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dirtbikedude
10-04-02, 12:00 PM
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?c=news_photos&p=Wang+Jiaxiong

Any one else read this story yet? May be he should have started with some thing smaller.

Slainte:beer:

earleybird
10-04-02, 12:03 PM
think Iv'e figured out where he went wrong!


shouldn't you stay with the bike?:D
toolfreak
10-04-02, 12:10 PM
What a madman! pfff, but hey, nice goal to adchieve :D

earleybird
10-04-02, 12:11 PM
Originally posted by toolfreak
What a madman! pfff, but hey, nice goal to adchieve :D
would have been I guess. if he had made it!:rolleyes:
Matadon
10-04-02, 12:17 PM
Originally posted by earleybird
think Iv'e figured out where he went wrong!


shouldn't you stay with the bike?:D

That's what I was thinking...
Maelstrom
10-04-02, 12:34 PM
I did see it. And I don't think you can make it. There is another picture on Ridemonkey with him falling I think. It is a brutal mistake and really shows what happens when people don't know wha limits are and don't have the right equip. Heck he is only wearing a xc helmet and riding a ht jeez.
ChipRGW
10-04-02, 01:06 PM
Hah!! there you go!!!

More proof that helmets are a waste of time!!!

:D