Target fixation is real shit, kids.

[Degsy]

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I'm gonna interpret this as a rather bad attempt at trolling, yes?

Welcome to the forum.

Bicyclist? Lol.

[Rockhead]

Not on the road. Those motorcyclists out there are effing nutso.

[nhbubba]

Bet a few trips to Pizza Hut could cure that ailment...

Maybe. But from what I hear of so-cal, you shouldn't need to settle for a fixer 'upper like that.

[Doc]

Fucking bicyclists think they own the road.

I lol'd.


As for Bicyclists, if they obey all the traffic laws I give them a wide birth. Blow a stop sign or don't signal a turn or use the sidewalk and then the road... My truck takes up ALOT of lane.

[Marc R]

Ouch! I'm no doctor, but I don't think that back is going to heal real fast.

[Chrisb319]

Is it standard procedure to tow away your bike?

My teacher sideswiped a bicyclist in cambridge and cops did not take away his car, or license.

[NPDCPA]

Is it standard procedure to tow away your bike?

My teacher sideswiped a bicyclist in cambridge and cops did not take away his car, or license.

The Cambridge cyclist was probably on a gay in any enviroment recumbant bike which everyone knows is fair game.

As for the SV in the vid, it was bleeding coolant.

[jwm2k3]

I laughed my ass off. The rider was all ' Hey, look at them snazzy cyclist shirts. I always wanted one of.....OH SHIT'

[aldend123]

Is it me or is that the Bermuda Triangle of turns?

Pretty sure it was the guy who runs that channel himself who explained why. IIRC it is a decreasing radius, and it looks like it also loses it's camber. Which is exactly why they all sit there with cameras. And assholes do what they do best whenever they spot a camera.

I watched the slow-mo last night and I don't remember seeing him even hit the front brake. I think the suspension dive is just from him chopping the throttle. Which didn't happen until pretty late. As they are talking with the cyclist on the ground, the SV rider is just standing there with his hands on his hips and his helmet still on. Obviously doing the right thing and shutting up, but I just though the stance with the helmet still on was pretty "funny".

The commenters on the video, as always, were useless in debating roadrash as being minor. Forget that, watch the curve of his spine in the instant replay. I'd be way more afraid of that than some skin scrapes.

[kb1]

The SV rider must have been in trouble for the cops to take the bike...

[Degsy]

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Oh I'd say he's definitely up for a DTE or reckless.

[SRTie4k]

Honestly I'm kind of surprised that anyone would cycle through there at all, considering that corner's well-known reputation for accidents and stupid drivers/riders.

[reks95]

At around 1:38 there's a close up of the bike leaking some fluid. I'm gonna guess it was coolant. You can also see a wet spot on the road a few seconds before that when they're picking up the bicycles. I think they towed the bike because it wasn't rideable.

[Tricky Mike]

They should have towed it to Big Sur, tossed it in the Pacific and told the rider to take up golf. Seriously.

[jwm2k3]

At around 1:38 there's a close up of the bike leaking some fluid. I'm gonna guess it was coolant. You can also see a wet spot on the road a few seconds before that when they're picking up the bicycles. I think they towed the bike because it wasn't rideable.

Fuel. Watch the tank grind itself on the pavement. Although dosent the sv radiator stick out like 3 1/2 feet past everything else?

[nhbubba]

Looked like coolant to me as well. But really, I have no idea.

I kept looking to see if I could see a head in the back of the squad car that pulls a left at the end. I think I decided that the dipshit did not get arrested.

[Garandman]

SV's, nothing but trouble. Buncha squidly hooligans.

He's training to buy a Gixxah!

[luukasama]

Dang, I saw that video while perusing Youtube. Before I ever got my bike, I remember my boyfriend drilling it into my head that I need to look where I'm going. He's already gone through the not-looking part, when he fixated on the dirt curb of a ramp and slid off his bike as a result right onto the highway. He's alright, lesson learned, but I've remembered that ever since. Especially on ramps. What that dude did in the video was a huge rookie mistake, imo. What the hell was he doing staring at an ass of a bicyclist? I know that they wear super tights, but still...that's a Dragon's Tail or some similar name that rnickey tapes on, right? Even more sore, with those tight curves, you'd think they learn...

[Tricky Mike]

that's a Dragon's Tail or some similar name that rnickey tapes on, right?

Mulholland Highway

[Garandman]

At the Skip Barber school they say, "The farther ahead you look, the slower things happen."

[DucDave]

Made the news this morning...

[breakdirt916]

I'm about an hour ride from there....I still want to check it out (carefully)

[scottfromboston]

It's OK. I hear it's super busy on weekends.

I'd investigate the other canyons, or head north on 33 (from Ojai) if you have some time...

[Degsy]

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Ojai valley or Upper Big Tuhunga Canyon.

[yucatan]

The SV rider must have been in trouble for the cops to take the bike...

He may have been a little shaken up himself. I mean he nearly killed himself and two people.