ACP said:Is there anyone around who heard about the crash this morning in the 6.00 am North Rd group?
Just been told it has been a regular occurance with the 6 am groupies... any news? Hope all are well and (fingers crossed) no damage to bodies or bikes....
flyingdutch said:even more worrying when groups get a stereotype applied to them
sheet happens. if you ride more, sheet happens more*
* except for when it happens less due to riders being more experienced, blahlblahblah
I was involved in the bunch crash that happened two weeks ago.. I've been trying to ride with that bunch every morning and I actually find it's a really good well behaved bunch a lot of days and then on the fast days it seems to get really scrappy..PiledHigher said:Given that they do a combined conservative total of something like 16,000 rider km's per week (80 riders x 40km's by 5 days) you would expect that some crashes do occur. Unfortunately there seem to be minor incidents every couple of weeks, probably well above the average time between accidents, something like 50,000 rider km's.
PiledHigher
Bleve said:PiledHigher wrote:
> flyingdutch Wrote:
> > even more worrying when groups get a stereotype applied to them
> >
> >
> > sheet happens. if you ride more, sheet happens more*
> >
> > * except for when it happens less due to riders being more experienced,
> > blahlblahblah
>
> Given that they do a combined conservative total of something like
> 16,000 rider km's per week (80 riders x 40km's by 5 days) you would
> expect that some crashes do occur. Unfortunately there seem to be minor
> incidents every couple of weeks, probably well above the average time
> between accidents, something like 50,000 rider km's.
gross generalisation :
Tuesday - fast day - riders at this time of year who aren't strong
enough to ride it without flaring out ... concentration goes when blown
... and crunch.
That's just another reason I don't do the North Rd rides anymore :-/
Bleve said:>TimC said:
> Heh. I was riding along my favourite road -- where Burwood Rd veers right and becomes Camberwell.
I know that one, coming down the hill ... can be dangerous at times.
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