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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: orange on March 09, 2007, 06:02:42 am

Title: There's a lesson in here somewhere...
Post by: orange on March 09, 2007, 06:02:42 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNwmpLPhoHw

Title: Re: There's a lesson in here somewhere...
Post by: Ade on March 09, 2007, 06:09:25 am

Was kind of scary right from the start. Wasn't funny as soon as I noticed his helmet come off. Sometimes fear stops us doing things we can do, sometimes it is a good thing!
Hope he was ok.

cheers
Ade

Title: Re: There's a lesson in here somewhere...
Post by: mizunole on March 09, 2007, 11:35:04 am

I think we have all been there, just with different limitations.  I've got a broken ankle and a helocopter ride to the ER from a, "C'mon man.... Palmer'd do it!"

I am so glad I know when to say when now..

Title: Re: There's a lesson in here somewhere...
Post by: shovelon on March 09, 2007, 12:49:06 pm

That is funny, cause I did not see enough monkey motion to cause the frame to brake. The odd thing is that the frame broke and not the rider. With me it is the other way around.:-)

Terry

Title: Re: There's a lesson in here somewhere...
Post by: rightturnclyde on March 10, 2007, 01:39:59 am

I'm still trying to figure out why they took all of his clothes off.......  :o  

"You sir have dishonored the sport of downhill lunacy....You must walk through the center of the village naked, with honey and fire ants on your testicles!!!"  Minions, TAKE HIM AWAY!!!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!

Title: Re: There's a lesson in here somewhere...
Post by: 4500_rider on March 10, 2007, 04:36:01 am

damn!  its not very clear on the vid but isnt that some sort of vector fork?  pause the vid on the 11th second....

Title: Re: There's a lesson in here somewhere...
Post by: mizunole on March 10, 2007, 05:41:28 am

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I'm still trying to figure out why they took all of his clothes off.......  :o  

"You sir have dishonored the sport of downhill lunacy....You must walk through the center of the village naked, with honey and fire ants on your testicles!!!"  Minions, TAKE HIM AWAY!!!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!

My wife even laughed at this one...  Too funny.

Title: Re: There's a lesson in here somewhere...
Post by: Matno on March 10, 2007, 10:18:18 am

Just showed that to my 5 year old daughter, and her first impression was: "He looks old. Why would he do something like that? He should know better!"
Amen to that...

Seems like for a downhill speed record, you wouldn't need a particularly lightweight frame, but that one was obviously not very strong...

If I recall correctly, that video was of a French guy. It came out a few years back. Leave it to the Frogs...