he almost died in leogang and this one stands out somehow? didnt even look all that bad to be honest, crashing sucks, but this one wasnt anything stupidly major
He didn't say the hardest, he said one of the hardest. He probably isn't talking about how spectacular it looked, but more likely how hard he hit the ground. You know, the part we can't see because there are people stand in the way.
Was thinking the exact same thing - I consider myself lucky and conservative and have winded myself three times, cracked a fullface into a tree, rammed my shoulder into another one at over 40kph and am currently sitting out race season with my first broken collarbone - for me crashing is part of learning. Looks like that's not the case with talent as massive as Troy's :O !
Wow. After reading all your comments it made me think of a quote attributed to Mark Twain. " The more I get to know people the more I like my dog. Really glad Troy is ok, was wondering why I didn't see him on the timed practice results.
Hummmmm, pretty sure that the rear wheel pinged of a rock and the whole frame rotated! It wasn't flex, I'm fairly certain the headset caused this. Maybe if we took the bearings out of our headsets this wouldn't happen so easily!
My thoughts exactly when I say Troy's crash. A few years ago during the Race Run, Bulldog went down at around the exact spot and he crashed very hard but got right back on his bike to finish his run. I thought he would easily end up in the hospital.
I love the analysing of this crash. He has the best gear, perfectly tuned bike for him. He just got it wrong, simple!
How the heck can that be his biggest crash!! Troy u need to try harder!!
I actually agree. 0:02 to 0:03 there was something pretty big going on. Looks like the rear wheel was deflected or slipped from one side then flexed down into a small angled pit which essentially caused him to lose a bit of traction and foward momentum then going Otb. I just wonder if other frames rear swingarms/axles would of faired better or just a unlucky situation. Hopefully he's in good shape to ride.
The bike didnt flex. I honestly dont know how some people come to these conclusions sometimes. When bike companies talk about flex they are referring to an amount of flex that can not really be seen by the human eye. There is nothing unusual at all about how the bike behaves here. He simply goes OTB
The bike flexed man, you can clearly see it. Slipped off the rock on his left, flexes that much it hits the large off camber slab on his right, by this time he is trying to correct himself but it has already bucked him over the bars. I'm not saying its the bikes fault as is could be down to loose spokes or anything. something flexed there for sure.
It's not flex, you can see the frame pivot at the head tube, it's just the front-wheel stayed straight, the rest of the bike turned. Opposite to regular steering.
I remember this spot from the last time a WC was at this venue, it's an awkward spot that threw a lot top riders to the ground hard. Brook MacDonald went down very similarly to Brosnan, I think it might just be that spot....and the flexy rear end of his Spesh
Pretty sure his body position getting to far forward traveling at a very high speed on a steep rocky trail caused the crash.. If your body position is too far back you fall off the back. Not the bike or wheel size.
Abrupt side-to-side "fishtail" of the rear end between rocks, combined with a hard hit on the front end, caused the bike to hang up under him, and his body's momentum sent him too far forward.
Mobile cameras can do odd things to fastmoving objects warping them out of shape. It is software induced in an effort to reduce camera shake, slowmos can look weird sometimes. This over massive amounts of frame flex..
It looks to me like the bottom of his left pedal snagged a rock. Not completely snagged, but enough to slow the bike down while his body continued forward. That's why he went over the bars. The bike got hung up from a pedal strike.
Or actually it looks like first his left pedal catches, knocking his pedal into another rock. Between the two strikes, it slowed the bike down enough that his body's momentum went over the bars.
He's lucky he was on 27.5 bike. His front wheel fell in that hole, slowed a lot, but kept rolling. If it was a 26in wheel it would have come to a complete stop.
He said one of the biggest. Not his worst by a long shot. A quote from Brosnan after his 2012 crash in Leogang: “I knew I could have died, I only just got to the hospital in time because I was losing so much blood from my spleen,”
We don't see what he landed on. Going OTB in a rock garden at world cup speed is really dangerous. One sharp rock can completely destroy any part of your body.
youtu.be/Bt9zSfinwFA
Too easy to get hurt bad going OTB...Glad he's alright too
Really glad Troy is ok, was wondering why I didn't see him on the timed practice results.
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