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Old 08-05-11 | 05:22 PM
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From: Frederick, MD

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Originally Posted by KDGast
One of the "cow" tandems, which was actually quite nicely done as well as the matching jerseys, was in front of us and hit one of the wide center cracks in the road and went down very hard. The lady in back hurt her knee pretty badly. I felt sorry for them as they really had a nice setup.
I damn-near lost it in a center crack near the end of the Karrass loop, while riding with a big paceline, at 23+mph.

Both wheels were in the crack, and I had to almost "jump" the bike out. Got the fright of my life!
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