this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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What Could Go Wrong

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[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

christ alive that's a low head dam, those things have a feature at the bottom called a "drowning machine" DO NOT DO THIS

[–] EatALime@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

There is a great Practical Engineering video that explains this risk for anyone who is curious.

Crossing that dam was definitely a bad move.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do bikes float, or sink right away?

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sinks like a rock. That was the least of this guy's worries, though.

[–] teft@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking roadies thinking they’re real mountain bikers. Never fails to make me laugh.

[–] nymwit@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

He couldn't even stand there without being pushed off and it looks like he had regular shoes rather than clip in ones. I don't think different tires would be any different. Probably a nice slick layer of algae on there.