Now this is, I believe, the definition of a nodder....
SimonAH
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Found whilst pootling around youtube, wtf happened here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJn82C81jM&NR=1
This gives me the very definition of three-way ambivalence between :shock: :?: and Bwahahaha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJn82C81jM&NR=1
This gives me the very definition of three-way ambivalence between :shock: :?: and Bwahahaha!
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CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
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seen it before and I can only think that the front brake was applied or jammed on instantly; I can't see what else would have caused it.0
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If only she had been wearing a helmet, this accident could have been prevented.
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notsoblue wrote:If only she had been wearing a helmet, this accident could have been prevented.
severity possibly reduced but not prevented
Veni Vidi cyclo I came I saw I cycled
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She went over because she nodded forward so hard at the exact same time as the wheel hit the lip of the crossing. That'd be enough to throw you over the bars.Ribble Stealth/SRAM Force
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Ouch face plant... I bet she got some nice road rash after that
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I'm surprised she didn't get whiplash from the furious noddingFCN3: Titanium Qoroz.0
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This made me chuckle (30 seconds in) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIslEGylGu0&NR=10
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The portentious voive over says:
She actually put her Foot in her Spokes"
Whereas in fact, she didnt. As Craig says, she pushed down on the bars as she hit the bump, where she should have unweighted.0 -
Portentous voiceover from a convicted drunk driver, with a history of lecturing cyclists.0
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Love how she's competing with the other guy. Reminds me of a simpleton at work who goes hell for leather on the cross-trainer in the gym, whilst peering across to see what speed/incline etc your'e doing.0
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Saw a classical nodder as I walked along Oxford Street earlier. If I'd been a bit quicker I'd have recorded it on my phone for the monthly 'What's a nodder?' thread..FCN 9 || FCN 50
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Drysuitdiver wrote:notsoblue wrote:If only she had been wearing a helmet, this accident could have been prevented.
severity possibly reduced but not prevented
Sense of humour fail. It would be Hi Viz that prevent it.
How can someone nod so hard? Do they ride thinking "This is what Vikki P and Chris Hoy do!" or is it more along the lines of "If I can keep this up for a few thousand miles, I could win the TdF"FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
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Drysuitdiver wrote:notsoblue wrote:If only she had been wearing a helmet, this accident could have been prevented.
severity possibly reduced but not prevented
I'm reading irony here.
However... with her head rocking forward like that, the additional mass of a helmet coupled with the further offset centre of gravity would have increased the angular momentum as she went over the bars and resulted in a harder impact with the road.This post contains traces of nuts.0 -
Drysuitdiver wrote:notsoblue wrote:If only she had been wearing a helmet, this accident could have been prevented.
severity possibly reduced but not prevented
Not even close.
A full face helmet would have helped. A regular cycling helmet strapped on really hard (read suffocation) would have possibly cracked itself.
A cycling helmet worn just right would have slid back a bit and not absorbed any of the face impact.0 -
Clearly what happened was the set of lights on the left went to red. The poor cyclist on the right hand side stopped quickly and fell whereas the one on the left sailed through.
RLJing is safer. FACT0
