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You back on the bike then?

I'd add knee pads for myself

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I really dig that

I like woolie boolies

I was contemplating the same thing

Sorry, this meaning the straight end of the bar, where the bar plug goes into. Not some sort of Bar end extension thingies. I don't run any like anything like that.

The trail in question https://www.trailforks.com/trails/venison-147492/

I hate it. I hated it the minute we got onto it. It's like ankle slice stuff all the way, and if you fall down the ravine it's pretty far to go potentially.

Slab ... Fucking phone keyboard

Yeah, think tight uphill switchback, loose rocky ground and a slab you have to muscle up that's slightly off camber. Tech stuff.

Yes, but I can't face it anymore, the rehab period in the neck brace where I only could ride trainer killed it for me for good.

With my recent string of shit luck, people comment I should hand over the bike, to which I reply they can pry it from my cold dead hands.

One of my night rides a while back was a super technical trail (a black climbing trail on trail forks???) off the side of a popular hiking spot in the hills. Not far from the last housing, but out of sight for sure. I managed to slip the front out on a rock roll in an uphill switchback and managed to fall straight onto the bar end with my sternum. I was so shakey after that I managed to fall down a ravine 2 minutes later.
Now, I wasn't alone, and I didn't properly fuck myself up, and we managed to keep riding, but it was pretty close. In that terrain, at that time of day, it'd been some mountain rescue type action with a team winching me out to safety, had things gone the way they could have.

But in all seriousness, the reason why I don't MTB solo at night is because I am worried about doing a number on myself and not being found ... I've also ordered that specialized helmet dongle crash detection thingy. Yet to pick it up.

This ... Although you will have to get out of that ditch yourself 🤣

What I took from the video was that if you're gonna do gravity stuff down a bike park the huge light in that test would be brilliant, because it'd light up way way ahead. Think all those A-line videos from whistler. But that's very far from my use case.

I use a Diablo as helmet light and a Race on the handlebars. Great combo.

I also have an old Diablo that's lasted nearly 10 years now ... Serves as commuter light as the runtime has faded a tad,but it works.

For MTB you really want a bright helmet light, because as you make a tight switchback you're looking through the turn and outside of the beam of the bar mounted one. If that one is centred and bright, but you have no helmet one, all off the sudden you're looking into the dark and your eyes cannot adjust that fast. I run the bar mounted one not as bright as it can go, usually.

Look, at least it's not a bloody big red male kangaroo in your parts ...

Was gonna say, i run a gxp one on the gravel biek and it's been amazingly durable and smooth

I'm thinking of getting mine tattooed on

Nothing for now, but the thought process is there that a new frame could benefit from a blue sid ultimate if the need arises, i.e. I go full sus one day. But yeah, my mate has a stump jumper st, and that's a wicked looking thing. The frame only is waaaaaaay to expensive though

I don't think an XL aluminium bike with 120mm fork, dropper, 4 pot calipers and burly tyres plus rear insert qualifies as "racey" ...

Specialised Chisel Evo, colour clash edition

*gosh, sorry about cranks etc. Imma retake that shot tomorrow

Couldn't agree more ...

Did you get stitches as well?

Bit like you and your full face @dancing james ... I bought some knee pads and didn't wear them for whatever dumb reason