Any advice to help this lady's technique?

[Mr. Silly]

[TrentonMakes]

...Switch to a fat bike?

[Longjohn]

It looks like she has the dismount down pat.  I've done something similar but it doesn't work as well wearing bike shoes.

[Longjohn]

The only official bike lane within twenty miles of my house has those all along it.  How do you spell bone head?

[Parr8hed]

I would like to see a little bit further reach, more arch to the back.  It looks too forced.  Overall, a 7.8

[Nate]

when you go over the bars, you need to get more lift from your legs before you are thrown clear of the bike. This way you can get the height in your hips to get that arch in your back

 

then when you are in the air, you need to flail around a whole lot more for the comedic effect

 

you don't get YouTube hits for just going over the bars, you gotta have some style to it

 

its just like rodeo, the more you can flail around before you hit the ground, the higher the score

[JerrySTL]

A longer cape looks nice on Superman dismounts.

[Chopped Liver]

Looks fine on the dismount portion, but the landing may need a bit of work since her feet are not out in front of her.

[Mr. Silly]

Looks fine on the dismount portion, but the landing may need a bit of work since her feet are not out in front of her.

 

She should point her toes.

[Nate]

actually, and seriously, if you go over your bars like that  you need to draw your arms in, and tuck your head, and roll when you hit the ground

 

if you try and break your fall with your arms, you just break bones

 

if you roll, its like taking a fall in Judo

[Square Wheels]

I think we need RR to weigh in on this one.

[Former member]

actually, and seriously, if you go over your bars like that you need to draw your arms in, and tuck your head, and roll when you hit the ground

if you try and break your fall with your arms, you just break bones

if you roll, its like taking a fall in Judo

I've run out of a few endos like you see in this obviously staged photo.

[Chopped Liver]

I've run out of a few endos like you see in this obviously staged photo.

as I said, her feet need to be in front of her.....other wise, splat! and face plant in the pavement, which won't feel all that great.

[Zealot]

I've run out of a few endos like you see in this obviously staged photo.

Indeed! So have I.

[Randomguy]

I've run out of a few endos like you see in this obviously staged photo.

 

One time I did a perfect endo on Porcupine rim and landed on my feet betwixt jagged rocks.  The cool part is that a buddy had stopped to see how I navigated this particular stretch because he had a hard time with it, and watched the whole thing.  He said it looked as if it had been planned.   Ninety-nine times out of one hundred, I break bones in that exact situation.

[jsharr]

Learn to hover FAST!

[Parr8hed]

when you go over the bars, you need to get more lift from your legs before you are thrown clear of the bike. This way you can get the height in your hips to get that arch in your back

 

then when you are in the air, you need to flail around a whole lot more for the comedic effect

 

you don't get YouTube hits for just going over the bars, you gotta have some style to it

 

its just like rodeo, the more you can flail around before you hit the ground, the higher the score

Tried that once.  Tried to tuck and roll but didn't get enough height or rotation?  Anyways hit on my head, pushing my chin down to my chest and herniating two discs in my neck.  That was a shitty crash.  So glad that I ended up in grass and not on the pave.

[jsharr]

I would say the photographer needs to work on framing and cropping.  That is a really bad job of both.

[kingtermite]

You are looking at it wrong. The bike was just a prop to help get her in the air. She's learning to fly. Greatest American Hero style.

 

[Former member]

I would say the photographer needs to work on framing and cropping.  That is a really bad job of both.

it the photo was framed so that we could see the whole bike, the person holding the rear wheel in the air would be visible. 

[Mr. Silly]

it the photo was framed so that we could see the whole bike, the person holding the rear wheel in the air would be visible. 

 

Aren't we cynical today.

[Former member]

Aren't we cynical today.

Actually I'm pointing out the fine work the photographer did framing the photo.

 

You are so negative to presume otherwise

[Nate]

Tried that once.  Tried to tuck and roll but didn't get enough height or rotation?  Anyways hit on my head, pushing my chin down to my chest and herniating two discs in my neck.  That was a shitty crash.  So glad that I ended up in grass and not on the pave.

 I don't know how I do it, but I've always been good at taking falls.  Somehow, I always manage to protect my head and never broke my collarbone

 

I always seem to separate my shoulder instead

 

But now that I'm a geezer, who knows? its been years since I went over my bars

[jsharr]

 I don't know how I do it, but I've always been good at taking falls.  Somehow, I always manage to protect my head and never broke my collarbone

 

I always seem to separate my shoulder instead

 

But now that I'm a geezer, who knows? its been years since I went over my bars

At what point do you yell "Timber!"?

[Nate]

At what point do you yell "Timber!"?

 

I don't yell that, its usually the jackass with the chainsaw that yells "Timber"

[Former member]

I always manage to protect my head and never broke my collarbone. I always seem to separate my shoulder instead

 

Now that I'm a geezer, who knows? its been years since I went over my bars

Go give it a try and let us know how it goes. 

[Nate]

good riders don't crash bikes

[Parr8hed]

good riders don't crash bikes

I had to LOL at this.

[Mr. Silly]

Tried that once.  Tried to tuck and roll but didn't get enough height or rotation?  Anyways hit on my head, pushing my chin down to my chest and herniating two discs in my neck.  That was a shitty crash.  So glad that I ended up in grass and not on the pave.

 

You need to tuck like this:

 

[Former member]

good riders don't crash bikes

Says the only person I know to crash more than me

[Parr8hed]

You need to tuck like this:

 

That makes my grumpy, old, inflexible neck hurt just watching it.