A ride can turn quickly

As much as we all enjoy our sport we know that there's an element of risk, thankfully this is a story which ended in minimal rider injury however the same could not be said for the bike, which suffered catastrophic failure.

This happened to my cousin back in the UK while out riding solo in the Whinlatter forest area of the Lake District coming down a steady descent.  He told me he'd been tearing it up until that point and hit a small 2 foot drop.  Upon landing both chainstays on his early 2000s Specialized FSR snapped completely.  Thankfully he said he suffered no more than a few scrapes on his elbows and knees, but the same could not be said for the bike.

Hopefully it won't be too long before he's back out on the trails however clearly he's got some work to do to repair his frame, or maybe he'll use the excuse to buy something new.

Ride safe!