OMG, this HAD to hurt....
06-07-06, 01:03 PM
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I have nightmares about that happening to me (wheel collapsing/fork snapping) during a steep descent every night ... Now I'll have even more vivid images ... Thanks 
06-07-06, 01:10 PM
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I saw the same thing happen when I was in college about 22 years ago. I guy on a road bike popped a wheelie and the front wheel kept on rolling. Of course he crashed but not as bad as this guy.
06-07-06, 01:11 PM
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Lawyer tabs... bike was pre-tabs!
06-07-06, 01:14 PM
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About 30 years ago there used to be this moron who used to ride around the Newport Beach Pier doing a wheelie with no front tire. The last time I saw him he was being attended to by his friends for some pretty bad facial lacerations.
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06-07-06, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pathdoc
I saw the same thing happen when I was in college about 22 years ago. I guy on a road bike popped a wheelie and the front wheel kept on rolling. Of course he crashed but not as bad as this guy.
06-07-06, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by DocRay
Genetic selection at work.
(or, for you creationists, God hates this guy)
(or, for you creationists, God hates this guy)
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06-07-06, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DocRay
Genetic selection at work.
(or, for you creationists, God hates this guy)
(or, for you creationists, God hates this guy)
Another theory might attribute this to Incompetent Design on the part of the bike manufacturer... but that's another discussion
06-07-06, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by gurana
The problem may have been more with the bike. I don't think he was doing anything particularly stupid, therefore it's not really genetic selection... just bad luck. Looking at that vid again, it looks like the wheel just pops off... so I guess it's also possible that it's all his fault... again, I'd say bad luck.
Another theory might attribute this to Incompetent Design on the part of the bike manufacturer... but that's another discussion
Another theory might attribute this to Incompetent Design on the part of the bike manufacturer... but that's another discussion
06-07-06, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by DocRay
Most likely he was doing stupid things the bike was not designed to do
Originally Posted by DocRay
I see these morons every day.
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06-07-06, 06:14 PM
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That would require some ibuprofen!
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06-07-06, 06:18 PM
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BMX bikes are never maintained properly. Most of the spoiled kids that ride them think it is defective if you need to work on it.
06-07-06, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselDan
BMX bikes are never maintained properly. Most of the spoiled kids that ride them think it is defective if you need to work on it.
Things happen, now this kid will know to check his axles before he jumps anything. Same thing happened to my friend a few weeks ago, on his X-mart bike. He went off a curb, QR wasn't tight, front wheel came off, and 18 hours later he can finally remember things I said 10 minutes before.
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06-07-06, 07:11 PM
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You know, the first thing that came to my mind was that someone was playing a cruel joke. Maybe someone loosened his QR, thinking it would be funny to see it come out from under him. I don't know how probable it is, but it is definitely possible.
06-07-06, 07:48 PM
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omg! I had a stem break on my BMX a long ass time ago and bit it pretty hard, but nothign like this!
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06-07-06, 08:00 PM
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geesus christ - can you say "ER?"
06-07-06, 08:14 PM
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That looks too painful for words. I can almost guarantee he fracutred his face in multiple places among other things. Wow! That still has me shaking my head! OUCH!
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06-07-06, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by pigmode
Watching Sexy Nicole was more painful.
06-07-06, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by EURO
BMX's don't use QR's, they have super fat steel threaded axles.
Or, more likely in my mind, the kid doesn't have a wrench, and tightens them by hand.
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06-07-06, 08:47 PM
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I refuse to watch it a second time... it almost looks like a broken neck to me..