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Beloki losing rear tire... Tubular problem?
"Lindsay Rowlands" wrote:
: It seems from many of the contributions to this thread : that a lot of people would be happy if they could prove : categorically that Beloki crashed because he used tubulars. : It's as if psyches would be eased if the crash could be : blamed on the equipment. That's certainly not my intention. I still have one set of tubs, though I don't race on them. What's to understand? At 100kph in on a twisty mountain road, losing traction for whatever reason narrows down the possibilities of keeping the bike/rider system in some kind of stasis. Just as it was very arsey that LA survived the cyclocross event, Beloki would have needed a generous amount of luck to have saved his slide, correction and counterslide, regardless of the road repair. If my memory serves me, he was heading for the outside of the corner in a state of control loss anyway. I doubt he was doing anything like 100kph at the moment of the slide, but I agree that having begun to slide, he would probably have crashed no matter what the road surface or type of tyre. But he would probably have crashed differently. While it may an engaging opportunity for speculation, the dynamics of the crash can never be understood in a complete way. I just wonder what the point is. The point? Speaking for myself, I've got a work deadline approaching, and this is easy procrastination. It would be much more heartening - restore faith in humanity - if we could have a discussion about what a **** of thing it was to have happen to an elite sportsperson, the implications for their future and what can we as the public do as support for them. This is rec.bicycles.tech. If I were interested in that touchy-feely empathetic ****, I'd probably go post on uk.rec.cycling ... James Thomson |
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Beloki losing rear tire... Tubular problem?
Lindsay Rowlands wrote in message ...
It seems from many of the contributions to this thread that a lot of people would be happy if they could prove categorically that Beloki crashed because he used tubulars. It's as if psyches would be eased if the crash could be blamed on the equipment. It's quite clear that Beloki was in crash mode but may have been able to save the show if he had not hit the patch of road repair. He was high sided. The tyre coming off the rim was a result of the crash, not the cause or the mediator. These previous knee-jerk reactions remind me of the Chicken Little story. Let's wish Beloki well. His was needless but instructive though. It showed that in hot weather on a mountain descent (the worst case scenario for the tub) it takes quite a lot of force to rip a tub off a carbon rim. We can also learn not to race near the limit down hill unless absolutely necessary. A top climber trying to snatch a few seconds back (for second place ten days away) on a descent. What's that all about? I just hope it wasn't a voice in his ear that sparked his panick. Andrew Bradley |
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