Pictures of you suffering in a race (please credit photographer)
10-19-11, 09:29 AM
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Finally, near the top of the page for this post:
Credit for these photo's goes to: Bill Meyers.
Credit for these photo's goes to: Bill Meyers.
Last edited by fordfasterr; 10-19-11 at 09:32 AM.
10-19-11, 10:13 AM
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yikes!
10-19-11, 10:49 AM
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Lots of sympathy crashing going on there, ford.
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Shovel's pics are what we all want, but very, very few are willing to do what it takes to do get. Honestly, I don't know if I have that in me. Forget the actual effort in that single race. The shear number of break attempts that it takes to get in that situation or the number of intervals it took sustain it is numbing. It makes pulling it off all that much sweeter.
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Shovel's pics are what we all want, but very, very few are willing to do what it takes to do get. Honestly, I don't know if I have that in me. Forget the actual effort in that single race. The shear number of break attempts that it takes to get in that situation or the number of intervals it took sustain it is numbing. It makes pulling it off all that much sweeter.
10-19-11, 12:09 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Man. So much rear brake in that corner. People were sliding out for a crash that wasn't coming for another 15 meters.
As Mr. broken fork was heading off the road, he has his rear lever pulled the whole time. Can't stop, can't turn. Gah.
As Mr. broken fork was heading off the road, he has his rear lever pulled the whole time. Can't stop, can't turn. Gah.
10-19-11, 12:36 PM
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10-19-11, 01:09 PM
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10-19-11, 01:23 PM
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10-19-11, 01:51 PM
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Nice work and good idea being out front. i assume with the photographer there it is usually a dangerous corner?
notice how almost everyone with fingers on the brakes in that corner ended up on the floor.
notice how almost everyone with fingers on the brakes in that corner ended up on the floor.
10-19-11, 02:37 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
In contrast, notice this guy who finished upright, he's grabbed his front brake so hard that it's smoking... and he didn't crash. I swear they should outlaw rear brakes.
Smokin'
10-19-11, 02:57 PM
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10-19-11, 04:20 PM
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Good catch, that's pretty remarkable.
10-19-11, 04:47 PM
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10-19-11, 10:04 PM
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10-19-11, 10:18 PM
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10-20-11, 07:01 AM
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Maybe then he would be a Jens fan
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10-20-11, 07:41 AM
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its called 'target fixation'...we saw this all the time in the amateur ranks of m/c racing. See someone crash in front of you and slide off the track, and if youre close behind them, just following them...
10-20-11, 08:28 AM
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1) Lots of sympathy crashing going on there, ford.
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2) Shovel's pics are what we all want, but very, very few are willing to do what it takes to do get. Honestly, I don't know if I have that in me. Forget the actual effort in that single race. The shear number of break attempts that it takes to get in that situation or the number of intervals it took sustain it is numbing. It makes pulling it off all that much sweeter.
2) That's a fact, jack.
For me crash pics aren't at all entertaining, just stir up some not so great memories.
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10-20-11, 10:13 AM
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"slide out in a turn" crashes are among the most annoying... since, clearly, it's possible to get through at high speed without sliding in this case...
yet another reason that being alone way off the front is the best way to take the last turn!
yet another reason that being alone way off the front is the best way to take the last turn!