On Wednesday, I was doing a Tamarancho loop. Simple stuff at the end of the day. I was working hard as I was trying to keep ahead of a group that I had passed earlier.
Working my way down Wagonwheel, I had just made it up the little ass kicker and was bridging to the rock garden when my handlebars snapped. I hit the dirt hard. ground my knee up good. My elbow and back got it good too. It was hard.
I feel terrible about this in a few ways. Obviously, it sucks to have another failure. Worse, I had felt something earlier. I’ve learned to recognize the start of a failure but I was so busy trying to outrun this group that I didn’t stop to check it out. I paid dearly.
How much fun would it be to chase PVD until he inevitably eats shit because his homemade bike broke again? The people who use the same trails as him have to be used to seeing this happen at this point.
on his weapons systems? he doesn’t design bicycles, he designs weapons systems. some highlights from the first one from 2018 that i think ended up breaking:
The method that I use on this design allows for what would be known on traditional stems as a 15mm stem (a PVD +20mm)
No absurd seat angles or goofball head angles. A bike like this is simply non-existent anywhere but in my basement. A class leader.
To date, this is the most progressive and well-designed hardtail I know of. It’s on a whole new level of what can be done with front wheel placement and rider comfort. I’m in awe of it.
