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bthornt
06-12-2017, 06:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46KuqaehOHc
bicycletricycle
06-12-2017, 06:57 PM
saw that yesterday, my heart stopped.

best race in the world.
gasman
06-12-2017, 07:33 PM
saw that yesterday, my heart stopped.

best race in the world.

I watched some of the races yesterday but my enthusiasm for the race is dampened, a lot, when at the end of the program they said their goodbyes to three riders who had died on the course. Yes, it's fast and amazing but to have three die over a week period is hard for me to handle.
bicycletricycle
06-12-2017, 08:04 PM
I watched some of the races yesterday but my enthusiasm for the race is dampened, a lot, when at the end of the program they said their goodbyes to three riders who had died on the course. Yes, it's fast and amazing but to have three die over a week period is hard for me to handle.

The risk is why it is amazing.

I do understand that it might be a bit much for some people.
FL_MarkD
06-12-2017, 08:14 PM
Saw that last night when reviewing the recorded copy. That was sick.

Have to agree a bit that it really is getting too fast and dangerous. Riding on the edge all the time on a track is one thing, but with all the dangers of that 'course' it is too much.
Steve in SLO
06-12-2017, 08:15 PM
Yeesh! I've done that kind of a save at about a quarter the speed on a track with nothing to hit and that got my attention.
The riders who compete in the TT are a step above. At a track day a few years ago, I was feeling pretty good dragging a knee through a corner when Tom Montano, a winner of a silver replica trophy at the TT, came by me around a corner with a friend on the back like I was standing still.
bthornt
06-12-2017, 08:33 PM
It's incredibly dangerous. A little online searching reveals that there have been 250 fatalities since 1911. Obviously, when you watch it you think about how dangerous and unforgiving the course is, but I had no idea that there have been this many fatal accidents.
mistermo
06-12-2017, 09:14 PM
Anyone catch this clip of Joshua Boyd doing track time at Snetterton? Got hit by a belly pan and immediately went unconscious. Lucky to have lived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwUkhVD3QYY
Louis
06-12-2017, 09:38 PM
High-sides can be a lot more spectacular than low-sides:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9M2QEmsj8
crankles
06-13-2017, 05:22 PM
The risk is why it is amazing.

I do understand that it might be a bit much for some people.

I put the TT in *almost* the same category as the free soloist...thinking Alex Honnold here.

You need to have ridden/climbed ever corner/hold over and over and over, then have the intense concentration and focus to pull it off. Having done both sports poorly, I can only marvel at that level of mastery.

That kind of thing is not for me...but I get it.