MTB Myths that need to die—and some that are true!

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  @apfelmistnutte · 4 years ago · pinned

  The myth about airplanes is insane. <br>I was an Airplane electrician. The bike travels in the cargo zone of the plane. Which is in fact right below the passenger seats. Lift one of those floor tiles you&apos;re sitting on and bam, you&apos;re looking at the cargo. Which means, they are in the same pressure zone as a passenger, which means it&apos;s still air pressure of around 1 bar and the same temperatures you&apos;re experiencing.<br><br>Hope that has cleared things up a little bit.

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  @lese39 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I loved that phrase:<br>&quot;You never want to feel like it&apos;s do or die in a mountain bike recreationally&quot;

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  @hubdeep9452 · 4 years ago

  I learned to bunny hop with clips. Sometime later I switched to flat pedals. First time I tried to bunny hop with flat pedals I jumped straight off my bike. I think I learned bad technique 😂

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  @InformatrIIcks · 4 years ago

  About the &quot;last run&quot; thing :<br>Some friend of mine got the habits of calling their last run &quot;the One before last&quot;. That time we were skiing with a bunch of friends, at the top of the hill the &quot;okay guys let&apos;s do the One before last&quot; and we headed down. One of our friends went down a bit slower, and not seeing us at the bottom thought we went up for the last run since we said one before last but we were waiting for him just a bit further down 😂<br><br>Make sure that if you&apos;re using codewords everyone is aware if you don&apos;t want to end up in silly situations 😂😂

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• FR

  @franknbeans69 · 3 years ago

  I think that last run isn&apos;t due to the superstitions, it&apos;s due to being tired at the end of the day and being overconfident from riding the same trails. Being tired and over confident is when things happen.

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• TH

  @thelonelyphish · 1 year ago

  Coming from snowboarding to mountain biking I&apos;m very glad to see that the &quot;one last run&quot; taboo is alive and well in this community

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• NI

  @NiSE_Rafter · 4 years ago

  I only treated the quick links as single used when I worked at a bike shop. It made sense for us to replace them each time for liability reasons.

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• RA

  @rascal1234 · 4 years ago

  Sometimes, a crash becomes your last run. I am not superstitious, but I think I crash less on my last run. Usually, my third or fourth run I tend to push the limits and crash.

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  @Watson690 · 1 year ago

  As an e-bike rider I completely agree. Riding an e-bike is faster than walking, but less healthy than cycling. I work in a manual labour job. I don&apos;t want to do manual labour to get to a manual labour job.

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• RE

  @RealCadde · 4 years ago

  There&apos;s only one point about quicklocks that still applies today.<br>Don&apos;t put it facing forward because if it wraps around a twig or wine or root etc it&apos;s going to unlock and you will drop your back wheel at some point down the trail.<br>I&apos;ve always put mine facing upwards in line with the frame so there&apos;s less chance of stuff getting in between it and unlocking it.<br>I don&apos;t put it facing backwards because then it can (easily) catch something as i roll the bike backwards and unlock it without me noticing it too.<br><br>But never in my life have i been scared of it catching a disc brake... They physically can&apos;t do that, if designed correctly.<br>However, I have had derailleurs find their way into the spokes of a wheel before when rolling backwards. Make sure your derailleur is healthy and fastened properly and use quality components and properly lubricated and free of debris.<br><br>And with V-brakes i&apos;ve also seen a case where the V-brake pads worked themselves into the spokes and all hell broke loose.

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  @pappaslivery · 4 years ago

  Found myself in Asheville a week ago and my cousin and I made the trip to berm park.<br><br>Great park! I also found out that Asheville has some great urgent care facilities and got 4 stitches in my right arm from our &quot;last run&quot;<br><br>Probably the cheapest souvenir of the trip 😎👍

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  @Astronomater · 4 years ago

  ebikes aren&apos;t just for &quot;lazy&quot; people, they also increase access to nature for people that are disabled. &nbsp;great vid!

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