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[Closed] Rider falls off cliff, wins race

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They make them tough in the Yukon...
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[url= http://yukon-news.com/sports/close-finishes-near-death-experience-at-canyon-mountain-crusher/ ]http://yukon-news.com/sports/close-finishes-near-death-experience-at-canyon-mountain-crusher/[/url]


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 8:05 am
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kinhell 😯


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 9:28 am
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I was nice of him to fall off in front of a camera.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 9:32 am
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amazing pic


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 9:35 am
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Nice find find and ouch ! edit: btw this is exactly the mental image I have of myself whilst riding ridge lines in the Alps 😯

You would be a bit miffed to lose to a guy who falls down a cliff, climbs back up and still posts a better time than you 😉


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 9:36 am
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^^ a good picture for all those "you're doing it wrong" threads 😉


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 9:36 am
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Look at the grin on the rider following.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 9:42 am
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Not quite sure how he managed that looking at the terrain he had previously ridden over immediately before the crash?


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 10:57 am
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This caught my eye as well this morning, from a story on PB...
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Unless he's going for a frontflip, he better let go of the bar sharpish.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 11:35 am
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Not quite sure how he managed that looking at the terrain he had previously ridden over immediately before the crash?

Front wheel washed out on the sharp little bend/dip he's just ridden I reckon.

or he's bottomed out the fork in that same dip and fallen from there (he's have been leant over to the left as we're looking at the pic)


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 11:38 am
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“The first thought was: stop as quickly as possible,” said Pharand. “The folks in the communal gardens in that area work really hard, and I was really concerned about destroying raspberry bushes or any vegetables.”

always my first thought when crashing. sure thats a genuine article?


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 11:38 am
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thinking those flexy 29er wheels dumped him

he'd have been OK on 650b


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 12:01 pm
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See, I'm kind of disappointed by this, I thought he won [i]because[/i] he fell off a cliff onto the finish line, smashing the field by taking the most direct route.

Ho hum...


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 12:22 pm
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You would be a bit miffed to lose to a guy who falls down a cliff, climbs back up and still posts a better time than you

Reading the article it was an enduro, so perhaps the crash was on a transition stage and so no time was lost. Still impressive to fall of a cliff and carry on mind!

thinking those flexy 29er wheels dumped him

Nah, I'm blaming the clips n' disco slippers.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 12:25 pm
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I thought he won because he fell off a cliff onto the finish line, smashing the field by taking the most direct route.

If it had happened in France...


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 12:27 pm
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If it had happened in France...

He would be prosecuted for not having the correct French paperwork to go cliff diving?


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 1:17 pm
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What tyres for...?


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 1:30 pm
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This caught my eye as well this morning, from a story on PB...
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Unless he's going for a frontflip, he better let go of the bar sharpish.


No - he can save that. The front wheel has cleared the obstacle. 🙂


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 1:52 pm
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Looking at that^^^^ guys elbows, i'd say he's no stranger to the odd OTB 😉


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 2:24 pm

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