Prediction...Jens Voight crash will be blamed on frame failure
 

Did anyone watch the slo-mo of that horrible crash? So what was with all of those white strips that rolled out on the pavement as he skidded? It looked as if someone has spilled a handful of soda straws.

I'm predicting that the crash will be blamed on frame failure and UCI will institute new rules on frame weight limits.

Straws??? I saw sparks, no straws.

he hit a bump

his hands slipped

He went over a bump as he had let go of the bars with his left hand.

That is how it appeared to me anyhoo.

I blame physics.

It was sparks, not straws. The frame rate of the picture made the sparks look like straws. The same effect that makes wheel appear to roll backwards.

I blame The Dropa Stones

I think that the bump unweighted his rear wheel as he was accelerating and moving to the right (and shifting his weight right), and his tire came down on the painted line. Poor guy.

His hand off the bar just magnified the whole motion, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYKvZsvyw04

I blame Lance.

ban physics

it's too bad they keep gravity on at weekends

It's obviously gravity's fault. Luckily the ground broke his fall though. Otherwise who knows what could have happened.

Keep trying.

Jens broke the ground, don't forget that.

The white stuff didn't come off until the frame was sliding on the pavement but it did look like frame or paint material to me. Sparks were likely from the rear skewer or something in the rear. The bike did not appear to fall apart before he went down. Bike looked bad after he slid to a stop. Can't blame the frame for that crash as far as I could see. Having seen it far too many times again and again and over and over, replay after replay...

Horrific crash...

I watched the crash and it did not appear that there was any contributing frame issue... he lost his front wheel at very high speed.

Very bad.

I've been there.

Gravity sucks

+1.

maybe the UCI will ban it next year.

Bjarne talked to Jens and Jens said that he just lost control of his bike.

Gravity is because the Earth sucks.

I blame Newton, he shouldn't have "discovered" gravity in the first place.

Nope, Jens has NO clue what happened in that situation. Please let the BF peanut gallery figure this overly complex situation out, leave this to the professionals.

:rolleyes:

In before "recall will happen".

You're trying too hard.