Extreme Drafting
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byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
Nutter! A touch on the lorry brakes and he's thrown into the air then sliding along the road with a wrecked front wheel.
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
What a knob jockey 
jefmcg
Guru
Trucks like that don't throw away tyres, after that get old, they move them to the inside wheels, where finally they shred and fly off.
I wouldn't like to be drafting when that happens.
(actually, I'm a 'fraidy cat, I wouldn't like to draft that truck at all)
I wouldn't like to be drafting when that happens.
(actually, I'm a 'fraidy cat, I wouldn't like to draft that truck at all)
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Indeed, you just wonder if he has a proper job, or if his mother supplies him with front wheels.
RedRider
Pulling through
- Location
- Location Embrocation
"I declared that I could follow a railroad train and that there was not a locomotive built which could get away from me. I immediately became the laughing stock of the world."
I love the story of original drafter Charles 'Mile a Minute' Murphy who sucked a steamtrain into legend.
Engineer Sam Booth and Murphy knew what they had to do. Booth was to gather enough momentum so that when he reached the start a mile away he would be going 60 mph or better. He was to hold the speed over the measured mile, then apply the brakes gently so that Murphy (if he was still with him) would not crash against the coach. Murphy knew he had to ride the center 10-inch plank and keep his eyes on a vertical strip of white on the car.
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
Yes and he damn nearly came to grief as he had to climb onto the back of train before the planks ran out. He barely made it.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
He should be locked up. Black and red kit with white shoes is a big no-no.
RedRider
Pulling through
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- Location Embrocation
[QUOTE 2005515, member: 9609"]He rode at 60mph and probably only being able to see several feet in front on a 10" wide plank, presumably with railway sleepers at each side that would destroy bike and man in seconds of any deviation - amazing stuff.[/quote]
A real daredevil. If someone's not editing a collection of cycling derring-do with this as the centre-piece then they should be.
A real daredevil. If someone's not editing a collection of cycling derring-do with this as the centre-piece then they should be.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Sorry that guys a nobber. Can we see the next clip where the artic tailgates him like that? 
Steve
Steve