Psycolist
NINJA BYKALIST
- Location
- North Essex
In response to some of the posts in this thread i am starting another thread 'show us your hole' I bet ther are some corkers out there.
Cyclist killed - Suspected cause of hitting a pot-hole
- Thread starter Gixxerman
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Gixxerman
Guru
- Location
- Market Rasen
I went passed the place where the incident happened today. It seems quite amazing that such an innocuous hole (now filled) could have caused such a tragedy.
It seems that a lot of the pot-holes round the area have now been rather hastily repaired. A cynical view might see this as a deliberate attempt by the local council to save face or possibly exonerate themselves of blame.
It seems that a lot of the pot-holes round the area have now been rather hastily repaired. A cynical view might see this as a deliberate attempt by the local council to save face or possibly exonerate themselves of blame.
bigjim
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester. UK
If the original post makes you more aware on the road it is possibly a good thing. The comment that his bike disintegrated, makes me a bit more aware about riding carbon and one has to wonder if the collapse of the bike contributed to his injuries.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
A lot of us - happily - can afford a £1K+ bike, but I've wondered for years if the ultra-light carbon racers are suitable for road use.
Surely, like F1 cars, they are designed to run on billiard table-smooth asphalt.
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Where did you see the comment, I can't find it?
bigjim
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester. UK
Without going back to do a search. My recollection was that it was in the Daily Mail. I think it was one of his fellow riders that commented that the hole was that deep that his bike disintegrated. he didn't say it was carbon but I don't know of another frame material that would do that.
bigjim
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester. UK
Found it. Got it a bit wrong. Doohh
'The road the group were riding along is 40mph, but someone told me they were only doing about 17mph at the time of Chris' fall.'
'I heard that one of the group shouted 'Pothole!' but Chris saw it too late and went straight into it.
'Chris was riding a very light carbon fibre bike, so you can imagine the force of the pothole to be so powerful that the bike would just disintegrate and Chris would be propelled off of it.
'The road the group were riding along is 40mph, but someone told me they were only doing about 17mph at the time of Chris' fall.'
'I heard that one of the group shouted 'Pothole!' but Chris saw it too late and went straight into it.
'Chris was riding a very light carbon fibre bike, so you can imagine the force of the pothole to be so powerful that the bike would just disintegrate and Chris would be propelled off of it.
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Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Thanks Jim, compounds my fear and experience of CF. I wish I hadn't read the comments section tho, made me feel sad.
Herzog
Swinglish Mountain Goat
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
Carbon disintegrating...?
I think I'd worry about it more if they weren't racing Paris-Roubaix on CF bikes ...
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Happened to me, fractured eye socket and sprained wrists on £5k mtb as well.
400bhp
Guru
Good point.
Where's the fact that the rider was using a carbon bike and it disintegrated - can't see it?
bigjim
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester. UK
I doubt if there is any deep potholes on that route. He looked like a heavy guy as well.
albion
Guru
- Location
- South Tyneside
If you impact something that stops a bike dead in its tracks front forks can crumple under.
Not sure what happens with carbon.
