Impressive crash

Le Commentateur

mm1 wrote:

Except that these were 1s, 2s and 3s.

Oh dear.

tailwindhome

Would be hilarious if not for the clearly very painful broken arm.
Don't watch if squeamish

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7aa_1435176115

Mad_Malx

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19634353#p19634353]TailWindHome[/url] wrote:

Would be hilarious if not for the clearly very painful broken arm.
Don't watch if squeamish

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7aa_1435176115

Well I can't say I wasn't warned. That was horrible.

thomthom

Got to say I had a little giggle. Nasty injury though.

pinno

Ouch. Not in the least bit funny.

thomthom

Don't know if this has been posted.. The big crash OGE pov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7raIxrzodt4

DeadCalm

Possibly the craziest crash ever. This is in China. And yes, they really do crash into guys sprinting in the opposite direction.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM4NDQ1NzQzNg==.html

Paul 8v

I just can't really work out what is going on there? Two races at the same time going clockwise and anticlockwise on a circuit?

Prime586

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19747027#p19747027]Paul 8v[/url] wrote:

I just can't really work out what is going on there? Two races at the same time going clockwise and anticlockwise on a circuit?

Apparently the lead group somehow ended up going the wrong way (possibly directed the wrong way by the commissaire or marshals) and arrived on the wrong end of the finish straight at the same time as the chase group arrived from the correct direction. Both groups sprinted for the line (seemingly without noticing each other) with the inevitable result.

Paul 8v

I suppose this is why you don't look at your stem, although you wouldn't expect someone to be coming the other way. You would have thought they would be looking out for officials and photographers the other side of the line though.

DeadCalm

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19747050#p19747050]Prime586[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19747027#p19747027]Paul 8v[/url] wrote:

I just can't really work out what is going on there? Two races at the same time going clockwise and anticlockwise on a circuit?

Apparently the lead group somehow ended up going the wrong way (possibly directed the wrong way by the commissaire or marshals) and arrived on the wrong end of the finish straight at the same time as the chase group arrived from the correct direction. Both groups sprinted for the line (seemingly without noticing each other) with the inevitable result.

Yep. Exactly that. One of the riders I very occasionally ride with here in Chiang Mai was in the lead group and fortunately realised that there had been a mistake so stopped. Others in the group were not so lucky.

rick_chasey

https://twitter.com/kerzadarian/status/ ... 4050712576

RonB

Hope for his sake the moto rider kept his crash helmet on. Definate "beam me up Scotty" moment.

ddraver

Yep, not a nice thing to watch.

Some of the responses from other cyclists have been incredibly Daily Mail like too which is rather saddening

gsk82

Rick Chasey wrote:

https://twitter.com/kerzadarian/status/727068024050712576

i don't get it... what's going on?

fenix

For some reason they had a lead motorbike and it stalled or broke down.

pinno

Multiple Insurance claim on a moped rider anyone?

Ben6899

ddraver wrote:

Yep, not a nice thing to watch.

Some of the responses from other cyclists have been incredibly Daily Mail like too which is rather saddening

It's the Red Hook Crit (actually in Red Hook, this edition). Fixies, brakeless, folk with amazing tattoos. A lot of road cyclists look down on it. Which is unfortunate.

rick_chasey

Aaah that's why they keep piling in on top afterwards.