if I hit the brakes too
> hard. Not a good combo.
>
> I wound up launched off the trail into the trees. Comical.
>
> Glad your friend is okay.
>
> /s
>

Hopefully the booze was ok!
 
On Jul 16, 7:13 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
> CowPunk wrote:
> > That's almost funny.
>
> > BTW.
> > How do you know he was doin 35mph?
> > was he spun out in a 44x11?
>
> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.


No wonder he crashed, looking at his handlebar junk caused that crash.

JD
 
JD wrote:
> On Jul 16, 7:13 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
>> CowPunk wrote:
>>> That's almost funny.
>>
>>> BTW.
>>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
>>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>>
>> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
>
>
> No wonder he crashed, looking at his handlebar junk caused that crash.

You know it's a bad crash when your junk ends up on the handlebar.

Bill "jus' sayin'" S.
 
On Jul 19, 12:40 pm, MattB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Scott Gordo wrote:
> > On Jul 17, 2:09 pm, Ride-A-Lot <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote:
> >> GeeDubb wrote:
>
> >>> "Ride-A-Lot" <mitchell@[nospam]schnauzers.ws> wrote in message
> >>>news:[email protected]...
> >>>> CowPunk wrote:
> >>>>> That's almost funny.
> >>>>> BTW.
> >>>>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
> >>>>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
> >>>> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.
> >>>> --
> >>>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
> >>>>www.schnauzers.ws
> >>> That's what I'd do and I've hit 45+ on the SB going down the east side
> >>> of Dallas Divide on CO 62 (way past being spun out on the 44x11)
> >>> Gary
> >> Yup. The camera really flattened this one out. It was a 30% incline.
> >> He got up to speed very quickly. In fact, he was behind the other guy
> >> in the video. The other two had full storm trooper gear and he was all
> >> XC (120mm). The other guy though he was being a wise ass when he blew
> >> by him.
>
> >> I can't imagine what I would have done in that situation.
>
> >> --
> >> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws-Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > Both hydros failed? Eesh!
>
> > He looked like he was going stupid fast, especially as the trail
> > looked to bend almost 90 degrees based on where the camera holder was
> > standing. The fact that conditions were dry and the trail looked flat
> > doesn't sound like it would have allowed him to make a sharp left at
> > that speed.
>
> > Reminds me of myself....
>
> > I was once meeting some friends in a park to camp there overnight. I
> > had a big backpack on, with maybe 30-40lbs worth of stuff in it (tent,
> > bag, booze...). I was heading down a loose, sandy, steep downhill
> > alongside a fence. There's an opening in the fence through which the
> > trail makes a hard, bankless left. I didn't account well for the
> > weight on my back, which not only increased the braking distance but
> > also crept up my back threatening to endo me if I hit the brakes too
> > hard. Not a good combo.
>
> > I wound up launched off the trail into the trees. Comical.
>
> > Glad your friend is okay.
>
> > /s
>
> Hopefully the booze was ok!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Of course. Rule 1, protect the bike. Rule 2, protect the booze.

Not in order of importance, but I've been in the practice of
protecting steel with my flesh for longer.

/s
 
Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> CowPunk wrote:
>> That's almost funny.
>>
>> BTW.
>> How do you know he was doin 35mph?
>> was he spun out in a 44x11?
>>
>
> Um, because he looked down at his computer and saw 35 mph.


"my only choice was to try to cut off trail, perpendicular to
the fall line, and cut some speed (cyclo read 28mph)."
 
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