Thursday, October 05, 2006

After a long day of anticipation... Hindsight went down at 55mph. Matt exited the bike under his own power, but was clearly unhappy. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution, and has checked out ok. He has a sore neck and a chipped tooth, but hindsight took the majority of the damage.

The crosswind played the major role in this crash. Matt mentioned that there was a steady cross wind that would die off at some parts. It just happened that the wind died down at the wrong time at the wrong point in his pedal stroke, and he wasn't able to straighten the bike up fast enough.

Tomorrow morning we will check the bike over for structural damage and assess Matt's condition before moving forward with any action.

Damjan took another horrific crash... at around 74 mph again. Theories about the ride frequency along with the pedaling cadence have been thought of as possible causes for the crashes. Oscillations of high amplitude have been visible before both crashes.

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