Originally Posted by
CliffordK
I watched the summary for those bike party films a while ago.
Apparently the bikes fared better than the riders (one of which was paralyzed),
At the risk of being pedantic, Martyn was doing a stunt for an unrelated event when he fell.
I admire his spirit, though:
I do take my road bike with skinny slicks out on gravel a bit. I'm not sure if control is lacking a bit. Just fine if everything is straight, but recently I went down a gravel slope that ended precariously close to a parked truck. No doubt with surveillance cameras. I narrowly missed BF infamy.
That's my thing, too. I love taking the road bike with 28mm tires on dirt and pea gravel trails, but I get a little nervous when the rocks get bigger and deeper. I'll generally "tripod" for a bit to get through that.