How would you go about laying your bike down?

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Tmall

I would like to take this moment to point out that racer x is an msf instructor.


Would you change your mind if he agreed with us?

If Ed had a better way to get out of a highside, sure.

Originally Posted by Tmall

Besides, you're not even arguing a point anymore amj. You're trying to get by on semantics.

I told you earlier that I understood where you're coming from.


If there's a cable across the road at chest height, of course ill lay the bike down. That makes the most sense. Nobody ever once argued that.

You just failed to acknowledg what everybody else was saying and seem like you'd rather be right, than on topic.


Keep at it, but there's no situation when you're going to hit a large immovable object that laying it down is the best scenario..

So small immovable objects (cables) is a go.

Good, that is my point. There are some instances, though rare, that laying the bike down is a good idea. See that? We're making progress. Everyone else seems to be saying NEVER NEVER NEVER, but you just proved that there are no absolutes.

I knew you'd see it my way.

JC

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

If Ed had a better way to get out of a highside, sure.




So small immovable objects (cables) is a go.

Good, that is my point. There are some instances, though rare, that laying the bike down is a good idea. See that? We're making progress. Everyone else seems to be saying NEVER NEVER NEVER, but you just proved that there are no absolutes.

I knew you'd see it my way.

JC

Dude, seriously...

Originally Posted by Tmall

I don't like your options, how about 35mph without a bike or 5 mph with one?


I undertand what you're saying amj, fully.

But! You will always stop faster while one the bike on the brakes, as opposed to sliding on your ass.


I've looped a bike at 60mph and slid and rolled at least 75 to 100 feet. I could have stopped using my brakes in 1/4 of that.


The bike would have slid much further, but it got stopped by some trees.