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usa1 wrote:

ELB wrote: Completely off original topic, but you think you could teach this guy the mountain bike tuck-n-roll technique?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNwmpLPh ... =rec-HM-r2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

there was some rolling ..not too much tucking ....
im pretty sure there was plenty of puckering

Interesting that you laugh at someone else's injury. The rider is lucky to be alive, and he had an amazing recovery.

This guy was trying to set a speed record on a bicycle. I saw a story on this very run and the follow-up (a year or so later after he healed from his numerous injuries). He's a professional stunt rider and definitely took every precaution. This was an extreme equipment failure that caused his crash, not some fault of the rider. And contrary to the ignorant youtube comments, this was a purpose-built bike handmade for this high-speed run (this was in the dark ages of mountain bike technology, this bike was cutting-edge at the time), the very best equipment you could have possibly used at the time.

The hostility that Texans show towards cyclists is often shocking to me. To watch a guy crash a mountain bike at 100mph and then post a " " emoticon is beyond my comprehension.

Sorry to go off-topic.

dicion wrote:

FlynJay wrote:tuck and roll man

You'd be surprised how well this actually works,

Indeed, and you can train yourself to do it every time.

I am a mountain biker and I have a drawer full of jerseys with holes or abrasions on the back of the right shoulder. Seems like every time I crash, I roll onto my right shoulder. Never a hand, arm or collarbone injury. In fact I have never had a serious injury from any of the numerous 20+mph bicycling wrecks I have had over the past decade except for the one time when a car was involved.