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I ride on slightly smaller than fist sized gravel and very loose dust, and i can tell you that landing like a sack of bricks on gravel is painful. If you have a choice between rolling out of a fall and falling so that you're in a push up position, you should roll because pointy rocks to the palms hurt. It's all about rider preferance, though. As I begin riding harder and harder terrain, I'm beginning to stop before I ride a section where I think I'll fall and plan how I'll ride the section and how I'll fall. I much prefer to run out of an UPD than roll, but sometimes it's safer to roll. I'm starting to decide that the best idea though is to handle terrain and falls on a case by case basis, and not even attempt to make a blanketing statement as to how one should fall, because every fall's different. My slightly more than 2 cents. -- gerblefranklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gerblefranklin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4295 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27299 |
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When I don't get to run out of a UPD, I never get the option of rolling or flopping. It just happens very quickly. -Eric -- onefiftyfour - Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------ onefiftyfour's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3495 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27299 |
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I've fallen badly once on that trail, but I just bruised my wrist and skinned my elbow. I saw this very rocky section ahead, and started to walk it because it looked too hard for me. It had a lot of rocks that would catch your pedals and send you flying. Then I asked myself, would Scott W. or Eric ride this section? Of course they would! So I went back to the start of the section, got back on the Uni and started riding. My tire got wedged into some rocks and it stopped dead just as my forward pedal was at the 11 o'clock position while I was pushing hard on it. I went down on my hands, elbows, and knees. I closed my mouth in anticipation of hitting my teeth on the rocks. I've been lucky to not have any other bad falls there. I often come away from that trail bruised and exhausted. It's probably one of the best Muni trails in Austin. -- unibabyguy - Hunter-riding Municyclist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibabyguy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/683 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27299 |
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unibabyguy wrote: * would Scott W. or Eric ride this section? * I don't think that is a good plan, Doug. Eric and I each have an unenviable list of injuries. Better just use your own judgement. Scott -- S_Wallis - MUni motivated "I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso ------------------------------------------------------------------------ S_Wallis's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1520 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27299 |
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i normaly dont wear protection. on the rides i have been doing with eric and Aj but since this has all happened i have come to think that protection is good cuz waching other pple go rilling down a ricky imbankment just makes me cring. I have yet to break any thing thoe i have scraped my hands a few times. Brused my thumb in uni hocky and one time managed to dismount backwards but the hil i was on was to dusty so i lost my footing and landed on a nice sharp rock that staped perty deep in to my palm. At which point the was promtly filled with dirt and gravel from the continued sliding down the hill. Had the doc check that one she said with deep woonds that you need ot keep the woond open so as to heal from the inside to push out all the crap. Lastly if you ride off rode make shure you have your tetnus(spelling) shot cuz if you cut your self on rocks and dirt thatis where that stuff lives Nate -- jugglerobaby - Coker OffRoader Thoes who walk in the Realm of Insanity Know no limits to the Realm of Reality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jugglerobaby's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4219 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27299 |
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Klaas Bil wrote: *... I do have toe armour as well because I usually ride with safety shoes which have a steel insert at the toe end. * I saw some steel toed shoes yesterday that I was considering. They were not as heavy as I was thinking they would be. They make steel-toed shoes that look like running shoes. I like to have my riding shoes with soles that are flat and treadless. That's why I was using bmx shoes. I wonder if someone makes steel-toed bmx shoes. -Eric -- onefiftyfour - Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------ onefiftyfour's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3495 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27299 |
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