79pmooney
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| 09/24/2020 11:44 AM |
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CPA really should speak up loudly. Not getting the padding in the the proper at the worlds? Really? All that was needed was one alert person to mark where the padding needed to be.
I hope Dygart is going to be OK. This feels way too much like the US Nationals 40 years ago. |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/24/2020 12:05 PM |
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| It seems to be they misjudged the riders' line into turn and really underestimated speeds. Its almost like they have someone riding the course at much lower speed and deciding placement of barriers from that. At any rate, when racers lose control for whatever reason they always try to hold it together which invariably steers them towards the end of turn. Those barriers should only have ended where road straightens. |
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Dale
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| 09/24/2020 12:35 PM |
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Sliding on top of that guardrail... that's got to be a gruesome wound. Plus the uprights that protrude up over the top. Unbelievable that they won't make the courses more safer than that.
Inexcusable. |
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6ix
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| 09/24/2020 12:49 PM |
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I take back my earlier assessment of her potential injuries. It does appear that she slides a bit on top of that thin edge of the guardrail.
Sending all the positive energy in the universe to her as she recovers. Perhaps she can use Van Aert as inspiration for returning to the absolute top following a devastating injury like he had in the Tour last year. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/24/2020 03:53 PM |
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I saw a pic of her injury....horrific. Tokyo has to now be in doubt for her....if not worse.
Massive gash / wound just above her knee cap and DEEP. |
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Dale
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| 09/24/2020 04:13 PM |
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| No broken bones but a cut that is long and involves ligament(s) according to family. |
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6ix
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| 09/24/2020 04:18 PM |
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| The lack of proper safety measures surrounding the metal guardrail in that corner notwithstanding, what caused the wobble? It wasn't due to her braking as she was in her aero bars. Did a spoke break? If she'd rolled a tubular, that probably wouldn't cause the wheel to go out of true like that. Seems like a wheel failure. |
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79pmooney
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| 09/24/2020 04:34 PM |
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| I've seen speculation that her steerer broke. (I haven't seen the footage.) |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/24/2020 04:37 PM |
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I don't think we will really know until Chloe tells us what happened (or her coach).
It was certainly interesting when Evenepoel recounted his crash. Don't think it made it to English language media. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/24/2020 05:10 PM |
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what caused the wobble?
Some speculation that she was running tubeless and the tire either burped or flatted. I don't think it could have been the steerer tube because with the wobbling going on, I think the wheel would have turned and she would have high-sided.
Dunno for sure though.... |
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6ix
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| 09/24/2020 05:26 PM |
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Thanks for that idea. I just installed new UST tires on my Mavic hoops this morning with new Orange sealant. Sure hope I did it right!! Nope, not worried one bit. Not at all.
Even if her tire burped (why???), what could cause the wheel to go catastrophically wobbling?
Footage is nasty. Haven't seen pics of the wounds but suffice to say, bad. Agree with CK that there is no way that was a steerer failure. |
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Dale
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| 09/24/2020 08:47 PM |
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Just read this on Pez "A Case Against TT Bikes" Looks like it came out before Chloe's wreck today, timely
https://pezcyclingnews.com/features/a-case-against-tt-bikes/ |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/24/2020 08:58 PM |
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I don’t think the tire burped....she didn’t seem to hit anything. It almost looked like a speed wobble.
But you can see where she slid along the back side of the guardrail right above her knee...hence the deep laceration.
Horrible. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/24/2020 10:16 PM |
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https://pezcyclingnews.com/features/a-case-against-tt-bikes/
What a load of crap...seriously. That thing was written for the clicks. It is utter nonsense. |
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Dale
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| 09/25/2020 10:51 AM |
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What's crap, the fact that a TT bike is less stable than a convention road bike?
A former pro said one of his scariest times on a bike was at Tour of the Gila on a TT bike, deep section wheels and gusty winds. Yes, the wheels and wind contribute but the positioning vs a conventional road bike make the experience radically different.
I get that it's fun to go fast and you can go much faster on a TT bike (thanks btw for the tips in setting up my road bike for a time trial series) but the lower stability is indisputable. Now whether the time gaps would be the same on a road bike as a TT bike... no question they'd be different.
Since a TT bike is a completely different setup than a road bike why not jump the shark a little more and in a grand tour have a stage riding recumbents?
....just yanking 'yer chain, there's no way you could convince a pro to grow a beard and ride with sandals & socks  |
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