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Old 01-23-21, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Happy Feet
Although these guys are good riders, using modern bikes/geometry and brakes would have prevented almost all of these crashes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZkKE9Z35g
Heck just a dropper post would have saved almost all of them.

But the biggest thing that drives home is just how bad brakes used to be. Some of those folks just could not slow down. Made me remember the days of four-finger braking that was more of a suggestion to your bike to slow down.

EDIT: OK, having watched that a second time, I'm giving props to the guys doing it. They are wrecking HARD, and just keep going. That downhill must be a lot worse than it looks from where it is shot from (trails are often a lot worse than they look on camera) because a lot of those guys are clearly out of control. And the only one I can really point to as doing something wrong is the guy riding with one foot off the pedals.

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