F Schleck crashes on a descent !

moray_gub
moray_gub Posts: 3,328
edited March 2009 in Pro race
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... 1myuh63JDg

Cant say im too surprised at that.

MG
Gasping - but somehow still alive !

Comments

  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    edited March 2009
    Moray Gub wrote:

    I wince a little at some of the pros descending methods...Chavanel with collarbones, shoulders dug heavily into tops of bars,or head on stem, backside off saddle...nice one...(cause pros have twice as good eye sight as we :D )...so they can spot stones on the road :roll: a dangerous posture, like hanging off the back of the saddle.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    a bit like night following day. it's no joke..........for him! :oops:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Was it him or Andy who had that horror crash in the Tour De Suisse last year?

    And yes, even on DVD, watching Pantani millimetres away from emasculating himself makes me wince. My descending has never really gotten over watching a guy go straight into a wall on the Glandon at about 35 mph.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Get yourself a mountain bike and start learning where 'the limit' is - the problem with being exclusively a roadie is that your bike handling skills are often woeful...pro or not.

    :)

    I hope he has a speedy recovery.....
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    zammmmo wrote:
    Get yourself a mountain bike and start learning where 'the limit' is - the problem with being exclusively a roadie is that your bike handling skills are often woeful...pro or not.

    :)

    I hope he has a speedy recovery.....

    Yes, that's why ex-mountain biker Cadel Evans has broken his collarbone about 6 times :wink:
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • To be fair 2 of those were getting out of bed, and one was doing press-ups. :lol:

    Medical research has shown Evans' bones to be made of biscuit.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Cadel...ah yes, one of 'those' exclusively XC types - might has well have been racing on the road when he was mountain-biking.
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    zammmmo wrote:
    Get yourself a mountain bike and start learning where 'the limit' is - the problem with being exclusively a roadie is that your bike handling skills are often woeful...pro or not.

    :)

    I hope he has a speedy recovery.....

    I remember Yates interviewed online on bikeradar when it first started and asked does he still do break neck descending speeds...answered NO, as not his job...i'd argue nobody should really try to find "the limit" unless they are paid highly for it....just enjoy the bike. :D
  • Chris_Who
    Chris_Who Posts: 137
    Rasmussen was another MTBer who demonstrated his handling skills often enough :)

    Fat people are so insensitive
  • The user and all related content has been deleted.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    zammmmo wrote:
    Get yourself a mountain bike and start learning where 'the limit' is - the problem with being exclusively a roadie is that your bike handling skills are often woeful...pro or not.

    I would but I'd have to put on another 30kg and purchase some unfeasibly baggy clothing, dude. :wink:
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Do both
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    LangerDan wrote:
    zammmmo wrote:
    Get yourself a mountain bike and start learning where 'the limit' is - the problem with being exclusively a roadie is that your bike handling skills are often woeful...pro or not.

    I would but I'd have to put on another 30kg and purchase some unfeasibly baggy clothing, dude. :wink:

    You'd be totally stoked if you did manage it...
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • volvine
    volvine Posts: 409
    well i hope he isn't too bad as i have just had him to win the TDF at 28-1 lol
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Dave_1 wrote:
    i'd argue nobody should really try to find "the limit" unless they are paid highly for it....just enjoy the bike. :D

    and I thought finding the limit and enjoying the bike were one and the same... Mind you, going over the limit at 40kph an 11-inch travel MTB beast while wearing a spine protector is a quite more pleasant experience than going over it at 80kph on a road bike, clad in a protective womb of lycra. But the more I do the former, the less I do the latter.

    F Schleck is an awful descender. He clearly has not discovered the wonders of moving your body around your bike. He looks so static! He always looks scared $#!tless to me. His brother is a bit better, no?
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    drenkrom wrote:
    Dave_1 wrote:
    i'd argue nobody should really try to find "the limit" unless they are paid highly for it....just enjoy the bike. :D

    and I thought finding the limit and enjoying the bike were one and the same... Mind you, going over the limit at 40kph an 11-inch travel MTB beast while wearing a spine protector is a quite more pleasant experience than going over it at 80kph on a road bike, clad in a protective womb of lycra. But the more I do the former, the less I do the latter.

    F Schleck is an awful descender. He clearly has not discovered the wonders of moving your body around your bike. He looks so static! He always looks scared $#!tless to me. His brother is a bit better, no?

    a couple of years ago bikeradar did some live online interviews with Sean Yates and Scott Sunderland and we could all post questions live...was really cool...I enjoyed it as you got direct access, and Yates was asked if he still descended fast...he said NO as it was not his job anymore. Was funny and sums up that aspect...
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    I'm sure "not descending fast" for Yates is quite relative. :wink:
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    zammmmo wrote:
    Get yourself a mountain bike and start learning where 'the limit' is - the problem with being exclusively a roadie is that your bike handling skills are often woeful...pro or not.

    :)

    I hope he has a speedy recovery.....

    After hurtling down a rocky Glen Finglass in the Trossachs at 40mph this afternoon id kind of agree with that theory that it improves your bike handling skills no end, a misjudged corner and its down a steep mountain sure does that to you.


    MG
    Gasping - but somehow still alive !