Throwback Thursday: 7 of the Craziest Megavalanche Mass Starts

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Ben01299 (Jul 11, 2019 at 4:57)

Theres something about 480p that makes everything look wild!

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gnarnaimo FL (Jul 11, 2019 at 7:13)

Do you think maybe it's the mass collisions?

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rocky-x FL (Jul 11, 2019 at 7:38)

@gnarnaimo: someone goofed up on this article and accidentally posted footage of the walmart crowd on black friday

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sq225917 (Jul 11, 2019 at 9:48)

I love the way people smash into downed riders at 30 clicks and just pick their bike up and f-off without so much as checking in with the dead rider.

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bikekrieg (Jul 11, 2019 at 5:25)

I always think I want to do these races, then I see these videos... and I know I'd be the joey causing a 200 person pileup.

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watchtower (Jul 11, 2019 at 6:00)

Jesus, how many hospitals are in that area ? The Isle of Man T T would be safer.

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cristiantomlinson (Jul 11, 2019 at 7:58)

Two, Grenoble and Grenoble CHU. I’ve been to both!

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pinnityafairy (Jul 11, 2019 at 8:40)

You're going to need a E-moped bro. Those throttle twisten junkies are fast don't think your pedal bike would be too safe out there

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Notmeatall FL (Jul 11, 2019 at 9:21)

Ow man. Does people die in megavalanches?

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Cocorico (Jul 11, 2019 at 13:28)

@cristiantomlinson: They're use to it over here with all the crazy skiers/snowboarders and mountainbikers

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gnarnaimo FL (Jul 11, 2019 at 6:45)

Lol...humans

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pinnityafairy (Jul 11, 2019 at 5:20)

Would anyone even be interested in this event without the Carnage and crashes?

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Notmeatall FL (Jul 11, 2019 at 9:24)

It is a huge hill, with lots of different terrains, some people with full downhill bikes, some with downhill bikes and enduro drivetrain, some with enduro bike and downhill forks, others with full enduro bikes. Some crazy stoopid mad lads on hardtails. Yes, it would still be awesome, specially if it was individually timed and start every 10 seconds.

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Konyp (Jul 11, 2019 at 6:20)

The hopeless slow motion cluster fudge of 2013 is probably my favorite.

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mnorris122 (Jul 11, 2019 at 9:24)

Man what a dumb race...if you start on the front row and manage to hold it together, wonderful, if not....jesus, why would you even do that? Even with the way lower number of riders in the women's video, there were girls out there getting HURT from stupid shit totally out of their control.

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TheR FL (Jul 11, 2019 at 11:11)

My only thought watching these is, "Yeah, no thanks."

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nozes (Jul 11, 2019 at 13:20)

This "dumb race" is held since 1995 and packs 2000 people every year.
Do you like riding your bike on a controled environment,with nothing to scare you? Nothing wrong with that.
Some people want a big challenge, and in gravity mtb racing that is the Megavalanche.
The snow is just less than 10% of the race, and it's not as dangerous as one might think.

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ajlane86 (Jul 11, 2019 at 10:55)

Would love to know the average number of broken bones per event

"It's that time of year again" -hospital employees

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nozes (Jul 11, 2019 at 6:08)

There's no other place I'd rather be right now. Most intense cycling experience in the face of the Earth.

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nordland071285 (Jul 11, 2019 at 6:24)

What a crazy event!! Reminds me of cheese rolling

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elliott-20 (Jul 11, 2019 at 6:33)

Don't know what's worse, the bike twitching around underneath you or the bike twitching around like a bastard in front of you?

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cristiantomlinson (Jul 11, 2019 at 7:59)

2105 and 1.30 mins is a highlight. That poor guy gets run over and you can hear him groaning from the other guys camera!

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AAAAAHHH (Jul 11, 2019 at 8:57)

Are these collisions side effects of experiments run in the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva not far from there ?

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onemorelap (Jul 11, 2019 at 18:16)

I love that dj..made me watch until the end every time

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pinnityafairy (Jul 11, 2019 at 6:43)

I've always told you I would run you down

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shwinn8 (Jul 11, 2019 at 16:23)

one awesome and LONG wild race!

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Dustfarter (Jul 11, 2019 at 16:56)

The ones where they were riding clown bikes was awesome.

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melodymaker FL (Jul 11, 2019 at 7:59)

why do this?

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suspended-flesh FL (Jul 11, 2019 at 10:25)

Because to Pamplona is human.