Sven Krauss's bike

SteveR_100Milers
SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
edited July 2008 in Pro race
was a Specialized wasn't it?

Bit of a mess after his prang, it will help the cause of hand wringing carbon haters out there... :wink:

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,573
    Given the speed of impact I don't think it would have mattered who made the bike or what material it was made from as the outcome would have been the same.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    andyp wrote:
    Given the speed of impact I don't think it would have mattered who made the bike or what material it was made from as the outcome would have been the same.

    If it had been made out of Sven Krauss it would have been fine.
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  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    :mrgreen:
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    The steel sign-post was perfectly ok.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Just seen it again on the ITV4 highlights repeat. Man, Mr Krauss is made of stern stuff.

    This week I'll be mostly keeping my scott cr1 away from road furniture ;)
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,573
    LangerDan wrote:
    The steel sign-post was perfectly ok.
    It was probably aluminium. And it looked bent afterwards.
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Yep, IMO, a [insert old fashioned frame material here] might not have split into two, but would still be rendered unridable.

    The important thing is that Mr Krauss is OK
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • leguape
    leguape Posts: 986
    RichN95 wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    Given the speed of impact I don't think it would have mattered who made the bike or what material it was made from as the outcome would have been the same.

    If it had been made out of Sven Krauss it would have been fine.

    I couldn't help but gasp at the way he hobbled across the road as if muttering nothing more than "Ouch, that stings"
  • ricadus
    ricadus Posts: 2,379
    He was an impessive distance in front of the impact point, a good 4 or 5 bike lengths. Probably some kind of acrobatic forward roll was involved or he would have broken his hip or back.
  • andyp wrote:
    Given the speed of impact I don't think it would have mattered who made the bike or what material it was made from as the outcome would have been the same.

    Krauss may have been unchanged but an ally bike wold just have bent. Hence my carbon comment.....u nless he was clipped in on old fashioned toe clipes etc