Mountain Biking Control Check

IMG_6233I learned a little lesson today, the hard way.  I learned that it’s not a good idea to lead a very competent mountain biker down a fast, wet, narrow, steep, rock-strewn single-track if you are at all concerned with maintaining the integrity of your bike.  I think there’s something with hearing that additional freewheel buzzing behind you, the extra set of forks compressing and rebounding a few meters back that pushes you just a little too fast.  Yes, this could have been a lot worse: I could have been hurt or, God forbid, the boulder that turned my cranks into something akin to a bent pancake could have hit my frame instead of the chain-rings.  I’ve seen a few bent chain-rings in my time (thankfully never mine before) but never anything done this well.  Breaks my heart to see a set of XTR cranks looking like this…

Mum or Dad, if you’re reading this I’m sorry, I promise to go slower in the future.

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2 Comments

  1. Just leave it to Valt! If you’re going to do it Valt…you do it right!!!
    Out…

  2. Man you turned those there cranks into mush. Hope you got it all sorted out OK. Not a cheap lil’ indiscretion. Like you said all good you are fine.

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