Another squirrel thread.
07-10-08, 04:11 PM
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Another squirrel thread.
Found this link on the Serotta forums.
https://picasaweb.google.com/dbiked/B...ey=iOs1rM3MJzo
Nuts, man.
https://picasaweb.google.com/dbiked/B...ey=iOs1rM3MJzo
Nuts, man.
07-10-08, 04:39 PM
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You're kidding me!
I had a squirrel go into my front fork once (steel not carbon fiber). The result: dead squirrel. Bike and me were both fine- a little shook up and grossed out though.
I had a squirrel go into my front fork once (steel not carbon fiber). The result: dead squirrel. Bike and me were both fine- a little shook up and grossed out though.
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07-10-08, 08:20 PM
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Rats with fluffy tails...
07-10-08, 10:09 PM
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that guy got f**** up so bad that even rodney king would say
"damn mother F***er you got F**** up by a squirrel!"
"damn mother F***er you got F**** up by a squirrel!"
07-11-08, 07:10 AM
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Boy am I going to bunny hop any freaking squirrel I see ... I'm taking no chances after seeing this.
Hope he's OK.
Hope he's OK.
07-11-08, 07:24 AM
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I would be interested to see what the rider did in this case...not blaming the rider at all but I have a few thoughts.
#1 the squirrel is still on one piece. How the hell is that possible?
#2 look at the age of the bike. CF technology has come a long way in a short time...that bike looks to be several years old...how many miles on the bike? Ever crashed before?
#3 The last photo is that diagram and got me thinking...did this guy slam on the brakes? I would thinking that would be the instinctual thing to do but it would load the fork against its curve...and then the squirrel hits at the stress point and POW fork explosion. If you just kept going and braced yourself for the hit that was going to happen to the front wheel is it possible that the squirrel would have been cut by the spoke rather than the fork explosion? Seriously if there was no braking happening the forces on the fork would be all different...I wonder if it would have survived.
Sucks to be that guy...seriously feel sorry for him.
#1 the squirrel is still on one piece. How the hell is that possible?
#2 look at the age of the bike. CF technology has come a long way in a short time...that bike looks to be several years old...how many miles on the bike? Ever crashed before?
#3 The last photo is that diagram and got me thinking...did this guy slam on the brakes? I would thinking that would be the instinctual thing to do but it would load the fork against its curve...and then the squirrel hits at the stress point and POW fork explosion. If you just kept going and braced yourself for the hit that was going to happen to the front wheel is it possible that the squirrel would have been cut by the spoke rather than the fork explosion? Seriously if there was no braking happening the forces on the fork would be all different...I wonder if it would have survived.
Sucks to be that guy...seriously feel sorry for him.
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07-11-08, 07:31 AM
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So what is the best "squirrel-in-wheel" salvage technique?
Should the rider shift his weight to the rear of the bike and lock the front wheel with the brake?
Should the rider throw the bike away and roll on the pavement at 25mph?
Should the rider lean into the front wheel in an attempt to cleanly sever the squirrel in two?
Should the rider shift his weight to the rear of the bike and lock the front wheel with the brake?
Should the rider throw the bike away and roll on the pavement at 25mph?
Should the rider lean into the front wheel in an attempt to cleanly sever the squirrel in two?
07-11-08, 07:40 AM
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i was driving behind these two cyclists and i saw something similar. Except, happily, the outcome was better bc the squirrel went for the rear wheel. i was watching this squirrel cross from the opposing lane and the cyclists were riding along. Suddenly the squirrel does a kamikaze for the rear wheel. I was already giving these two room and i had my foot right on the brakes, preparing for a catastrophic fall. But luckily the squirrel just bounced off the rear wheel. It looked pretty stunned though, and it looked like it was going to crawl off somewhere to die. I dont know what wheelset the guy was running, I was shocked the squirrel didnt get mashed up in the spokes.
07-11-08, 09:16 AM
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The rider had a helmet on and lived to tell the tail. The Squirrel did not have a helmet and look what happened to him... Further proof that helmets save lives!
