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02-17-11 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by HarveyD
I'm not sick but I'm not well.
02-17-11 | 09:44 PM
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02-17-11 | 09:44 PM
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02-17-11 | 09:45 PM
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02-17-11 | 09:46 PM
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Imagine hitting a spherical solid with a solid wheel...it'll shoot out front. If the tires were at a decent psi and a roundish rock was on a semi slick surface - I say feasible.
Other scenario is that it shoots out side and ricochets off of something to net a forward movement and coasting didn't see the interaction of the rock+something.
02-17-11 | 09:46 PM
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OK, here's a question for this jury of cycling peers:
I was talking with a cyclist (name withheld) who claims that one time he hit a pebble with his front tyre at such an angle that it magically shot the pebble forward and sideways and struck a vehicle in front of him.
Does this sound credible?
I was talking with a cyclist (name withheld) who claims that one time he hit a pebble with his front tyre at such an angle that it magically shot the pebble forward and sideways and struck a vehicle in front of him.
Does this sound credible?
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Originally Posted by HarveyD
I'm not sick but I'm not well.
02-17-11 | 09:48 PM
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02-17-11 | 09:50 PM
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I've had rocks shoot out at a slightly forward angle and hit cars in the next lane that were ahead of me. I've never dinged a car directly in front of me though. I think that would take some kind of miracle bank shot off a guard rail or telephone pole.
02-17-11 | 09:55 PM
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I suspect jury tampering.
I can maybe see the rock shooting sideways, though even then it would have to overcome the rotation of the wheel. Any forward force from impacting the tyre would be along the ground, at best. Where would it get the energy to shoot several feet in the air?
Velo Vol does not buy the magic pebble theory.
I can maybe see the rock shooting sideways, though even then it would have to overcome the rotation of the wheel. Any forward force from impacting the tyre would be along the ground, at best. Where would it get the energy to shoot several feet in the air?
Velo Vol does not buy the magic pebble theory.
02-17-11 | 09:56 PM
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02-17-11 | 09:59 PM
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02-17-11 | 10:04 PM
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I think the prosecutor has already reached a verdict and was just fishing for sympathetic views.
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Originally Posted by HarveyD
I'm not sick but I'm not well.
02-17-11 | 10:05 PM
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Really nice night ride this evening. Weather was awesome!
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02-17-11 | 10:05 PM
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02-17-11 | 10:09 PM
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OK, here's a question for this jury of cycling peers:
I was talking with a cyclist (name withheld) who claims that one time he hit a pebble with his front tyre at such an angle that it magically shot the pebble forward and sideways and struck a vehicle in front of him.
Does this sound credible?
I was talking with a cyclist (name withheld) who claims that one time he hit a pebble with his front tyre at such an angle that it magically shot the pebble forward and sideways and struck a vehicle in front of him.
Does this sound credible?
02-17-11 | 10:50 PM
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What happened to the sexy dancing?
02-17-11 | 10:51 PM
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02-17-11 | 10:54 PM
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02-17-11 | 10:55 PM
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02-17-11 | 10:58 PM
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02-17-11 | 11:01 PM
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02-17-11 | 11:12 PM
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woah, it's taken a weird turn in here while I was at the store getting "Dinner For Schmucks".
02-17-11 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by HarveyD
I'm not sick but I'm not well.
02-17-11 | 11:23 PM
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02-17-11 | 11:28 PM
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