That speed is a big part of why I don't ride the bike park anymore. On a regular 2-hour ride I'm in that speed danger zone maybe 35% of the time. In the bike park it's like 100% of riding time is spent at speeds where errors are lot more likely to send you to the clinic.
I also think that risk gets worse the bigger you are. The heavier you are the faster you have to go to clear those gaps to reach the landing. The faster you go the tighter margin for error, the higher the likelihood that a crash will go really wrong.
Always nice to see the line of walking wounded in the Whistler clinic, some guy with a $600 carbon helmet and wearing a tank top talking about how he prefers to turn his elbows to hamburger early and have them stay wet for the season (rather than being so gauche as to wear elbow protection).
June 9, 2022, 12:42 p.m. - Cr4w
That speed is a big part of why I don't ride the bike park anymore. On a regular 2-hour ride I'm in that speed danger zone maybe 35% of the time. In the bike park it's like 100% of riding time is spent at speeds where errors are lot more likely to send you to the clinic. I also think that risk gets worse the bigger you are. The heavier you are the faster you have to go to clear those gaps to reach the landing. The faster you go the tighter margin for error, the higher the likelihood that a crash will go really wrong. Always nice to see the line of walking wounded in the Whistler clinic, some guy with a $600 carbon helmet and wearing a tank top talking about how he prefers to turn his elbows to hamburger early and have them stay wet for the season (rather than being so gauche as to wear elbow protection).