Scargill Valley Trail Ride, Waikari, Christchurch, New Zealand 22-1-2023
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2023
- Trail riding with my son Finn at the Adventure Trailrides Events Scargill Valley Trail Ride.
It was hot and dusty ride, on a pretty long 45-50km loop. This is our second lap where the traffic had reduced and the dust wasn't so bad. The last 10 minutes or so are lap one as the GoPro battery died near the end on lap 2.
I had a wee crash after hitting a rock hidden in the in the grass and dust at 9:50. I took a handlebar to the chest which knocked the wind out of me and cracked a rib or two. The rest of the lap was a bit rough and Finns arms were also hurting so we were both a bit wounded.
Riders this lap:
Ben - KTM 350 XCF
Finn (age 9) - KTM 65 SX Number 117
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Ah man, those are the worst! Good luck on a speedy recovery
Thanks!
Hey there Ben, dam shame Seb dropped his bike in the water, and an 85 now cool bet he was gutted it filled up with water. Bit of dust and a few rocks to dodge out on the track, sucks when you get a bar to the ribs bet they're still sore and your avoiding coughing and laughing. Sure was alot of choice words being spoken between the grunts and groans. Cheers Richard
Hi Richard. Seb was pretty gutted. Lucky the 2-bangers aren't too hard to get going again. First time for me un-drowning one of our bikes and it wasn't too bad.
Finn has a couple of motocross events coming up so that will give me some time off (yeah right!) for the ribs to heal.
You could tell that one hurt, ribs take ages, depending on how bad it is they can be months, track was ok, we struck a lot of dust on lap 2 in places and people struggling on the couple of the climbs where Finn stopped
Yeah it sure did hurt. Haven't done a rib before so that was a new experience that I'd rather not repeat!
Our first lap was really dusty. We took a while to get ready and start riding and then Seb dropped his bike in the first creek crossing and drowned it, and that took a while to get running again. He was riding an 85 for the first time and was a bit too cautious, went too slow and then couldn't keep it upright.
Richard Streeter caught up to us on that climb on our first lap when he was on his second. You can see us in his video.
Next trail ride for us will probably be Lake Station so hopefully the ribs are better by then.
We got the opposite, we were in the first dozen out and had a clean run on lap 1 but found it quite slippery, the track was better on lap 2 but dustier, I've done ribs a few times, they're worse than any other fracture I have had
I hope you guys recovered from your injuries. Love you ♥
Thanks! My ribs are still pretty sore. I'm told they will take a few weeks to heal. Finn on the other hand is made out of rubber and was good as new the next day!
Hey mate about the fodapots do they come with the mic or do you have to buy them separately and how do you charge them because aren’t they American I woulda thought if you try charge it in New Zealand it would break it since it’s American power
Hi mate. Yes, they come with a mic and two speakers that stick on inside your helmet. They charge via USB cable using a standard phone power brick or 12v lighter adaptor.
hey man just got the fodpsorts but my son it really hurts because it pushes against his ear quite badly I was just wondering what you did with your kids does it push up against there ears bad or is there a solution for that
Hi mate. Some of our helmets had heaps of room for the earpiece and they fitted no problems. One of them I had to cut a recess into the polystyrene to make enough clearance for them.
@@bentowse yeah it’s annoying really it’s just pushing against his ears there’s no space is there anything you recommend to do so it’s kind off comfortable for him
I'd have a look and see if you can cut a recess into the polystyrene in the helmet. Also make sure the speaker is down and forward in the helmet so its by his ear hole not up high and pushing on the cartilage.
Hey Ben what communication thing do you use to talk to your son😊
We use FodSports M1S-Pro bluetooth intercoms. They are great for trail riding.
@@bentowse hey thanks for your reply hope you recovered well
Thanks mate. Ribs are slowly starting to get better now.
@@bentowse hey mate sorry to bug you again but i couldnt find anything on yt on how they work so do you have to be on a call or conected to a phone for them to be working and comunicating woth the other person or can they just connect to each other abd you can talk to each other that way
No worries. They connect directly to each other via bluetooth. You can connect to a phone for music and calls but don't have to. The are always on, so you just talk and the other person can hear you and vice versa. They work on line of sight so as long as you can see the other person or close to it you can talk. I've had them out to at least 600-800m and still connected and working.
When’s the next vid haha
Next trail ride will be the 4th of March so look out for a new video soon after.👍
@@bentowse yeah we might go up to woodhill forest been a pain since they’ve been shut all the time because of the floods
@@bentowse hey man just got the fodpsorts but my son it really hurts because it pushes against his ear quite badly I was just wondering what you did with your kids does it push up against there ears bad or is there a solution for that