Simian

Rich B wrote:

> ginge wrote:
>

> > It actually looks like he turned the wheel through 90 degrees just
> > before he hit the dog. Then it collapsed.
>
> A technique recommended by Richard Ballantyne for an emergency stop
> on a pushbike - turn wheel 90 degrees and pile on front brake. The
> wheel will collapse slowly with the forks and hopefully give the
> rider a soft landing rather than pitch him head-first over the bars.
> Perhaps the rider had read my 1970s version of Richard's Bicycle Book.

Pfft - I think the more modern way would be to heft the front, hit the
dog at the top of it's back, and kick the back over as you roll
forward, maybe using the front sprocket to get the centre of the bike
over it if it's still standing.

Mind you, I'm not sure a lightweight would survive that either...


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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:13:06 -0000, "Simian"
<simian@in_valid.semi-evolved.org> wrote:

>Rich B wrote:
>
>> ginge wrote:
>>
>
>> > It actually looks like he turned the wheel through 90 degrees just
>> > before he hit the dog. Then it collapsed.
>>
>> A technique recommended by Richard Ballantyne for an emergency stop
>> on a pushbike - turn wheel 90 degrees and pile on front brake. The
>> wheel will collapse slowly with the forks and hopefully give the
>> rider a soft landing rather than pitch him head-first over the bars.
>> Perhaps the rider had read my 1970s version of Richard's Bicycle Book.
>
>Pfft - I think the more modern way would be to heft the front, hit the
>dog at the top of it's back, and kick the back over as you roll
>forward, maybe using the front sprocket to get the centre of the bike
>over it if it's still standing.
>
>Mind you, I'm not sure a lightweight would survive that either...

Racing road bikes fold frightening easily. They're designed to be
strong only in the directions they need to be for normal use, even a
low speed drop will bugger them.

Mind you, I'm surprised he made no attempt to bunny-hop the dog.
Racing roadies have amazing bike handling skills and I've seen that
done before.
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Eddie

Ben wrote:
>
> Mind you, I'm surprised he made no attempt to bunny-hop the dog.
> Racing roadies have amazing bike handling skills and I've seen that
> done before.

Maybe if it had been something small and yappy[0], but you need to be
bloody good at bunny-hops to clear a labrador.


[0] Mind, in that case the best thing would be to just run it over.
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Ben

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:22:16 +0100, Eddie <eddie@deguello.org> wrote:

>Ben wrote:
>>
>> Mind you, I'm surprised he made no attempt to bunny-hop the dog.
>> Racing roadies have amazing bike handling skills and I've seen that
>> done before.
>
>Maybe if it had been something small and yappy[0], but you need to be
>bloody good at bunny-hops to clear a labrador.

18 inches or so isn't that hard. Trust me, these guys have superb
bike skills.

>[0] Mind, in that case the best thing would be to just run it over.

That's what I would have done.
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:39:59 +0100, Ben <ukrm@bensales.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:22:16 +0100, Eddie <eddie@deguello.org> wrote:
>
>>Ben wrote:
>>>
>>> Mind you, I'm surprised he made no attempt to bunny-hop the dog.
>>> Racing roadies have amazing bike handling skills and I've seen that
>>> done before.
>>
>>Maybe if it had been something small and yappy[0], but you need to be
>>bloody good at bunny-hops to clear a labrador.
>
>18 inches or so isn't that hard. Trust me, these guys have superb
>bike skills.

As the clip demonstrated.
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