Not a shock in site
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2025
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I don't know enough about bike jumps but is it safe jumping with that bike? I think if I did that with mine I'll just end up with additional angles to my "triangle".
As long as you don't case it lol
Perfectly safe. He wears a helmet. And his ike has reflectors front, back and on the wheels, so it all complies with safely standards.
That's not an unusual outcome for old or cheap bikes if you over-send. Sam Pilgrim occasionally does this on YouTube if you want to see additional triangles.
As for this case, it may be a better made frame rather than a cheap one. This rider has some confidence in it at least. May be a tougher steel or better aluminium grade.
It all depends on the landing. If he's coming down onto a sloped ramp then it's fine. But if it's a hard landing to flat then both bike and rider are at risk of having a bad day.
You can see the ground
I mean you can see ground, but it's not necessarily the ground.
Just dude's living in the moment.
Apparently there is now a trend to repurpose old 80s mountain bikes as gravel bikes. Sounds logical, but many of them had really long top tubes and very slack frame angles. Not sure if that really works well with drop bars. The rear dropout spacing probably wouldn't accommodate modern cassettes without some modifications either, they were designed for 6 cog freewheels.
The steel frames can be pretty easily widened to accomodate 142 or 148 mm thru-axles. If you had a good frame then, you have a good frame now. Making a gravel bike out of an 80's or 90's MTB works because gravel bikes are, contrary to popular belief, nothing new.
Saracen Sahara I'm guessing from some searching, late 80s. Google reverse image search marks it as a Kona Fire Mountain (and it's not a bad guess, looks the same) but the downtube says otherwise.
Apparently known for tough frames made from cromolly steel and a popular restoration bike. It can probably take the hit from the landing... Providing the rider is ready to take the hit as well.
Huck this to flat and you're going to have a bad time.
This may be a perfectly honorable man, but that mustache gives me the creeps
What moustache?
OHHH. Never mind. I should have zoomed in. His mouth is slightly open, and I mistook it for a mustache. Whoops. Sorry!