Can the anti-cycling sentiment here get any more desperate ?
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twoblacklines said:
I'm still laughing at this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKdVMYo1H38
Pretty much sums up cyclists though. You NEVER cross the double yellow in the USA but look at them all crossing it like they own the road. Then BANG and in the comments on biking forums...it's somehow the car drivers fault
Hell they are all blaming the car driver in the comments in the video. Such lolz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKdVMYo1H38
Pretty much sums up cyclists though. You NEVER cross the double yellow in the USA but look at them all crossing it like they own the road. Then BANG and in the comments on biking forums...it's somehow the car drivers fault
Hell they are all blaming the car driver in the comments in the video. Such lolznickfrog said:
twoblacklines said:
I'm still laughing at this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKdVMYo1H38
Pretty much sums up cyclists though. You NEVER cross the double yellow in the USA but look at them all crossing it like they own the road. Then BANG and in the comments on biking forums...it's somehow the car drivers fault Hell they are all blaming the car driver in the comments in the video. Such lolz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKdVMYo1H38
Pretty much sums up cyclists though. You NEVER cross the double yellow in the USA but look at them all crossing it like they own the road. Then BANG and in the comments on biking forums...it's somehow the car drivers fault
Hell they are all blaming the car driver in the comments in the video. Such lolzThis was 2 years ago and was a pro level race, the road markings have nothing to do with it.
He also had some nasty injuries, so not really something to laugh about "Brammeier, 30, has been recovering at the University of Utah hospital in Salt Lake City from injuries that include fractures of the sacral and pelvic bones, as well as rib fractures on both sides, a bruised liver and fractured tooth".
The talk at the time was that the team cars were impeding the proper line through that corner to a degree, naturally they would want to come out wider, but he was also going way too fast.
He also had some nasty injuries, so not really something to laugh about "Brammeier, 30, has been recovering at the University of Utah hospital in Salt Lake City from injuries that include fractures of the sacral and pelvic bones, as well as rib fractures on both sides, a bruised liver and fractured tooth".
The talk at the time was that the team cars were impeding the proper line through that corner to a degree, naturally they would want to come out wider, but he was also going way too fast.
It's impossible to tell who's at fault really.
Certainly the cyclist comes in with wa-a-a-a-a-y too much speed to make that corner, but the YouTube video explains that he was pushed to the inside by 'support' cars taking the correct line further back from the corner.
As the road drops away really sharply on the inside, he was airborne so not able to scrub speed.
For years I've wondered why support cars are allowed to be there at all. To me, there should be no instances where riders cannot take the correct line because a team car is in the way - especially if it's a competitor team car.
Punctures or mechanicals should all be attended to either by the riders themselves or by cars which follow the entire group. Perhaps that way we'd see bigger advances in cycling tech.
ETA: just read that these riders had dropped off the back of the peloton and were making their way through the support cars to catch up.
Certainly the cyclist comes in with wa-a-a-a-a-y too much speed to make that corner, but the YouTube video explains that he was pushed to the inside by 'support' cars taking the correct line further back from the corner.
As the road drops away really sharply on the inside, he was airborne so not able to scrub speed.
For years I've wondered why support cars are allowed to be there at all. To me, there should be no instances where riders cannot take the correct line because a team car is in the way - especially if it's a competitor team car.
Punctures or mechanicals should all be attended to either by the riders themselves or by cars which follow the entire group. Perhaps that way we'd see bigger advances in cycling tech.
ETA: just read that these riders had dropped off the back of the peloton and were making their way through the support cars to catch up.
Edited by Kell on Tuesday 30th May 13:48
xjay1337 said:
nickfrog said:
xjay1337 said:
Telling me the cyclist wasn't at fault then Nick????
Why would I tell you that ?Twoblacklines didn't, in his eagerness to demonise anyone riding a bicycle on the public road.
that cyclst was airborne and wildly out of control before the crash with no possible way of retarding his inertia with the road space he had left!
If i may be so bold, i would suggest that the car potentially saved his life.
The cyclist would have sailed off the edge into the trees below had the car not parked itself in his path.
If i may be so bold, i would suggest that the car potentially saved his life.
The cyclist would have sailed off the edge into the trees below had the car not parked itself in his path.
SystemParanoia said:
that cyclst was airborne and wildly out of control before the crash with no possible way of retarding his inertia with the road space he had left!
If i may be so bold, i would suggest that the car potentially saved his life.
The cyclist would have sailed off the edge into the trees below had the car not parked itself in his path.
But then if there were no cars there, he could have been on the correct line for the and braked with more control and probably made it smoothly.If i may be so bold, i would suggest that the car potentially saved his life.
The cyclist would have sailed off the edge into the trees below had the car not parked itself in his path.
Don't get me wrong, having found out that these guys had dropped out the back of the pack and were making their way through the support cars I think the onus is on them to be more careful, but it's not as cut and dry as the first angle.
When you see the alt view, you can see that he's been forced inside by other cars.
Kell said:
SystemParanoia said:
that cyclst was airborne and wildly out of control before the crash with no possible way of retarding his inertia with the road space he had left!
If i may be so bold, i would suggest that the car potentially saved his life.
The cyclist would have sailed off the edge into the trees below had the car not parked itself in his path.
But then if there were no cars there, he could have been on the correct line for the and braked with more control and probably made it smoothly.If i may be so bold, i would suggest that the car potentially saved his life.
The cyclist would have sailed off the edge into the trees below had the car not parked itself in his path.
Don't get me wrong, having found out that these guys had dropped out the back of the pack and were making their way through the support cars I think the onus is on them to be more careful, but it's not as cut and dry as the first angle.
When you see the alt view, you can see that he's been forced inside by other cars.
Ive seen camera bikes topple over into cyclists paths as well.
Its just silly how it is at the mo'
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