Dumb - Garbage
The last lap of 35+ 4 Wente Criterium.
I went to the front for too long, got gapped, then managed to work up to twentieth? The headwind was so strong that the pack just stalled there, no one on the front able or willing to advance much.
Then there's an accident and I slow and move to the right a little bit, make it past the rolling bicycles and feel like I won - www.flickr.com/photos/swoo/3417798725/, but then someone comes sprinting from about 70th, rubbernecks the accident and manages to hook his handlebars into mine.
Dumb is
a.) Not looking towards the front or where you're headed during the
final sprint
b.) looking only about ten feet ahead instead of adjusting the sight
range with speed (I'm guessing by the way he's swerving )
c.) riding in a crowd on the tops? - about a sixth of the field favors
this position...
One is not safe until one has gotten off the bike and into the car! This happened so quick I just got flipped onto my shoulders and my legs didn't get scraped up at all.
iamthewookie, sysbeep, plattyjo, T Phoenix, and 33 other people added this video to their favorites.
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SWoo 50 months ago | reply
giovannirey2 50 months ago | reply
dude!! cool video... ah, sort of... :(
crashing sucks. makes you want to slap some people. starting with the first guy 'orange' who fell for NO reason. A little jostle, and a tiny rub of elbows and he went down like a house of cards. booooooo.
then the guy that ran you over.... BOOOOOOO
oh the shame in being caught on video f'n up. ;)
cool video though, and good riding by you, as always.
SWoo 50 months ago | reply
jvolsansky 50 months ago | reply
Looks like the guy in white though doesn't have much room is holding a decent line for where he was...not much space. The guy on the orange ride is totally looking for trouble. outta the saddle over the dots, slightly touchs if at all the guy in white. Looks like he was expecting more contact and leaned into something that wasn't there. BANG! The rearender what was up with that? Rubbernecking, going into a bunch finish on his hoods?!?! Hope everybody is all right. one of our teammates went home with a new set of taillights, OUCH!
hippster 50 months ago | reply
I wish I had bought one of these for the NRC crit last weekend in Dana Point. I thought about it, but never got around to ordering. Would've been some great footage for sure. How long do your batteries last?
Hipp Ster
SWoo 50 months ago | reply
www.goprocamera.com/index.php?area=2&productid=4
I saw this link on
's photo :http://helmetcameracentral.com/2009/04/27/vholdr-contourhd-the-worlds-first-hd-wearable-camcorder/
for possibly a more convenient and higher quality solution.
It's also more aerodynamic. But it would not be useful for the chest mount that I would want to use on the dirt. :)
obra3 50 months ago | reply
Another option is the Blackeye 2
www.blackeyeusa.com/
I've been pondering the countourhd but battery life for me is the problem.
SWoo 50 months ago | reply
Stephen Butler 50 months ago | reply
Sorry to see this! The link also made its way to www.chicagobikeracing.com, where it got labeled as "crash porn."
Ŋιcκ 50 months ago | reply
that's really fantastic!!!!! it's exactly the same of the race! i never imagined that someone would have filmed a bicycle race, because of the risk of fall!! i hope you and your camera are ok! keep on with this incredible videos!
daroy 50 months ago | reply
Sucks
SWoo 50 months ago | reply
Road Racing Videos
samoreno20 45 months ago | reply
I know it's been 5 months since this race, but I was looking at it and thought I would comment, however, nobody will probably read..hah..I was racing in that and I was the rider just up front of the two guys who locked handlebars. Unfortunately their crash took me out hard, I was the one who got knocked out and eventually carted off by ambulance. Damage - broken pelvic bone, two broken ribs, broken collarbone and subdural hematoma (blood and swelling of the brain) spent two days in the hospital over there and a month in bed. However, I am back on bike and training for next year...
plattyjo 45 months ago | reply
Gosh - glad you're back on the bike and I'm so sorry the crash was so horrific for you!
SWoo 45 months ago | reply
samoreno20 44 months ago | reply
yeah, I'll have to deal with the collarbone aches for awhile but otherwise fine..see you on the circuit next season...
Stephane O 41 months ago | reply
Wow! what are the odds of getting such capture of a crash?
It is quite amazing to see the distortion of the wheels from the back camera.
In all honesty, I have been watching it over and over and I am not sure the guy who clipped you had any choice not to crash into you. If you look closely he had a (narrow) lucky escape at the first crash and by the time he was recovering trying to stay on his bike (see his right leg, out, trying to counterbalance), he saw you, try to swirl the other way (twice) but his bike was heading your way, regardless, speed and velocity took over... He also had his hands on his brakes...
At least you didn't end up in a bunch of Stinging Nettle, like I once did :)
SWoo 41 months ago | reply
Stephane O 39 months ago | reply
I do race but not professionally and it's more time trial or long distance races (therefore not in a pack, start 1 to 10 riders at once every minute or 2 minutes).
Track is definitely next for me...
thepanacea 37 months ago | reply
WOW! Sorry about the crash, but interesting to watch and dissect.