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Tl;Dr - don't ride low trail bikes aggressively?
So I've been riding for 40 years. XC, full on downhill, trials, stupid risky fixed, gravel, even a bit of BMX / street.
I've left pubs at 3am and rode 15 miles home in snow on a brakeless fixed hundreds of times.
I've toned it down these days but I still like ripping off curbs, having a little fun in traffic and taking the most fun line possible at speed.
Fast forward to present day and I build up a low trail 650b bike and I've nearly killed myself on it twice in the past year.
First time I washed out on a normal asphalt high speed redirection off a curb. Lost a bunch in pride and skin.
Second time I missed a spot of loose gravel on a driveway transfer and ..... Washed out in a turn. Sure gravel and loose but it put me in the hospital. It was the worst most surprising crash I've ever had on any surface ever. I'm now recovering with destroyed helmet, 4 broken ribs and a complex clavicle fracture.
I've crashed more often and worse on this bike than any other bike I've ever owned and all in the past year.
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