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Old 08-28-04 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Tree
I'm calling BS on this one. There is no forward motion when you ride rollers so if you come off of the rollers you'll go nowhere. Your wheels will stop turning instantly and you'll just fall over. (unless you get unclipped)
Yup, uneventful when I've fallen. You'd have to have some really slow reflexes combined with a very heavy rear wheel to go catapulting off the rollers and into something. It just doesn't work the way they show it in the movies.
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