I personally will never not trust my gut feeling.

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    28 days ago

    It took me multiple reads to realize you weren’t talking about dirtbike shocks (suspension), doing dirtbike tricks (a superman), and receiving a back injury (6 hooks in the back). It sounded like you were advocating for people to buy quality suspension components if they’re going to do big jumps and tricks on their dirtbike.

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      28 days ago

      Ha. Fair point.

      No, this was the kind of suspension where they put hooks through your skin, and then hoist you above the ground by the hooks.

      (I do ride, but only street bikes. And IMO, for street bikes, unless you track your bike regularly, your stock suspension is likely just fine.)

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        28 days ago

        I also wondered why you weren’t trying your bike tricks over a foam pit.

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        27 days ago

        Note that the tone of judgement can’t be helped when asking this, but why would one want to do this to begin with?

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          27 days ago

          …Because? That’s like asking why people climb Kilimanjaro, or K2. Because you want to know if you can.

          And it turns out I can, it is kind of boring, and makes me feel carsick.

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      27 days ago

      Well that’s exactly what I understood. Was it code for something else ?