Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Like this one? No way was the guy going to be able to bail off the bike and avoid a crash. Or
this one? There are two cyclists that go down about 55 seconds in. Neither appears to have been clipped but it didn't stop them from hitting the ground.
And just for eletrik,
here's another series of crashes (winter mountain biking). Notice just how few of these guys try to bail off the bike during a crash and how many ride it down. In 13 crashes, 2 guys tried to bail with mixed results. One guy even grinds the dangly bits on the rear wheel. That's not good.
That second example shows a case of what happens when you put a foot out to try to stop the crash - bike going left, foot being pulled to the right . . . . I'm a little old to be attempting to be doing the splits, thank you very much.