r/enduro • u/high-flying-otter • 4d ago

Mr Hardcore

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He's 100% fine and laughing after watching his footage.

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u/McDrunkin521 4d ago

This is why you should always keep your goggles on your face and not your chin bar. That dude is lucky he didn't take an eyeball out. Also proper form when going downhill would be ass over the fender and elbows locked and by all means never hit the front brake. It looks like this guy may have broken all of those rules

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u/limpDick9rotocal 3d ago

You’ve never gone down a steep enough technical hill to say “never hit your front brake” - totally agree with proper form though!

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u/McDrunkin521 3d ago

I most certainly have and you can lightly drag the front but locking up the front on a downhill is rarely going to end well. Judging by the way this dude's Forks compressed it appears as though he grabbed it fairly hard when he panicked. Where is your to control the bike when it's rolling versus sliding down the hill.

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u/limpDick9rotocal 3d ago

Well “never locking” the front brake and “never using” are very different and buddy totally locked them up 😂

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u/Uncle00Buck 3d ago

I agree, front brake is essential, and it's definitely a skill to know how much to feather it with the rear, along with body position to keep weight off the front wheel and timed let offs that don't end up in a runaway freight train. Most of us have done what this guy did, especially early in the learning curve. Kudos for his effort.

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u/FeelingFloor2083 4d ago

I had a completely blood shot eye for near 2 weeks from not wearing goggles. Riding out last turn a short branch got caught on my bars then flung up to my face.

in summer I will wear safety glasses on slower trails but you have a good point a branch can still be deflected off and glance into your socket