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Crashes..
« on: 06 July, 2010, 03:20:25 pm »
..do today's pro riders hit the deck more than those of the past?  I have this suspicion that they do, but then what do I know? 

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Re: Crashes..
« Reply #1 on: 06 July, 2010, 03:52:53 pm »
No

I had a book on bike maint written by a tdf mechanic. It was *full* of pics of crashes.
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Re: Crashes..
« Reply #2 on: 06 July, 2010, 03:56:42 pm »
I think the first days of this Tour are acknowledged to be well above average!
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Re: Crashes..
« Reply #3 on: 07 July, 2010, 07:36:15 am »
No

I had a book on bike maint written by a tdf mechanic. It was *full* of pics of crashes.


Might his role have clouded his perspective? 




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Re: Crashes..
« Reply #4 on: 07 July, 2010, 08:45:41 am »
The year when spinaci bars were introduced there were loads of crashes