{"id":10828,"date":"2026-04-15T16:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=10828"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:05:26","slug":"watch-how-mountain-bikes-handle-big-hits-in-slow-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=10828","title":{"rendered":"Watch How Mountain Bikes Handle Big Hits in Slow Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>It\u2019s not lab science, but watching bikes absorb repeated flat landings tells you more than you might expect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Published April 15, 2026 09:22AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Every year, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkbike.com\/news\/welcome-to-the-2026-trail-bike-field-test.html\">Pinkbike\u2019s Field Test<\/a> brings together a curated selection of the best mountain bikes of the season, putting them through a week of back-to-back riding to tease out real-world performance differences. It\u2019s a rigorous process that culminates in the fan-favorite \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkbike.com\/news\/tags\/huck-to-flat\/\">Huck to Fla<\/a>t\u201d test.<\/p>\n<p>Part finale, part stress test, the Huck to Flat has been a Field Test tradition since 2018. The premise is straightforward: send a bike off a drop and land flat, over and over, and watch what happens. The result is equal parts entertainment and insight. Watch closely and you\u2019ll notice how much is going on\u2014the handlebar flexes, the tires compress, the suspension cycles through its travel, and even the frame moves more than most riders would expect.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also undeniably entertaining. There\u2019s an element of risk\u2014Pinkbike has broken a frame and snapped a crank in past years\u2014but most bikes survive the ordeal. The bigger gamble is often who\u2019s doing the hucking. The team rotates duties, usually roping in newer staffers or even a filmer, since repeated flat landings aren\u2019t exactly fun on the ankles. This year, the most impressive performance might not have come from a bike at all, but from filmer Logan Patrick Nelson\u2014whose ankles proved remarkably up to the task.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-gear\/bikes-and-biking\/video-mountain-bike-suspension-slow-motion\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not lab science, but watching bikes absorb repeated flat landings tells you more than you might expect. Published April 15, 2026 09:22AM Every year, Pinkbike\u2019s Field Test brings together a curated selection of the best mountain bikes of the season, putting them through a week of back-to-back riding to tease out real-world performance differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wild-living"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}