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02-25-2021, 11:53 AM
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I think it was an intentional dive, and he was just trying to draw the foul.
...oops, wrong sport. 
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02-25-2021, 12:23 PM
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02-26-2021, 12:23 PM
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My vote is against the wind and lone gunman theories.
A few weeks back I had a similar accident. What strikes me as similar is initial loss of power/form and the second very violent left-to-right movement, not just a counter-steer wobble or a jack-knife. I was standing, full sprint at the end of a ride, nothing in the road and no wind, when my foot on the down strike felt funny. I looked down, saw something flash and I was suddenly chest down on the stem/handlebars. My front wheel pushed right so I countered, but then I went from about 5 o'clock to 9 o'clock incredibly fast. After inspection I found that my FD had failed and sent the chain to the outside. The chain was lodged between the rear wheel and the cassette, almost hung up on the tines/prams that stick up where the spokes enter the hub. That area was stripped of its paint. There was also an area where the bladed spokes were stripped of paint about 6 inches out form the hub. From what I've been able to piece together, I lost control when I slammed down on the stem/bars, which pushed my front wheel to the right. The slack chain whipped the side of the wheel causing the abrasions 6 inches out. Then as I compensated to 12 o'clock the chain lodged stopping me cold and exaggerating my counter steer. I'm not saying it was the exact same mech failure, but the loss of power stroke and shimmy may have caused something on the back-end to give and the violent left-to-right movement. The winds appear to be headwinds as evidenced by the flag at the top of the finish line blowing toward the rider. So, I vote for the 1st and 2nd gunman...and I'm a klutz which contributed to my poor showing. 
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02-26-2021, 03:17 PM
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Makes sense as a possible cause.
I've had a similar failure without crashing, but I wasn't on aero bars and it still scared the living daylights out of me. I was actually on gravel and maybe doing 20mph, I was moving pretty decent, and the chain came off the chainring on the driveside downstrike. I was on the hoods, and I "fell" down but didn't hit the bars due to the more upright position. Wicked scary. In my case it was time to replace the rings.
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02-26-2021, 05:09 PM
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02-26-2021, 05:21 PM
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