I find reading stuff like this fakes me out a bit. When I last rolled this drop on my 27.5 hardtail I didn't think twice about it. Now when I look at it it is mindfucking me even though it's not gnarly at all really. Another thing that gets me now is the teeter on pipeline where the guy died. I've ridden it like 100 times but ever since I don't try it anymore. I always start thinking, what if I get on it and it doesn't come down and I have to bail off. Maybe I'm just getting old…
Lol. Same here. I too go around the pipeline teeter out of respect for the deceased. Or at least, that's what I shamelessly tell myself as my excuse to go around. Maybe that comes with age, I seem to have no shortage in my bag of excuses that I carry around with me these days.
And this discussion about the Floppy Bunny entrance is just another thing that's probably going to go into my bag of excuses. While I admit it can be potentially intimidating at first glance, I always thought that entrance was pretty smooth however you prefer it, roll or drop, as long as you don't over think it, hesitate, grab too much brake, go way too slow or way too fast, y'know, the usual no-nos. But next time, I'm going to have to stop and check it out (never a bad idea really to check stuff out no matter how many times you've done it before), and I will probably think about it for an extra few seconds or so at least. Which is fine, thinking is usually a good thing, but too much thinking is a bad thing. Think in moderation I guess.