http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaQJB_bWA4c
better have good skillz when riding with a group.
And notice he was on a road bike not a tribike. Like said before a roadie can put aerobars on his bike BUT that does not mean a ROADIE can handle aerobars. Maybe the roadies should go out and praxtice this first ;0)
he was able to hold on for so long and then looked like he just locked up his front brake…
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=3517694;search_string=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%20youtube%20com%2Fwatch%20v%3Dgaqjb_bwa4c;#3517694
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=2973799;search_string=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%20youtube%20com%2Fwatch%20v%3Dgaqjb_bwa4c;#2973799
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And notice he was on a road bike not a tribike. Like said before a roadie can put aerobars on his bike BUT that does not mean a ROADIE can handle aerobars. Maybe the roadies should go out and praxtice this first ;0)No sleeves => triathlete not roadie.
sleeveless jersey
no socks
riding on the aerobars in third position in a paceline
absolutely no way that’s a roadie. It’s a perfect example of why roadies so often don’t like to ride with triathletes.
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i do stand corrected. the dude who went down definitely had roadie drop bars on his ride.
Not roadies. Definately a trio of trigeeks riding together. The guy who went down was on a road bike with clips but it wouldn’t surprise me if he was on a forward seat post.
it looks like his fork/headset came loose during the wheel contact. the fork/front wheel is wobbling all over the place while his bars are not. that was the biggest contributor to the loss of control. yes he was stupid to be in the aerobars when he is not pulling, but that was not the reason he went off road.
it looks like his fork/headset came loose during the wheel contact. the fork/front wheel is wobbling all over the place while his bars are not. that was the biggest contributor to the loss of control. yes he was stupid to be in the aerobars when he is not pulling, but that was not the reason he went off road.
This is why you don’t ride on the aerobars when in a pace line.
It was wobbling because when he hit the rear end of the guy in front he lost half the spokes on the right side of his wheel.
He was not a “roadie.” As an ex roadie myself I still cringe when I put on a sleeveless top. And seriously, it may have been a “road” bike but it had a full tri cockpit. He was trying to shift and then couldn’t get to the brakes fast enough. funny how the shifting and brakes on a real road setup are so conveniently close together, which oddly makes thing more stable.
sleeveless jersey
no socks
riding on the aerobars in third position in a paceline
absolutely no way that’s a roadie. It’s a perfect example of why roadies so often don’t like to ride with triathletes. .
Tiny arms, looked like he had a bit of a belly, clip-on rather than a tri-bike, its a roadie wanting to get into triathlon and thinks riding in a pace-line is still acceptable - he will probably draft in his 1’st triathlon as well.
Or its a person new to BOTH sports and just doesn’t have much of a clue on either sport, which would make this video a real bummer.
This has been beaten to death:
Bike handling depends on:
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The overall skill/experience of the rider.
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Due to minor issues regarding set-up, a tri bike may be slightly more challenging to ride in group riding situations.
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Also depends on bike fit - great bike handling depends heavily on being well balanced and well fit on whatever bike you are riding(note - more than a few triathletes are *very poorly fit *and appear to be *very unbalanced *on their tri bikes. Ditto for roadies but less so in numbers)
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Low center of gravity on the bike - another triathlete challenge with* too much crap mounted too high up on the bike*. A minor thing but this does throw the center of balance of the tri bike way off moving it up away from the ground.
A broad stroke suggestion: Overall, you’ll always be better off riding a road bike in tight group riding situations than on a tri bike - assuming you have great riding skills to begin with and you are well fit and well balanced on the bike.
He’s more of a roadie than a triathlete (he’s not done a tri in a few years). These are actually the guys that consist of our “A” group (or race group as they are called now) and the reason he fell over at the end wasn’t because he locked the breaks, the wheel locked up on him.
yeah ive had that happen when going into the dirt before. sudden stoppage.
whats weird is it looks like a little tap knocks some spokes out of the wheel or something
Can you keep your post saved so you can copy and paste it 3x a day as these threads keep appearing?
I’ve ridden with mixed groups plenty of time. Its rare that a smooth rider on any bike gets much crap. And I’ve see crappy riders on any types of bike get called out for poor riding.
He pretty clearly put his wheel into the quick release handle. That’ll bust some spokes in a hurry. It’s reasonably impressive that the guy kept the bike up though. He must have SOME bike handling skill.
He pretty clearly put his wheel into the quick release handle. That’ll bust some spokes in a hurry. It’s reasonably impressive that the guy kept the bike up though. He must have SOME bike handling skill.
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time to ban quick releases!
Theay are banned on the track partly for that reason and partly so the rear doesn’t slip. I saw a guy run his front into another racres pedal. He was able to stop also and only had about half the spokes left. I still can’t believe the wheel didn’t collapse.
That’s what I was just thinking. Unless the guy he overlapped wheels with slammed on the brakes or even tapped his brakes hard for no apparent reason then it was the fault of the guy who went down for overlapping wheels. Don’t ride an overlap. That said, it looks like the guy that went down had superlative bike handling skills. He kept the bike upright after touching wheels, he didn’t take the guy down that that may or may not have effed him over, and he got the bike off the road (from asphalt to dirt shoulder, over a significant lip in the road there) and slowed down. I give him props.