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Old 11-18-19 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
When you go over the bars, the ground is NOT the same distance down. As the front wheel is slowed, you get tossed UP so you come down further. Think about it. The bike is acting as a lever, actually a catapult. The exception is when the fork fails completely of its own accord or before energy is impartted. Then it cannot toss you up. The vertical impact will be the same as that of a lower speed crash, but the total deceleration will be higher if there is friction between you and the road. (You do better going over the bars when you ride on ice, but accomplishing that is a challenge. I've never succeeded and I've crashed many times on ice and snow.)

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No, you don't get thrown up. Your center of gravity continues in the same line it was going it before the crash. Basic physics.
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