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Danny MacAskill - The Ridge - 02Skye Mountain Rescue urge cyclists: “Don't try and be like Danny MacAskill”
Skye Mountain Rescue have urged cyclists to not “try and be like Danny MacAskill” after a female mountain biker broke her leg in a fall on the island’s Cuillin Hills, reports BBC News.
The island has become an increasingly popular destination for riders thanks to the videos featuring the trials star, who was born on Skye, with one of his films shot there, The Ridge, gaining more than 50 million YouTube views.
It’s not clear from the BBC News report nor one in the West Highland Free Press whether the rider’s fall was actually from a bike, nor whether she was expressly trying to emulate the stunt ace.
But after rescuing the woman, a Swiss national, at the 2,000-foot Coire Lagan on Friday, a spokesman for Skye Mountain Rescue said: "We have been coming across people on bikes in places they shouldn't really be.
"Once they do get to these places they soon realise that in reality it is a very different prospect from what they thought it would be like.
"Our message is please don't try and be like Danny MacAskill."
The spokesman added that rescuers believed the woman may have been attempting stunts, saying: "She had the helmet and the knee pads."
She was taken from the mountain by winch from the Stornoway coastguard helicopter and treated at the MacKinnon Memorial Hospital in Broadford, and is now home in Switzerland recovering from her injuries.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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- Rendel Harris 2 min 47 sec ago
Alternatively just wear reflective bands around your ankles or choose shoes with reflective detailing/stick a bit of reflective tape on the heels....
- chrisonabike 4 min 6 sec ago
NYC has something although for docked bikes. Although apparently now that has set up its own incentives which may not be serving the original...
- chrisonabike 8 min 19 sec ago
Neighbourhood: you can't change anything because we have a disabled resident! Also driving children to schools! People power!...
- chrisonabike 59 min 35 sec ago
But... the last is only not the case with drivers on normal roads because driving on the cycle path / footway / rolling a vehicle up there is seen...
- mdavidford 1 hour 37 min ago
I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....
- chrisonabike 2 hours 2 min ago
Thanks. I guess the question is "need". If the road is busy, it sounds like it is a desired route between places? In which case (given this an...
- mdavidford 2 hours 10 min ago
Don't know what you mean. I thought my suggestion was entirely practical.
- mdavidford 2 hours 12 min ago
...and a square of faux sheepskin for the back of your saddle.
- Rapha Nadal 2 hours 44 min ago
I'd buy a motorbike fo rthat kind of money!
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That would be (1) highly skilled, (2) famous, and (3) (hopefully) reasonably wealthy
Luckily she tried this abroad, where our volunteers plus public funded coastguards helped her off the hill for free. Had this been in the home country, a 6 figure bill would be enroute. Really, biking up the Cuillin- just leave it alone. Tough it up and take on the midges lower down the hill.
Oh, a mountain biker wearing helmet and knee pads. Must have been trying to be Danny MacAskill then. Obviously. Just like a hiker wearing hiking boots and some warm gloves must be attempting to be Ranulph Fiennes. And if it had been a bloke, would the headline have had "male" in it?
Just because someone had an accident doesnt mean they were being stupid mountain sports carry an element of risk and most people accept that. I wonder if mountain rescue tell rock climbers to stop doing dangerous things when they have to reacue them?
There may be people attempting things beyond their skill level on Skye, but nothing in the article actually demonstrates that this is the case.
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