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Old 10-14-07, 02:56 AM
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Didn't know climbs are scary in TDF

Hardly ever watch racing but I was in a bike shop today and they were playing a DVD of TDF while I was waiting on my bike to be tuned up. They race on this small road...like have the width of a one way road you'd take going up a mountain. There's no guard rails or anything to stop you from going over... And some of the sections looked like they had a steep drop. Imagine if someone crashes and falls over? What's even scarier is they have to descend down the road eventually...and that means high speeds. Has anyone ever fallen over a cliff and been seriously hurt. It doesn't look safe at all.
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Originally Posted by fff
Hardly ever watch racing but I was in a bike shop today and they were playing a DVD of TDF while I was waiting on my bike to be tuned up. They race on this small road...like have the width of a one way road you'd take going up a mountain. There's no guard rails or anything to stop you from going over... And some of the sections looked like they had a steep drop. Imagine if someone crashes and falls over? What's even scarier is they have to descend down the road eventually...and that means high speeds. Has anyone ever fallen over a cliff
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and been seriously hurt.
yes.

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It doesn't look safe at all.
safe is for wussy.
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Originally Posted by botto
yes.



yes.



safe is for wussy.

this whole thread is for wuthy.

what's next? "do formula one cars go THAT fast?"

or

"do boxers really hit THAT hard?!"


what a wuth.
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Has anyone ever fallen over a cliff and been seriously hurt. It doesn't look safe at all.
Do you consider 'dead' seriously hurt?
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Originally Posted by ElJamoquio
Do you consider 'dead' seriously hurt?
Death is painless.
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Death is painless.
Its just the process that can be problematic.
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Its just the process that can be problematic.
But it does resolve in the most unstressful manner imaginable.
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