univ
08-30-08, 11:13 PM
ouch
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Track Cycling - big wreck at alpenrose men's keiren - vid
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octopus magic
08-31-08, 08:31 PM
Ouch that's gotta hurt. 40 miles per hour though?? Uh....
bitingduck
09-01-08, 12:32 AM
They were probably going close to 40 at the bottom, but by the time the got to the rail had lost some speed.
Remarkably, nobody was seriously injured, though 4 bikes were totalled. I rode a madison today with the guy who slaps the ground at the end-- that's his front tri-spoke flying through the air and being caught by another rider (accidentally). His fork blades sheared off, and the wheel got pretty crumpled.
Remarkably, nobody was seriously injured, though 4 bikes were totalled. I rode a madison today with the guy who slaps the ground at the end-- that's his front tri-spoke flying through the air and being caught by another rider (accidentally). His fork blades sheared off, and the wheel got pretty crumpled.
andre nickatina
09-01-08, 12:50 AM
if you listen closely, you can hear the guy yell "f:)ck!" as he slaps the ground.
but hey, i already posted this in another thread... on page one of this subforum even.
but hey, i already posted this in another thread... on page one of this subforum even.
bitingduck
09-01-08, 01:04 PM
if you listen closely, you can hear the guy yell "f:)ck!" as he slaps the ground.
but hey, i already posted this in another thread... on page one of this subforum even.
And if you were listening closely some time later from anywhere within a few thousand miles you could probably hear him say it again when he saw his bike and wheel. They were pretty messed up-- now in the museum of broken bicycle parts.
but hey, i already posted this in another thread... on page one of this subforum even.
And if you were listening closely some time later from anywhere within a few thousand miles you could probably hear him say it again when he saw his bike and wheel. They were pretty messed up-- now in the museum of broken bicycle parts.
queerpunk
09-01-08, 07:38 PM
Ouch that's gotta hurt. 40 miles per hour though?? Uh....
are you serious? it's a sprint. mostly likely hitting 40, if not topping out.
theo bos's record-setting 9.77 flying 200 gives him an average speed of 46mph.
now i'm not saying that these guys are world-class sprinters, but 40mph is well within the realm of reason for 1/2/3s.
are you serious? it's a sprint. mostly likely hitting 40, if not topping out.
theo bos's record-setting 9.77 flying 200 gives him an average speed of 46mph.
now i'm not saying that these guys are world-class sprinters, but 40mph is well within the realm of reason for 1/2/3s.
andre nickatina
09-02-08, 12:39 AM
AVC is a really fast event. Those guys were definitely in that speed range.
bitingduck
09-02-08, 01:30 AM
now i'm not saying that these guys are world-class sprinters, but 40mph is well within the realm of reason for 1/2/3s.
And in a Keirin the motor drops them off at about 50 kph (about 31 mph), then the sprint starts.
40 mph isn't unheard of in endurance races, either-- a couple years ago a friend of mine had a speedometer on his bike at elite track nats. He saw 40 mph on sprints that he wasn't even getting points in. At the world cup event in LA in january I was in the infield with another friend who was timing the laps in the madison near the end of the race. With 4 or 5 laps to go they were doing ~13 second laps. That's about 43 mph. Nobody is on the front for very long at those speeds (and they're exchanging every ~2 laps), but the front group is going that fast at the end.
And in a Keirin the motor drops them off at about 50 kph (about 31 mph), then the sprint starts.
40 mph isn't unheard of in endurance races, either-- a couple years ago a friend of mine had a speedometer on his bike at elite track nats. He saw 40 mph on sprints that he wasn't even getting points in. At the world cup event in LA in january I was in the infield with another friend who was timing the laps in the madison near the end of the race. With 4 or 5 laps to go they were doing ~13 second laps. That's about 43 mph. Nobody is on the front for very long at those speeds (and they're exchanging every ~2 laps), but the front group is going that fast at the end.
dutret
09-02-08, 07:54 AM
are you serious? it's a sprint. mostly likely hitting 40, if not topping out.
theo bos's record-setting 9.77 flying 200 gives him an average speed of 46mph.
now i'm not saying that these guys are world-class sprinters, but 40mph is well within the realm of reason for 1/2/3s.
AVC is a really fast event. Those guys were definitely in that speed range.
AV is really really slow though.
The track record for the 200 doesn't average over 40 and I know two of those front riders don't even ride that fast on much faster tracks. Even together I doubt they were over 40 at that point in the race.
theo bos's record-setting 9.77 flying 200 gives him an average speed of 46mph.
now i'm not saying that these guys are world-class sprinters, but 40mph is well within the realm of reason for 1/2/3s.
AVC is a really fast event. Those guys were definitely in that speed range.
AV is really really slow though.
The track record for the 200 doesn't average over 40 and I know two of those front riders don't even ride that fast on much faster tracks. Even together I doubt they were over 40 at that point in the race.