cyclist crashes after hitting aluminum bar

[wc1934]

Man, he is lucky to escape with only cuts and bruises.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/australian-cyclist-hits-crashes-spectacularly-article-1.2063520

[Hawker]

Wow, lucky for sure.

[weisan]

How the hell can he not see it comin'???

[BumbleBeeDave]

How the hell can he not see it comin'???

That GoPro lens is so wide it exaggerates distances. The guy who went down was probably only a few feet behind the camera, despite appearances in the video. He couldn't see it coming because it was hidden by the guy who has the camera on his bike. It happened so fast he had no time to dodge it.

Something similar happened to me on Ididaride up in the Adirondacks several years ago. We were in a paceline and the guy in front missed a 4x4 on the should by inches but we were going so fast he had no time to warn the 2nd guy in the line, who went down and broke his shoulder. Rider #3 managed to evade, rider #4 went down and tore up his bike. I was rider #5 and rode right over him, then went over my bars, but was able to brake enough that the somersault was slo-mo and I was OK. Just a few scratches.

BBD

[ultraman6970]

If the guy at the front dont tell the guy behind what is there at those speeds is hard to tell if the affected did see the metal pieces in the pavement. 30 mph is not slow at all... probably he was fixated in front guy rear wheel also.

He got lucky too, could have been worse.

[Tony]

Third rider in the video has skills.

[r_mutt]

w - t - F - the guy with the rear mounted camera took that group within inches of a metal bar? i hope he pointed to it... i'd be pissed!

[downtube]

Holy crap, that was a hard hit. Takes your breath away just watching the impact. Really lucky everyone behind him wasn't involved. We have all had close calls that could have ended like that. Glad he is ok.
chuck

[josephr]

w - t - F - the guy with the rear mounted camera took that group within inches of a metal bar? i hope he pointed to it... i'd be pissed!

exactly...where's the heads-up from the dude up front?!??!?!

[professerr]

Looks to me like the guy with the camera started his pull, opened up a small gap, eased over to the left to follow the road, and then eased farther over to bring the group into the shoulder. Lots going on for him (and the crash-guy) to take in at 30 mph, but then he had four seconds after that as the lead.

My guess is he then saw that the debris filled up the entire shoulder and quickly calculated the risk of leading the group back into the lane was greater than trying to make it over the debris. Note the camera guy appears to have hit the debris as well -- you can hear him run over it before it appears in the frames where the crash guy hits it, and there is no swerve in the picture which would indicate the camera guy tried to avoid it.

Or perhaps the camera guy just had his head down and stuffed it all up for everyone

[shovelhd]

Don't ride on the freeway.

[professerr]

Don't ride on the freeway.

The vid shows a bike lane symbol painted where they were riding, fwiw.

[THE ARS]

Ouch.

Get well man.

I have busted my face like that, you'll be even better looking as a protector after this. :beer:

[brando]

Third rider in the video has skills.

Big time.

[weisan]

The cyclist that fell looks to be an older gentleman. As someone who is in my mid-40s, and seeing how my body is already slowly falling apart, I don't buy the "he only escapes with cuts and bruises" BS. :D
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[Cicli]

Damn, that looks painful. I can't see blaming anyone. Those guys were moving and that garbage looked to be about the same color as the road.

Glad he will ride another day.

[oldpotatoe]

How the hell can he not see it comin'???

I hit a 6 foot builder's level on a CA freeway, on a bike, crashed really hard, dislocated my right thumb, all sorts of road rash..

[Peter P.]

That looks like a nearly flat piece of metal. The cyclist who hit it may have assumed riding over it would be inconsequential. I've made similar decisions with less dire results.

I'm guessing since the fork snapped, the metal got caught up in the spokes, came around and jammed behind the fork blades. I've seen similar stuff happen, particularly with sticks, mountain biking.

[HenryA]

That looks like a nearly flat piece of metal. The cyclist who hit it may have assumed riding over it would be inconsequential. I've made similar decisions with less dire results.

I'm guessing since the fork snapped, the metal got caught up in the spokes, came around and jammed behind the fork blades. I've seen similar stuff happen, particularly with sticks, mountain biking.

^this^

Caught in spokes.
Locked wheel.
Flipped.

[wildboar]

Don't ride on the freeway.

Yeah. The semi rolling up at 0:40...

[wallymann]

looked like he did a full flip and landed on his arse, coulda been alot worse!

similar sort of flip, but much luckier outcome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ig4WziQzM

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--kiUeASR3--/z4ulgkpfx1iuhvaz5e4q.gif

[paredown]

Third rider in the video has skills.

Word!

Good that the downed rider got his head tucked and went right over....

[Deucer01]

A good carbon repair guy can fix that frame, maybe even the fork.

[oldpotatoe]

A good carbon repair guy can fix that frame, maybe even the fork.

Ouch

I'd just throw that thing away..bad karma. Doubt anybody could(or should) 'fix' the fork.

[Cicli]

A good carbon repair guy can fix that frame, maybe even the fork.

Why would you?

Any carbon broken in half is trash.

[druptight]

Why would you?

Any carbon broken in half is trash.

I'm assuming the sarcasm was lost in the intertubes on that one.

[djg21]

The cyclist that fell looks to be an older gentleman. As someone who is in my mid-40s, and seeing how my body is already slowly falling apart, I don't buy the "he only escapes with cuts and bruises" BS. :D
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He fell as perfectly as one could ever hope for -- rolling rather than doing a face plant or body slam. I'm sure he was sore for a while, but it could have been far worse.