Freeway Bike Ride 2007 couple of youtube clips

[gdl_gdl]

Check the rider in yellow on the left at the 1.28m mark! I don't know who the poster is but he managed to capture me for a few seconds in the tunnel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s38cwB3g4wg

Also footage of a crash that occurred last week (nothing too dramatic so don't expect any blood, guts and severed limbs!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M22udVUtzc

Cheers,

Gary

[Mulger bill]

Thanks Gary

Nice footage, pity the bloke with the camera looked away at the wrong time.

That crash was "nothing too dramatic"? OooooooooooooKkkkkkkkk then.

Shaun

[sevenof25]

Hey Gary,

nice footage man!!

What group was the crash in?

I started at the back of the B group and got to just behind the A's at the finish

Stu

[gdl_gdl]

Hi Stu,

It was in the B Group. It happened about 1 min in front of me and was cleared pretty quickly.

Cheers,

Gary

[sevenof25]

I'm going to try and organise a camera myself for next year. Fine footage. I might even be fit enough to start with the A's next year.

Who took the footage, anyone on this site?

regards

Stu

[Noids]

Newbie question, but at the end of the first video there is a rider on the right on tri bars. I was under the impression that it was bad etiquette to use these in a group, esp. a big grp like the freeway ride?

[gdl_gdl]

Re Tri Bars, I believe they are officially "banned" from the Freeway Ride and the Great Bike Ride...however they don't seem to enforce the ban as I saw plenty of them at both of the above events. I think part of the reason will be that the events are full of volunteer helpers on the day who just turn a blind eye or aren't aware of the rules.

Cheers,

Gary

[mikesbytes]

I still don't understand the ban on tri bars. If its street legal then how can they ban them?

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[sevenof25]

I still don't understand the ban on tri bars. If its street legal then how can they ban them?

I agree.

Using them in a group ride and having them on are two distinctly different things.

I used them on the ride but not in a group.

[sevenof25]

all about being mindful really, isn't it. I wouldn't (and didn't) be using them whilst overtaking or navigating through heavy traffic

[heavymetal]

Re Tri Bars, I believe they are officially "banned" from the Freeway Ride and the Great Bike Ride...however they don't seem to enforce the ban as I saw plenty of them at both of the above events. I think part of the reason will be that the events are full of volunteer helpers on the day who just turn a blind eye or aren't aware of the rules.

Cheers,

Gary

And my argument with them is - what about touring bars

Mine look like tri bars or aero bars, but are actually touring bars

Without them I have nowhere to mount the cameras.

Kev.

[Noids]

Grats on the 1000th post Kev

[heavymetal]

Grats on the 1000th post Kev

Thanks, but I never noticed. I gave up trying to catch Richard some months ago.

Kev.

[mikesbytes]

I noticed the other day that Richard and I had exactly the same number of posts at 1951 each. Richard came to the board 6 months after me and was the #1 poster in 6 months.

Good to see you crack the 1000 Kev.

[heavymetal]

I noticed the other day that Richard and I had exactly the same number of posts at 1951 each. Richard came to the board 6 months after me and was the #1 poster in 6 months.

Good to see you crack the 1000 Kev.

Thanks Mike.

I'm wondering, with Richard being an Admin, whether he bumped his post count up by a lot.


Kev.

[mikesbytes]

I noticed the other day that Richard and I had exactly the same number of posts at 1951 each. Richard came to the board 6 months after me and was the #1 poster in 6 months.

Good to see you crack the 1000 Kev.

Thanks Mike.

I'm wondering, with Richard being an Admin, whether he bumped his post count up by a lot.


Kev.

Whatever the truth is about the post count, he definitely used the most disk space.

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