The sand? He passed it, then the rear gave...?
http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentID=529596
gravity! ;D
make the pass...set up for the next turn on 3. BREAK
Breaking a little to hard maybe.
gravity sucks :) but my guess it's too much front brake at just the wrong time....looks like the front end "buckles" a little then the rear goes.
panic front brake as the guy in front slows
The chain broke and got struck into the rear wheel?
Late pass, locked up front wheel because he underestimated closing speed to the next rider. Bike wasn't going in a straight line.
I watched one of my buddies do the same thing from about 3 feet back. Just freaked out and grabbed too much front brake. Front tucked and he was instantly on the ground.
did he downshift?
just a feeling from teh way the wheel pulled and seems to bounce.
okay, I got my mouse positioned at the 10 sec mark so I could see it again and again...My guess is sand on the left side of the road. At 11 sec the bike seem to slide towards the center before the rear lost traction. Maybe he lost traction in the sand then chopped throttle in a panic and unloaded the rear which kick it out?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but by the dust lifted from the back wheel it looks like a rear tire blowout !?!?!?
He grabbed the brakes too hard...
The deceptive part about it is the bike in front and the camera bike are already sorta hard on the anchors. Normally you'd expect the gap to close between the camera bike and the bike in front, but the camera bike is maintaining the same distance. Watch the rear ride height to see when the front bike is on the brakes.
The 3rd bike passes the camera bike under braking, and probably realizes he wont get past the other, so tries to slot in behind. He was already braking hard like the others, that little bit extra pressure locked the front and he went down... oops :-\
Edit: watched again. Now I'm not so sure... ???
Quote from: monsterista on July 02, 2008, 03:24:10 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but by the dust lifted from the back wheel it looks like a rear tire blowout !?!?!?
That's what it looks like to me, as well.
Inexperience [roll]
Like others have said prolly heavy brake hand
Btu I'm guessing he is the only one who will ever know.
Thats at Summit Point and that first turn they are going through is turn 3.. a tick over 90 degree left heading up a hill.. as you crest the hill blind you actually find that the road kinks slightly to the right... As they went over the hill, the rider came up fast on the inside but ran out of track as he closed on the slower rider. He then grabbed a handful of front brake and down he went. That track is not known for its surface by any means.. heavy jerk on the front brake=ride down.
absolutely locked the front......give away is the smoke peeling off the front first. That is the M.O. for too much front brake.......you are on your face before you even know what happened! That guy took it on the chin hard, and lucky he didn't eat 600lbs of motorized man to boot.
front brake. looks like he didn't think about on the guy in front being in his intended line, thus had overshot his turn in point, panicked, grabbed front brake etc.. looks like it was a sloppy approach anyway- his mind and the bike were intending to do different things... inexperience going too fast probably
Stupidity :o