LMAO... this was the funniest part

I counted two motorcycles that crashed in the forest.

Boyd Speerschneider said:

http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.nsf/photos/04parrou-002000

Did anyone catch this?
A moto also crashed in the Arenburg forest IIRC.

- Boyd S.

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http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.nsf/photos/04parrou-002000

Did anyone catch this?
A moto also crashed in the Arenburg forest IIRC.

- Boyd S.

"Get a bike!"

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I counted two motorcycles that crashed in the forest.

Boyd Speerschneider said:

http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.nsf/photos/04parrou-002000

Did anyone catch this?
A moto also crashed in the Arenburg forest IIRC.

- Boyd S.

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In re-watching the race, it occurred to me that the moto crashing in the
forest took out at least half of the guys in contention at that point in the
race. Why is it that these bikes are actually allowed on that section?
Anyone here (besides me) think they should be banned next year?

- Boyd S.

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In re-watching the race, it occurred to me that the moto crashing in the
forest took out at least half of the guys in contention at that point in

the

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race. Why is it that these bikes are actually allowed on that section?
Anyone here (besides me) think they should be banned next year?

No TV coverage in the Forest would really go over well.

Boyd Speerschneider <[email hidden]> wrote in message > In re-watching the race, it occurred to me that the moto crashing in the

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forest took out at least half of the guys in contention at that point in the
race. Why is it that these bikes are actually allowed on that section?
Anyone here (besides me) think they should be banned next year?

- Boyd S.

Me. They could use those cable mounted cameras in football stadiums.
Run four or five of them at intervals, one after the other about 15
feet above the pave.

Make the motos come to the front about 5k before the forest, while the
peleton is all stretched out anyway. Send all but one of them into
the forest with a 2 minute gap so they can take it slow. The one moto
left catches the action at the front could park at the entrance and
bring up the rear. (maybe they could send all the motos through first,
and use helecopter shots to show the leadout into the forest.)

Does it seem like the UCI is ignoring the "no-drafting from the moto"
rule, or is it just screwy camera lenses that makes it seem like every
race is motorpaced?

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Does it seem like the UCI is ignoring the "no-drafting from the moto"
rule, or is it just screwy camera lenses that makes it seem like every
race is motorpaced?

Telephoto lenses compress the field in depth so that it looks like you're
right on top of the riders though they're quite a ways in front. I'm more
concerned with the side camera views which invariably seem to happen to the
windward side of a heavy sidewind day.

Originally posted by Tom Kunich

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Telephoto lenses compress the field in depth so that it looks like
you're right on top of the riders though they're quite a ways in front.

That's what I was thinking, but sometimes you can see from the 'copter
that the gap is often only a few bike lengths. The moto plus two riders
and a camera punches quite a hole through the wind and I bet riding 4
lengths behind a moto is easier than breaking your own wind, maybe even
comparable to riding 6 inches behind another rider.

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I'm more concerned with the side camera views which invariably seem to
happen to the windward side of a heavy sidewind day.

Me too.

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