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**** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****!!!!!!
Likely what was going through his mind when this happened:
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His upper body is too strong to be a pro cyclist...
Look at those arms..
Look at those arms..
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I have to disagree. The almost universal reaction to this sort of event is "Oh Sh*t"
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OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
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so this doesn't only happen to big george?
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Dammit. I sleep with the mechanics daughter and this is what I get? Maybe I should have stayed for breakfast.
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Carbon steerers FTL!
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this is an equipment failure thread. nobody knows if the rider actually crashed.
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If he stayed upright, he deserves some type of prize.
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body in line with the field.
front wheel 25* off that line.
no way to correct front wheel.
if he didn't, he'd win the biggest prize of all "holy $hit I can't believe you didn't crash!" prizes.
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I think most modern non carbon steerers are aluminum. And I may or may not have plugged up the bench grinder at work with aluminum the last time I cut one and had to shave just a bit more off. Ahem.
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