Scary riding along a mountain ridge

[zizou]

Saw this on youtube earlier and thought it worth sharing on here. Simply awesome riding - i'd be wary of walking parts never mind doing big drops!

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[Bman]

 

[Thompson]

That was scary watching it! If you ignore the risk of death, it would be great fun!

 

[xxmimixx]

what lunatics they must have done that so many times to be doing it so fast and comfortably, major skill!

 

[growingvegetables]

I've crawled on my hand and knees, rather than walk ridges far less impressive than those.

 

[Tyke]

Fantastic riding skill but can't help thinking it's just an accident waiting to happen.

 

[Panter]

"Proper" mountain biking

Not for me at all, I felt queezy watching that

 

[Cubist]

Doubt they'll ever need Ex-Lax.............

 

[Fnaar]

 

[ColinJ]

Impressive, but far too risky for my liking!

I had a front tyre blow out on my mountain bike just after riding down a steep road descent. One moment I was okay, the next I was rolling across the road in front of a car coming the other way (which fortunately stopped before running me over). A blowout on that ridge at the wrong moment, and the rider would end up dead at the bottom of the mountain.

Whenever I see people taking risks like that I always remember this video (LOTS OF SWEARING!) ...

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[MontyVeda]

I was thinking about that clip Colin when watching the 1st one... fortunately he wasn't badly injured.

It's the type of cycling which certainly justifies helmet use!

 

[Zoiders]

Fantastic riding skill but can't help thinking it's just an accident waiting to happen.

Hows it anymore dangerous than being struck by a car?

Knowledge dispels fear and those guys knew what they were doing and accept the risks.

 

[colly]

I really wish I had the balance and bike handling skills to do stuff like that.

As it is I would have fallen off at about the 21 second mark.

 

[Tyke]

Hows it anymore dangerous than being struck by a car?

Knowledge dispels fear and those guys knew what they were doing and accept the risks.

It probably isn't but then again I wouldn't want to get hit by a car.

 

[Zoiders]

It probably isn't but then again I wouldn't want to get hit by a car.

Don't ride on the road then.

It's an accident waiting to happen.