Comments on: Why people think you have to fall… http://www.citybikerblog.com/2010/01/why-people-think-you-have-to-fall/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Leo http://www.citybikerblog.com/2010/01/why-people-think-you-have-to-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Leo Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:14:31 +0000 http://www.citybikerblog.com/?p=1141#comment-1735 that's Valentino Rossi, one of the greatest motorcycle racers ever... Afterward he explained (because we can't see it on the camera) that he rode up on a dirty part of the track (in order to take a different line than Jorge Lorenzo who was ahead of him), and when he turned the front wheel went down. The very next race he had his team paint a donkey on his helmet to show he knew he messed up... Riding over slippery stuff feels exactly like riding over a clean piece of asphalt - until you turn... And when the front wheel goes, it goes so fast there's nothing you can do. Even if you're Rossi. that’s Valentino Rossi, one of the greatest motorcycle racers ever… Afterward he explained (because we can’t see it on the camera) that he rode up on a dirty part of the track (in order to take a different line than Jorge Lorenzo who was ahead of him), and when he turned the front wheel went down. The very next race he had his team paint a donkey on his helmet to show he knew he messed up…

Riding over slippery stuff feels exactly like riding over a clean piece of asphalt – until you turn… And when the front wheel goes, it goes so fast there’s nothing you can do. Even if you’re Rossi.

]]> By: James http://www.citybikerblog.com/2010/01/why-people-think-you-have-to-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 James Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:27:10 +0000 http://www.citybikerblog.com/?p=1141#comment-1734 Hey Leo, thanks for the post. So what did the guys in the vid do wrong? Or are these crashes, as your title suggests, simply very, very random? Great blog. Keep up the good work! Hey Leo, thanks for the post. So what did the guys in the vid do wrong? Or are these crashes, as your title suggests, simply very, very random? Great blog. Keep up the good work!

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