Cosmic Kid
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| 09/02/2014 03:27 PM |
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Quintana is now blaming his brakes for the crash.....
As for adjusting his shoe, I really don't think it had anything to do with the crash. It was seconds before and he had plenty of opportunity to get re-situated. He even appears to enter the turn at a pretty good angle / approach. If anything, it looks like a case of rider fixation.....he was looking straight ahead when he should have been looking inside his turn. |
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Ride On
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| 09/02/2014 05:56 PM |
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| Next up , disc brakes for TT bikes |
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79pmooney
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| 09/02/2014 06:28 PM |
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Was this dual pivots on CF rims? This oldster really doesn't like dual pivots to start with; to much power. And we have had a few discussions on the merits of CF braking surfaces. Have we now seen that combo wreck the favorite's Vuelta chances?
There's an old expression that would apply here. Everything in modulation.
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/02/2014 07:32 PM |
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Well, he has now revised his statement and saying that he "overbraked" in the turn.
Watch the video again....pretty clear it is rider error the whole way. He came in on a line that was too inside (not as well set up as I previously thought), the turn got tighter and he panicked. You can see him clearly focused on the guardrail and not looking inside.
Brakes, rims, carbon, whatever.....Quintana just blew the turn. |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/02/2014 11:06 PM |
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| Guys need to learn how to crash properly. If you know you're not going to make it, don't overcook the brakes and go flying head first. There are far better ways to crash in a somewhat orderly fashion that are likely to prevent serious injury. He was very lucky on this one. |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 09:44 AM |
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QUINTANA IS OUT!!!
Looks like his crash was worse than we thought yesterday. Too bad.... |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 09:49 AM |
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| Update - sounds like Quintana crashed again today, hence the abandon. |
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Spud
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| 09/03/2014 11:06 AM |
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| Froome is cooked |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 11:08 AM |
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Yeah.....and it was his teammate driving the pace at the front!!
Things looking better & better for AC. |
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79pmooney
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| 09/03/2014 11:09 AM |
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CK, Quintana was just trying to follow OC's advice about learning to crash properly. Takes practice doesn't it? (He should take it from me; there are things that are better not to perfect.)
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 11:11 AM |
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LOL....I think he got it wrong today, then.
The irony was that he was actually lucky in how he crashed yesterday (even though he did it "wrong"). he rolled and tumbled instead of sliding out. Actually ended up being a "better" crash.....but definitely higher risk. He just got lucky he didn't suffer a major injury. |
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Spud
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| 09/03/2014 11:18 AM |
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| Froomes' new nickname may have to be YOYO |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 11:19 AM |
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| LOL.....nice rally by him, I have to admit. |
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Spud
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| 09/03/2014 11:22 AM |
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| Aru is kickin it |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2014 11:26 AM |
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Great finish....everyone was beating schitt out the guy next to them.
Huge props to Froome for finishing with AC and Valverde. 5K out, it looked like his Vuelta was over. |
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