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Golden Retriever Vs Tour Rider = instantly taco'd wheel and an embarrassed looking dog. If that was an aluminum wheel, that dog would have broken ribs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVcodisONKs
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sekai
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:55 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 1466Location: on the lake
Stupid pet owners! put that fucking dog on a leash! I hit a dog near Greenlake and limped around for a month afterwords.
The owner threw a ball into the street and the dog darted out between two cars.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:20 pm
Grumpy GreebJoined: 20 Aug 2005Posts: 5329Location: flavor country
sekai wrote:
Stupid pet owners! put that fucking dog on a leash!
but most of my pets are humans, and frankly i don't think that's ethical.
Stanglor
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:57 pm
Joined: 28 Jan 2006Posts: 555Location: Wallingford
I've broken quite a few wheels. Far more aluminum than carbon. In one race I got in a crash that ripped out 1/3 of the spokes on my front Zipp (carbon) wheel. The rim was still perfectly true, I replaced the spokes and it was good as new. The one that I did manage to break didn't fail catastrophically either, it was just a couple of cracks at the rim that I didn't even notice until after the race. That was after I crashed and had no less than three guys roll over it (and me).
I would say that the way that rider hit the dog (at an angle as opposed to head on) had more of an impact on the wheel failing than the material. In the clip you can see that he tries to steer around the dog at the last second and strikes it with the side of the wheel. Pretty much any wheel that went through an accident like that would taco the same way. Cranted an alloy rim would yield instead of splinter, but at that point it doesn't make much of a difference. Just less pieces when you are done.
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jeff
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:00 pm
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At any rate, if I we're competing in a race like that an some asshole let his dog on the course, I would find that pet owner and beat them with the remains of my wheel. Yes, even if the pet owner was a small child.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:00 pm
Grumpy GreebJoined: 20 Aug 2005Posts: 5329Location: flavor country
Stanglor wrote:
I've broken quite a few wheels. Far more aluminum than carbon. In one race I got in a crash that ripped out 1/3 of the spokes on my front Zipp (carbon) wheel. The rim was still perfectly true, I replaced the spokes and it was good as new. The one that I did manage to break didn't fail catastrophically either, it was just a couple of cracks at the rim that I didn't even notice until after the race. That was after I crashed and had no less than three guys roll over it (and me).
why did i just buy used parts from this monster?
the dreaded ben
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:01 pm
Grumpy GreebJoined: 20 Aug 2005Posts: 5329Location: flavor country
jeff wrote:
Yes, even if the pet owner was a small child.
just rolling along on that high road are we?
Stanglor
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:03 pm
Joined: 28 Jan 2006Posts: 555Location: Wallingford
the dreaded ben wrote:
Stanglor wrote:
I've broken quite a few wheels. Far more aluminum than carbon. In one race I got in a crash that ripped out 1/3 of the spokes on my front Zipp (carbon) wheel. The rim was still perfectly true, I replaced the spokes and it was good as new. The one that I did manage to break didn't fail catastrophically either, it was just a couple of cracks at the rim that I didn't even notice until after the race. That was after I crashed and had no less than three guys roll over it (and me).
why did i just buy used parts from this monster?
Don't worry, I don't race (and therefore don't crash) on a triple.
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TrikerTrev
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:58 pm
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
jeff wrote:
At any rate, if I we're competing in a race like that an some asshole let his dog on the course, I would find that pet owner and beat them with the remains of my wheel. Yes, even if the pet owner was a small child.
my thoughts esactly...infact i was hoping to see said dog AND owner get pummeled by the rider and found like rather lacking in redeeming qualities not seeing this happen.
only a true american loves to see vengeful violence
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