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What an epic race, I'm just floored about how good that final was. Nothing's going to top this this year.
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serious gaylord posted:Because of course this race would have another motobike crashing into riders on the ground. This is stupid. Can't someone figure something clever with drones? Motos are a menace. Still, an incredible race.
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Apr 10, 2016 18:44
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Dirtanium posted:This is stupid. Can't someone figure something clever with drones? Motos are a menace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeviAWB0i4Y
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Apr 10, 2016 18:51
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This could be prevented by not allowing the drones to follow a path that could ever lead them into that of any cyclist. Unlike moto's, who are restricted to the path where they can run into anyone.
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Apr 10, 2016 19:09
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Drones are a pretty bad idea. They don't have the battery life to last an entire race. Not to mention it'd be very dangerous to share the sky with the helicopter unless they'd put a cap on altitude. I don't think drones are crafty enough to fly through the narrow streets and forests you'd see without flying over the riders. Is there any information on the fleet of motorized vehicles in a ride? How many are broadcast cameras, photographers, medical assistance follow cars?
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Apr 10, 2016 21:39
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Drones would only be an option to replace motos if they had fresh drones every 5km or whatever their range would be, but it wouldn't be too difficult to keep them separate from the helicopters and in limited contact with the riders. Combine that with on-board footage and you could then reduce the number of motos to like one in front of each major group without losing too much coverage.
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Apr 11, 2016 00:00
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Maybe the motos could just stop crashing into people. Just spitballing here
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Apr 11, 2016 00:04
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Someone should have thought of that 2 years ago, maybe write to the UCI because it might not have dawned on them yet tbh
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Apr 11, 2016 00:11
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I wasn't snarking at you, it's just that there's no reason that moto crash should have happened today. Viviani could have been killed from what I saw of his injuries.
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Apr 11, 2016 00:29
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I agree there. Most of them shouldn't happen if the motos are paying any attention to what's happening 20m in front of them. I bet the motos are on rim brakes.
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Apr 11, 2016 00:55
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serious gaylord posted:He'll retire next year now after trying again, but if he won this he'd probably have stopped tomorrow. What are you basing this on?
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Apr 11, 2016 04:33
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That was a good race but really crazy at the end, attacks popping off and failing like a cat 5 race. I dont think its as good as the year it was Vanmarcke, Fab, and Stybar just ripping up the cobbles a few years back. Stannard wasted a lot of energy for nothing, spent too much time in the wind early on too, and putting in a huge attack right before a turn he had to freewheel through was funny. I think all of the runner ups will have serious regrets. Boonen should have went long in the velodrome probably. All credit to Hayman he did everything right and I can't believe he had that much left.
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Apr 11, 2016 04:45
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Box Hill Strangler posted:someone horrible is going to win tonight. haha look at this fuckin idiot Edit: Thatd be why there was no vision of the 'huge' crash eurosport were talking about in arenburg.... coz the camera bike was involved in it. Box Hill Strangler fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Apr 11, 2016 |
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Apr 11, 2016 05:19
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Skipped over the last 170 posts to avoid spoilers still and bitch. Why the gently caress do people think I want to watch some lovely pirate tv stream in HD. It's a goddamn bike race, i don't want to tank my ratio with 16gb of poo poo I'm going to half pay attention to. Still holding out for an SD reencode
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Apr 11, 2016 07:37
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Lol if you've not organized your life around European bicycle races
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Apr 11, 2016 08:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7grrMvscRk
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Apr 11, 2016 15:23
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OGE Backstage Pass from P-R: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zxnA4asj44
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Apr 11, 2016 20:34
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 I love it, OGE are great and it's brilliant that they capture this stuffThat run through the crowd to meet him after he crossed the line at 10:30 was just phenomenal
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Apr 11, 2016 21:05
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I wonder why he was in disbelief that he won, probably gakked out on his finish bottle
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Apr 11, 2016 21:14
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A movistar rider had his leg cut down to the bone by a disc brake in a pile up on Sunday. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ven...campaign=buffer
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Apr 12, 2016 12:21
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Fuckin' told ya so.
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It's ok, it was probably so hot it cauterised the wound.
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Apr 12, 2016 12:31
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 Paddyb posted:Imagine being in a pileup like the Scheldeprijs recently. Now imagine everyone has strapped two deli meat slicer blades to their bike.
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Apr 12, 2016 12:51
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Would it be mean to empty quote the two posts that followed that?
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No, I actually forgot they were using discs and had stopped worrying about it. Nasty injury to get though.
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Apr 12, 2016 13:13
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I didn't mean yours but the others saying what happened wouldn't.
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Oh in that case definitely, but include Serious Gaylord's also 
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Apr 12, 2016 13:32
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That sucks for the rider but it's not exactly difficult to cut down to the tibia, it's basically just the skin. That said, discs with aero covers might not be a bad idea.
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Apr 12, 2016 13:38
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That video
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Premature ejacula- posted:That sucks for the rider but it's not exactly difficult to cut down to the tibia, it's basically just the skin. That said, discs with aero covers might not be a bad idea.
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Apr 12, 2016 13:50
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Premature ejacula- posted:That sucks for the rider but it's not exactly difficult to cut down to the tibia, it's basically just the skin. That said, discs with aero covers might not be a bad idea. Seems like something easy to say until it happens to you.
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Apr 12, 2016 15:47
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Pocket posted:Fuckin' told ya so. Looks like I was right as well
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Does it say how they know it was caused by a disc brake? I'm not fussed either way on the disc brakes argument just curious really
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Apr 12, 2016 18:23
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Spanish journo apparently. Probably not ever going to proven without pictures of a bloody disc embedded in his leg.
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Disc brakes need to be banned once and for all, would be very tragic if one were to nick an artery and cause a cyclist to bleed out, which would maybe happen faster due to their raised heart rates? Not a doctor
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goatface posted:Spanish journo apparently. This is what I'd be worried about, every cut is going to get blamed on em to 'prove' a point
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African AIDS cum posted:Disc brakes need to be banned once and for all, would be very tragic if one were to nick an artery and cause a cyclist to bleed out, which would maybe happen faster due to their raised heart rates? Not a doctor they should ban chainrings and gears and make everyone run belt drives too just to be safe
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Apr 12, 2016 18:54
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Levitate posted:they should ban chainrings and gears and make everyone run belt drives too just to be safe Link to a pro cyclist being sliced up like a piece of ham by a chainring?
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Apr 12, 2016 18:56
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goatface posted:Spanish journo apparently. Even as a biased individual I now recognize my argument is based on dry crumbly sand. Not a doctor
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African AIDS cum posted:Link to a pro cyclist being sliced up like a piece of ham by a chainring? http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/this-is-why-we-dont-need-disc-brakes-208497 Though obviously it's also making the argument that disc brake shouldn't be allowed  That was all said mostly tongue in cheek though.
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