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  • kev77
    kev77 Posts: 433
    And thats why kiddies you do not draft!

    I remember whilst doing Tatton Triathlon, out on Knutsford Road that was still open to road traffic but marshalled bikes giving 2 metre's giveway. A competitor overtook another competitor but did not look behind him for traffic and was nearly hit by a car he pulled out in front of. Very very lucky.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    kev77 wrote:
    And thats why kiddies you do not draft!

    Correction - it's why you do not draft if you have zero bike handling skills!

    ever seen a little race called the Tour de France, quite a lot of drafting there. It's kind of part of a sport called cycling you know
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  • kev77
    kev77 Posts: 433
    Sheesh
  • petemadoc
    petemadoc Posts: 2,331
    The moral of the story . . . .

    Never ever use tri-bars when riding in a group

    ever . . . ever . . . .

    and definitely not near me

    But it's ok if you're in the olympic time trial team
  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    I like the bit where he panics at the end, grabs a handful of front brake and faceplants. :lol: Silly triathlete.
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  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    He lands it quite well - takes it on the hands and then rolls - being fair to him with a buckled wheel he might just have touched the brake and found it locking the wheel.
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Hilarious !!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Triathletes.

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  • kev77
    kev77 Posts: 433
    Ha ha, quality!
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Triathletes.

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    Badly in need of a lolcat-style caption: "Triathlon....ur doin it wrong" ;)

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Perfect example of when riding in a group and someone calls out, 'No halfwheeling!' , this is what happens.
    Can't understand why he runs off road, he seemed to have got it under control after the original touch, perhaps he was blinded by the low sun?
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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I'm thinkin he'd lost some spokes, so the front wheel wasn't goin where he was pointin it
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Hmm, my thoughts were more along Marcos' lines....

    Stiffened up and panicked...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    That picture - oh dear.

    That video - Halfwheeling is dangerous. Tri-bars in a bunch are dangerous. Bloke's a fool.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    keef66 wrote:
    I'm thinkin he'd lost some spokes, so the front wheel wasn't goin where he was pointin it

    I agree, looks a lot like there were some spokes missing there, it was twanging all over the place.
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Triathletes.

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    Fatima Whitbread looks hot!
  • SBezza
    SBezza Posts: 2,173
    Nobody ever done a TTT then, :roll: they were riding in a line, not a group as such. Should be able to control the bike on the extensions though, that is a pretty simple thing to do.

    Guy just got his knickers in a twist when he got too close to the guy in front, a little dab on the brake and he would have been fine.
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    EKIMIKE wrote:
    That picture - oh dear.

    That video - Halfwheeling is dangerous. Tri-bars in a bunch are dangerous. Bloke's a fool.

    Unless I've missed something there wasn't any half wheeling going on was there ? Overlapping wheels and half wheeling are different things - at least they are round here.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    True. Looks like they haven't spent a lot of time on club runs eh ?
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Can't see where the stereotype comes from.

    Anyhoo, I think that Tri-Guys look way cool.

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  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Can't see where the stereotype comes from.

    Anyhoo, I think that Tri-Guys look way cool.

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    "Brian was so busy posing for the camera he utterly failed to clock the fact that his trousers had been nicked...."

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • BeaconRuth
    BeaconRuth Posts: 2,086
    Great photo of you, NapD - when was that taken? :lol:

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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    BeaconRuth wrote:
    Great photo of you, NapD - when was that taken? :lol:

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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    With those trunks, it just had to be a Specialized...
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  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    More triathlon hilarity

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