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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real5/2/14 3:27 AM |
Dan Martin's crash?
So on in the final turn of LBL he just fell down. It looked like his back wheel just let go for no reason.
Any ideas on why this happened to him, it was pretty slow, not wet and just does not add up?
Oil patch? Cooked and just fell off? Dog shit in the corner? What gives?
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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe5/2/14 7:15 AM |
I think I read in some accounts it was oil on road
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GT
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 60
Location: PDX5/2/14 10:55 AM |
Others have postulated that it was a pedal strike that lifted the rear wheel. Makes sense to me when watching the sudden over steer on video, but I think I read somewhere that Dan doesn't think he caught a pedal.
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greglepore
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 1724
Location: SE Pa, USA5/2/14 1:46 PM |
Not only blaming a pedal strike, but some speculation that its the large exustar body on the Garmin power pedal that was to blame....
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zeke
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 516
Location: denver5/2/14 6:43 PM |
Someone posted this on another forum - link to the frame of video where he may have hit his pedal: http://i.imgur.com/wrjNweG.png
But replaying the crash on youtube, I don't see anything that looks like the wheel hop I'd expect to see with a pedal strike. That rear wheel just goes out.
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH5/4/14 9:22 AM |
If you watch the video carfully...
...you'll see that there is sand/dust blowing across the road under his wheels, both before and after the crash. I suspect that's the culprit, probably combined with overcooking the corner slightly.
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