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Originally Posted by carpediemracing
Looks like the wind caught his front wheel. It turns (not leans) to the right. This is a classic way of inducing a turn ("counter steer") and it does exactly that. Problem is rider doesn't want to turn.
So the wheel turns right, bike leans left. The left lean initiates a left turn.
The rider is fighting the turn, the bike is turning left, the front tire (pointing left now, after the initial counter steer to the right) digs in, and the rider's body is still going straight. He highsides off the bike.
If he said he slipped on sand, that might have been what broke the tire loose. But it looks to me that the wheel/fork was turned to the rider's right, initiating the entire sequence.
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If we go with sand, it's possible his front wheel slipped and then his rear wheel hit the same patch and slipped as he kept pedaling. Rear wheel then slid out followed plane of front wheel and it was next to impossible to recover from that.
02-27-2021, 06:03 AM
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