On Jul 13, 4:18 am, Kurgan Gringioni <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 13, 12:08 am, Simon Brooke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I find it hard to believe that a chain off on the outside
> > would bring down a rider of Vino's quality. You can usually pedal through
> > that.
>
> Dumbass -
>
> If he was standing up on the pedals and putting his weight on the
> downstroke when it came off . . .
>
> thanks,
>
> K. Gringioni.
Exactement, dumbassez. From cyclingnews:
Vinokourov blamed the crash, which came on a fast descent with 26
kilometres left in the fifth stage to Autun, on a mechanical,
explaining, "I think that my chain skipped, and as a result I lost my
balance." His long, tense chase to the finish was made more difficult
by the category three Côte de la Croix de la Libération just 8.5
kilometres from the end. "If the finale of the stage had been flat
there would have been no problem [getting back -ed]."
This has been the cause of most of my "single vehicle accidents" on
the bike -- losing traction on the back wheel while standing will
bring you down quick for the same reason -- suddenly there's no
resistance where you expected there would be some.--Shayana Kadidal