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Originally Posted by Eds0123
I find two cars with bikes on top getting tangled not very plausible but geeze anything is possible out there and from what i have seen all those support cars follow the riders none go the opposite direction that I have seen to get tangled with another one following the riders. Untrealistic expectations or whatever, eventually whatever happened it is just not a good PR image for the technology or the sponsor or the manufacturer for a some like $20,000? bike made for a champion to be used on grueling TdF to break like that?
Did you not understand the tangle up of the cars occurred as one was passing the other in the same direction? The bike racks on these team cars can hold up to six or more bikes. The racks stick out off the side of the car a foot or so. It's not that mysterious.
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