Mountain Bike vs Truck

Here is a crazy story from Jeremy. I have no idea how he is still alive. I've suffered some pretty serious accidents, and even I can't imagine how much this hurt.

This happend a long time ago. In may of 94 or 95 I was trying to hit 60 mph. I had hit 59 but couldnt break the 60 barrier so I got road tires and a bigger front chain ring. I was young and dumb and tried it at night with no lights. A truck made a left in front of me this is the aftermath. It took a year and seven surgeries (two bone graphs) to get me back on my feet. Obviously this is no fault of the carbon, but 15 yrs later I still have visible shards in my leg to remember my first mountain bike. Now 15 yrs later I am still a bicycle messenger, and I love it.

Giant XTC

Greg sent in these photos of a friend's Giant XTC. No word on what he did to it. These carbon XC frames seem disposable without the disposable price.

Even More Broken Carbon Bars

Those guys over at Pinkbike sure like breaking their bars.

Carbon Seatpost

As more carbon appears on mountain bikes, more mountain bikes appear on this blog.

Broken XC Frame

Just a short clip showing a break in what appears to be the down tube.

Merida Needs More Glue

This Merida mountain bike came apart during a race. It looks like it could be fixed with a bit of glue and some duct tape.

Mountain Bikes want in on the fun

So far I've just been posting road and cyclocross bikes, but there are carbon mountain bikes too. The owner of this bike took and old school carbon cross country bike and put a huge triple crown fork on it and started doing huge jumps and drops. Crazy. But even crazier, after he broken the frame, he just patched it up and kept on riding. Crazy.