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[vivalargo]

Over 100 mph on a mountain bike. How he survived remains a mystery.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-162891478515007486

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[amanda.gallacher]

ouch


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[domesticated ape]

I've seen that before, it's pretty harsh!

Apparently the first run is on a standard Giant DH bike, and the second
is on a specially-made carbon-framed bike built for the speed record.
Why anyone would need a carbon frame for a downhill speed record is
beyond me, but it obviously wasn't up to the job!

The fact that his helmet goes flying off is pretty dodgy too, if I was
him I would be seriously p*****-off with the helmet manufacturers!


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[johnfoss]

Worst dismount with most camera angles. Ouch!


domesticated ape wrote:
> The fact that his helmet goes flying off is pretty dodgy too, if I was
> him I would be seriously p*****-off with the helmet manufacturers!


The helmet has to be properly fit to the rider, and properly strapped
on, before you go and start blaming someone else... Fortunately the
"riding surface" looked relatively crash-friendly. Crumbled lava is
probably better than slickrock, for instance, or the stuff Kris Holm
rode down on Orizaba when he did his big flip-crash in that video.

I told you those bike-thingies were dangerous!


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[domesticated ape]

johnfoss wrote:
> Worst dismount with most camera angles. Ouch!
>
>
> The helmet has to be properly fit to the rider, and properly strapped
> on, before you go and start blaming someone else... Fortunately the
> "riding surface" looked relatively crash-friendly. Crumbled lava is
> probably better than slickrock, for instance, or the stuff Kris Holm
> rode down on Orizaba when he did his big flip-crash in that video.
>
> I told you those bike-thingies were dangerous!




Yeah that's a good point, I suppose you can't tell if he was actually
wearing it properly from the vid.

I haven't seen the Kris Holm crash, what video is it on?


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[swarbrim]

He tried for the speed record with a normal bike. He broke it with the
normal bike then went for a faster time with the custom and well...

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[trials_uni]

his whole freakin frame snapped right in half:eek:


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[James_Potter]

daaang, I don't think bike frames are supposed to do that...I'm glad he
lived though.


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[kington99]

Also that looks like a speed helmet, they're designed more for a lower
aerodynamic drag than actual crash protection, it rpobably wouldn;t
have done that much anyway.


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[babyivan]

That was awesome!!!


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[uniMcPeat]

Ouch that hurt, I felt it.


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[lucky_8]

ouch


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[madmattunipro]

The Kris Holm crash can be seen on the unizaba trailer. It's not great
and you don't get the whole crash, but you can get the idea without
buying the video. You can find it on www.krisholm.com , go to
galleries.


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[jake_amos]

James_Potter wrote:
> daaang, I don't think bike frames are supposed to do that...I'm glad he
> lived though.



its a weak frame designed for speed not going over bumps at 163 mph


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[caw89]

Does anyone know what kinda of injuries he sustained, cause I dont know
about you guys, but I cant speak Japanese...


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[phthoruth]

And they say unicycling is dangerous...
he should have had a coker


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[kington99]

jake_amos wrote:
> its a weak frame designed for speed not going over bumps at 163 mph



Surely that was 163 kph? The terminal velocity of a human body is
around 180mph, he wasn't dropping anything like vertically and there
would have been an appreciable amount of energy loss in the bike, this
sort of speed would be impossible unless he had a gear big enough to
propell himself downwards.


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[jake_amos]

kington99 wrote:
> Surely that was 163 kph? The terminal velocity of a human body is around
> 180mph, he wasn't dropping anything like vertically and there would
> have been an appreciable amount of energy loss in the bike, this sort
> of speed would be impossible unless he had a gear big enough to propell
> himself downwards.



perhaps but the angle plus weight and aerodynamics would have come into
play it was a very anged hill it look close to vertical his helmet and
clothes are designed to lower wind resistence plus on the first attempt
he had a normal DH bike so the carbon fibre frame would have helped
alot


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[Seager]

Or the fact that the rest of the world used Kilometers and their meter
probably was in KPH and not MPH.


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[zippy]

well this is norm done of special racers down snow slopes, and your more
likely to survive :D


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[monkeyman]

-grimaces-
ouch....that had to hurt....
It is in kph guys...I checked


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[GILD]

Seager wrote:
> Or the fact that the rest of the world used Kilometers and their meter
> probably was in KPH and not MPH.


Yeah.

Screenshot.

Reading is so overrated...


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[remus]

i remeber watching a program about that a while ago (in english).
If i remeber correctly one of his hands had to be rebuilt because it
got completelyey destroyed and he had lots of broken bones, apart from
that there wasnt really anything else. I dont think he got his head
mashed in or anything similar, bloody lucky to survive if you ask me.

rem


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[gerblefranklin]

Ouch. His forearms are not straight after the crash. Looks like he's got
more than a few extra bones by the time he stops...


jake_amos wrote:
> perhaps but the angle plus weight and aerodynamics would have come into
> play it was a very anged hill it look close to vertical his helmet and
> clothes are designed to lower wind resistence plus on the first attempt
> he had a normal DH bike so the carbon fibre frame would have helped
> alot



You don't know what you're talking about, do you? Of course
aerodynamics would have come into play, and Kington addressed that when
he mentioned terminal velocity. Terminal V is the top speed that
something can fall STRAIGHT DOWN. That means that if you are on an
incline, top speed will decrease, since gravity has less mechanical
advantage.

Of course carbon fiber makes us go faster, since it sounds high-tech.
Honestly, I think a lead bike would have been best, since wind
resistance would have been a smaller factor. The only reason I can see
for the cf going faster is that the wheels and frame had a better
aerodynamic profile.


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[David_Stone]

gerblefranklin wrote:
>
> Of course carbon fiber makes us go faster, since it sounds high-tech.
> Honestly, I think a lead bike would have been best, since wind
> resistance would have been a smaller factor. The only reason I can see
> for the cf going faster is that the wheels and frame had a better
> aerodynamic profile.



Hey, gf. Pretty interesting theory.

Now, "aerodynamic profile" sounds pretty hi-tech. And "carbon
composite" sounds even techier than "carbon fiber," which to me sounds
like something that goes down your colon really fast, or maybe that's
just because I'm nearing geezerhood.

So, I bet that if that guy had used a carbon "composite" instead of
some organic breakfast cereal, he could have gone even faster,
especially if he'd used lead paint on the bike (to fool god).


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[manon1wheel]

did anyone else see his elbow after the crash? what that earodynamics or
was ita brooken bone...

that video made me gag


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[Seager]

You need to figure in rolling resistance as well when thinking about a
lead bike.


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[steveyo]

jake_amos wrote:
> its a weak frame designed for speed not going over bumps at 163 mph

Err...I think it was 163 KILOMETERS/hr.


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[manon1wheel]

manon1wheel wrote:
> did anyone else see his elbow after the crash? what that earodynamics or
> was ita brooken bone...
>
> that video made me gag


hmmh


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[THE dave]

it was on ripleys.. it was nuts


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[paco]

It seems that if you're trying to beat the world record for downhill,
you should build something that more closely resembles a tank, albeit
an aerodynamic one. Heavier is better, to a point, when trying to go
downwards.


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[manon1wheel]

does anybody else notice this?

*cough cough* *GAG* his arm*GAG* *cough cough*


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[jake_amos]

steveyo wrote:
> Err...I think it was 163 KILOMETERS/hr.



yeh we all no that now i was wrong but ky excuse is that the 'k' key
and the 'm' key are close together (even tho i know i screwed up):D


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[jake_amos]

manon1wheel wrote:
> does anybody else notice this?
>
> *cough cough* *GAG* his arm*GAG* *cough cough*



ouuuuuuuuuch!


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[manon1wheel]

i didnt think anybody saw that


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[eccentric.uni]

Whoa! thats insane! had to hurt super much... and he had to be like IM
GONNA DIE like the second that bike broke.. and ow.. the rolling..
owww.....*cringes*


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[trials_uni]

i have a contestant video for worst upd...its not as fast of speed but
it still looks pretty darn painful.

'Head Over Heels' (http://hallpass.com/media/headoverheels.html)


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[manon1wheel]

still not as bad as the first one..


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