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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:34:03 PM EDT
[#1]
Bicycle crash almost killed my dad
8 hours in the OR He was a State Trooper in the 60s, so he was not a wimp. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:37:02 PM EDT
[#2]
Has there ever been a more fitting metaphor for the course of Western civilization over the last century?
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:38:56 PM EDT
[#3]
Cunts on bikes, who cares.
I think her motive was she was just being stupid. Investigation closed. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:41:39 PM EDT
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I think next tour defrance Im going to get in the middle of the road (in line of sight so they can see me and stop) and start taking a giant shit right in the middle of the road while screaming at these idiots "SHARE THE ROAD"
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:41:48 PM EDT
[#5]
It looks like that rider saw her and was like I'm going to take this dumb shit out.
Then I was like oh snap that's reinforced cardboard! But seriously, those pictures make it looks like they all stopped for a cyclist orgy. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:41:57 PM EDT
[#6]
Holy shit! Talk about assholes colliding! I'm surprised it didn't reach critical asshole mass with all that spandex.
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:43:50 PM EDT
[#7]
So a cardboard sign took them all out.
 They cannot call themselves athletes anymore. 
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:47:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck bicyclists. They truly believe "Share The Road" is only aimed at automobile drivers. As a population, they are so self-important and self-centered that they are incapable of understanding what the word "share" means. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:48:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Arrested for an accident? Accident? Standing in the road during a event is an accident? Seemed to me the stood there on purpose. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:50:43 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: IEDs? Hell, all it would take is a shovel full of playground sand... |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:51:19 PM EDT
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It's probably been said but I'm pretty sure that's not the worst crash ever.
Worst crash ever caused by a spectator maybe but probably not. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:52:12 PM EDT
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Does the pile of people need a Brazzers logo?
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Posted: 6/30/2021 4:59:06 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cyclist rode right into flimsy cardboard and got levelled. I don't have much sympathy for him. I might have some sympathy for others caught in the melee, but I saw 87 left lane campers and tailgaters so ZFG. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 5:07:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's probably been said but I'm pretty sure that's not the worst crash ever. Worst crash ever caused by a spectator maybe but probably not. Fabio Casartelli died in the 1995 TdF, so I'm going with that being the worst. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 5:15:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: PRISON time? What exactly is the charge? And yes....LOL Probably to placate the public, and for her own safety.  |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 5:24:11 PM EDT
[#16]
100 dudes riding their bikes inches from each other? What could go wrong
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Posted: 6/30/2021 5:52:38 PM EDT
[#17]
I'd love to see all the folks saying professional cyclists are a bunch of pussy spandex wearing faggots ride half of a TdF stage. Not even at race pace - call it 75%. And then come back and tell the class how easy it was......
That said, it will be interesting to see where the criminal charges go - I don't think there was any intent and I'm not a fan of criminalizing what was basically just being stupid and not paying attention to how quickly the peloton was approaching. On the civil side, I assume France is like the US and you can be sued for almost anything - the dumbass woman is probably going to have to file for bankruptcy. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 6:11:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 100 dudes riding their bikes inches from each other? What could go wrong I'm no bike racer but I have ridden in a tight peloton like that in practice at the San Diego Velodrome (see background in my avatar.) It's interesting how it works - Riders have to cooperate with each other in order to avoid crashing. Unless you are at the very front of the pack, you feel very little wind, even a tailwind in some conditions. In practice rides on the track, people take turns leading. After you lead for a lap or so, you go off to the right (uphill), let the pack pass you, and pull in behind the group where you can rest up and get your wind back. Riding like that on a controlled, smooth track isn't complicated but it requires some discipline. Riding in tight formation on a city street would be a lot more challenging. The riders are counting on spectators staying the heck out of their path. They're concentrating on not side-swiping each other and presumably watching out for potholes. Some careless dumbass getting in their path is not part of the plan. If you know what's going on, it's easy to see how one rider at the front taking a spill can cause a disastrous chain reaction. I kind of agree that bike racers tend to be jackasses, but they are real athletes. It takes a lot of practice and training to do it well. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 6:28:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. Dude rode into her the and sign. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Cyclist rode right into flimsy cardboard and got levelled. I don't have much sympathy for him. I might have some sympathy for others caught in the melee, but I saw 87 left lane campers and tailgaters so ZFG. Exactly where was he supposed to go? Right, left, maybe straight up? |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 6:37:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Whats the charge? Felony stupidity would be my first thought. Reckless endangerment, if such a charge exists in France. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 6:41:52 PM EDT
[#21]
‘Now that she has been caught, she has to be questioned at length, to find out exactly what her motives were.’  |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 6:43:05 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Partially the organizers fault for not putting up barriers to keep idiots away from the riders. You serious Clark? |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 6:56:33 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You realize it's a massive race? Barriers along all of France! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Partially the organizers fault for not putting up barriers to keep idiots away from the riders. You realize it's a massive race? Barriers along all of France! Didn't work in 1940, won't work in 2021. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 6:57:34 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You serious Clark? They could probably put up a strand of electric fence pretty cheaply. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 7:00:59 PM EDT
[#25]
She should have worn a mask. Or three...
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Posted: 6/30/2021 7:11:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/30/2021 7:17:01 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Road racing has its dangers, stupid people being one of them. Bingo She had her back to the bikes. The bikes could clearly see her and the obstacles. Screw them. They could have avoided it. Still, what she did was stupid but not criminal. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 7:18:38 PM EDT
[#28]
maybe use your eyes to not run directly face first into objects in front of you?
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Posted: 6/30/2021 7:31:58 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So a cardboard sign took them all out. They cannot call themselves athletes anymore. She was leaning into the road to support the far edge of the cardboard with a rigid arm; the rider hit her around the elbow, you can see her spin around. That's quite a mass to hit at that speed on a flimsy bike, especially if the hit is on the handlebar which then suddenly snaps the front wheel to the right. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 7:49:40 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: lmao She needs to come stand on the long narrow 2 lane 45mph winding road near my house that these bicycle fairies always want to ride down during peak traffic times, causing a mile long backup and near-head on collisions when people try to go around them. Fuck cyclists. Go ride your children's toy at the public park. Roads are for cars. sixth post nailed it. SPNI? |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 7:59:51 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Whats the charge? Stupidity |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 8:02:07 PM EDT
[#32]
I will need to see her naked before I pass judgement. I may even volunteer to interrogate her.
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Posted: 6/30/2021 8:07:45 PM EDT
[#33]
Woman is retarded but look at those crybaby cyclists. They act like they were hit with an artillery barrage.
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Posted: 6/30/2021 8:33:10 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ask me how I know that this guy is a fat dumbass Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: lmao She needs to come stand on the long narrow 2 lane 45mph winding road near my house that these bicycle fairies always want to ride down during peak traffic times, causing a mile long backup and near-head on collisions when people try to go around them. Fuck cyclists. Go ride your children's toy at the public park. Roads are for cars. Ask me how I know that this guy is a fat dumbass You'd be wrong. I'm also not a 5'8" 100lb leotard wearing fairy who likes to ride a children's toy down city streets at 1/4th the posted speed limit, creating a traffic hazard and calling it a sport. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 8:37:56 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You'd be wrong. I'm also not a 5'8" 100lb leotard wearing fairy who likes to ride a children's toy down city streets at 1/4th the posted speed limit, creating a traffic hazard and calling it a sport. 21ers, making 13ers look like the epitome of wisdom and intelligence. 
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Posted: 6/30/2021 8:53:47 PM EDT
[#36]
Grown man on a bike taken out by a hundred pound woman holding a piece of cardboard with "go grandma" drawn on it.
If I were him I wouldn't want any attention drawn to that. At all. The TDF always seemed idiotic anyway. Let's have a race set up in a way that encourages a bunch of doped up spazzes to ride twitchy steering road bikes inches away from each other in huge packs where if a single person goes down then everyone near and behind them is going down too.. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 8:58:48 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Holy shit! Talk about assholes colliding! I'm surprised it didn't reach critical asshole mass with all that spandex.  Attached File
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:00:35 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 21ers, making 13ers look like the epitome of wisdom and intelligence. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You'd be wrong. I'm also not a 5'8" 100lb leotard wearing fairy who likes to ride a children's toy down city streets at 1/4th the posted speed limit, creating a traffic hazard and calling it a sport. 21ers, making 13ers look like the epitome of wisdom and intelligence. Why? @fowty is spot on correct. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:11:54 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bingo She had her back to the bikes. The bikes could clearly see her and the obstacles. Screw them. They could have avoided it. Still, what she did was stupid but not criminal. I'm not sure the 'criminal' aspect is going to be all that painful. The civil suits from the tour, the riders, the team's, etc could be interesting. I doubt she has the means or the insurance to even begin to cover the damages. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:26:42 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: While I don't like a-hole cyclists. But that is case by case situation. Most are considerate when I encounter them on the roadway. This is a serious competition with serious ramifications. This attention whore needs to be severely punished. The quarter-finals of the NCAA Unlimited Weight Class Greco-Roman Mutual Masturbation Tourney are serious competitions with serious ramifications. This is men in ladies' foundation garments riding bicycles. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:30:28 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is true. Many people also don’t realize that roads were first paved to accommodate bicycles. It was hard riding bikes on rutted up dirt roads. Cars came later and benefited from the infrastructure. I think not. The Romans (apparently not as famously as I thought) had lots of paved roads and no bicycles at all. Also, the streets of Paris were paved long before the French Revolution. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:33:47 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You realize it's a massive race? Barriers along all of France! They tried that, but Fritz just took a right and came in through Belgium. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:33:51 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Good. I hope they sue the shit out of her. she deserves a goddamn medal. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:34:03 PM EDT
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After three consecutive days marred by intense crashes to start the 2021 Tour de France, riders collectively brought Stage 4 to a halt for a full minute in a protest for safer racing conditions.
 Riders bring Stage 4 to a halt for one minute in protest of early crashes | Cycling on NBC Sports |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:34:52 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Whats the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal? |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:37:51 PM EDT
[#46]
I just open my car door when those gutter sneaks whiz by.
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:47:32 PM EDT
[#47]
Introduce crazy women with signs, mean dogs, old ladies in full size cars with bad eyesight, and bordozers rolling coal and I may actually watch that shit sport.
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:55:17 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cyclist rode right into flimsy cardboard and got levelled. I don't have much sympathy for him. I might have some sympathy for others caught in the melee, but I saw 87 left lane campers and tailgaters so ZFG. Flimsy cardboard with her arm extended behind it holding it out for the cameras. Rider's handlbars got clotheslined. Fuck that chien femme. Spectators on the Tour have an absolute duty not to interfere with the riders. |
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:56:56 PM EDT
[#49]
They should just space them out and start a new rider every 30 seconds so its not such a big cluster. The roads are too narrow for a group of 150 riders.
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Posted: 6/30/2021 9:59:13 PM EDT
[#50]
She's a dumbass attention whore. But I doubt there's much of a case for criminal activity. She didn't climb over any barricades that I could see in the video, if she did there were a shitload of other people there too. I didn't see any signs warning people to stay off the road. And if there were any cops or other people warning people back, I didn't see any signs of that either.
Expecting people to have common sense, knowing you're not going to get it out of more than 50% of the population, the charging one of the many idiots with a crime just doesn't seem workable, at least to me. Now civil suits are another matter. Even if the cops let her go I suspect she'll be sued into oblivion. |
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