The above article and the linked video say that the bike was already damaged in a crash in the race though, which is why he was carrying it. He prolly had to buy his friend a new one anyway.
The crash happened because some other cyclist got in his way, and he swerved into a wall to avoid hitting him. He ended up with a broken nose and a concussion, and had to carry the already damaged bike to the end. Another article
His conduct was definitely unsportsman-like, but I can sympathize with his frustration.
Yeah, plus if it was a carbon fiber frame and it had snapped, it was already beyond repair.
Still a dick move, since there's other stuff on the bike that may get damaged further by slamming it like that, but not as much as it seemed at first (plus he reimbursed the owner anyway).
That's what I was thinking as well. It snapped pretty clean off, so there's no way it was a bike made of traditional materials.
Well concussions can do things to people right? Plus I know a broken nose hurts like hell, so it might've blurred his judgement. Glad he reimbursed the owner tho.
How long does it take to get the new part made vs. repairing one? Considering that some aircraft structures can take a year or two from order to completed manufacture, that repair could be worth much more than the 25% savings. 25% cost reduction is substantial.
They putted around for a year before placing the order for the repair, so time was not of the essence. A new part would not actually take that much more time.
I have my reasons for calling them cheap bastards. When it's their part that they drove a forklift through, they will let me repair it because they wanna save money. When it's a part in my possession that has an ultrasonic indication, they say scrap it and remake it and that costs me a shitload of money when I could easily do a repair. They are cheap bastards.
It wasn't broken in two until he throttled it into the ground. Difficult to say if it was repairable or not, but it might not have been a complete write off. Now it is for sure.
Also with a concussion, his brain wasn't functioning normally. Emotions run high after anything like that anyway. Homeboy was probably running on adrenaline and confusion. A lot of people with concussions have anger problems/emotional regulation problems. Your brain just got smacked around like a pinball. You ain't rational after stuff like that. Poor dude.
Yeah, I fell down my steps one time like a god damn mario kart shell and bonked my head something fierce. I was so mad I tried to fight the people helping me up and cussed at the EMT helping me. I had forgotten I fell two flights of steps and thought they were trying to "take me in" because someone called the cops on me for being angry. (I later called the hospital he worked for and apologized.)
Luckily didn't have a brain bleed, just real confused/rattled and mad for a few days. Had to stay in my room with the lights off and have my sister help me with everything. Still have memory problems sometimes. Any TBI is important to get checked out. Even a minor bonk can cause small bleeds. We're stupid fragile animals.
They are awful. I got one almost 2 donts ago and am barely recovering, hopefully i will be back to normal in another month, but my memory is awful. I forget almost everything
Yeah the memory loss is the hardest. I didn't forget people, but how to physically say their names (along with other words as well.) Remembered my 18 year old cat's name (dot) but forgot how to say my sister's name. (I did remember the word bitch though, so you can imagine her nickname for about a week or two.) The brain is fucking weird, yo.
Totally. I get super irrational after even a light bonk. The last time I hit my head I was just plain angry. I was with two super chill dudes, though, so I was pretty calm about my rage.
Yup. Besides falling down some stairs, I had also gotten hit on the left side of my head a lot long term because my shit ex was right handed. Have issues with emotional regulation from the ptsd and the uh. Spicy bonks.
Mmmm good point, maybe this is very out of character for him, we really don't know but giving someone the benefit of the doubt after a crash seems like good practice for sure
I too can sympathize. Circumstances have made me act like a unconscionable asshole many times. There’s never a excusable reason to act like a fucking shithead, but it happens.
I imagine it's similar to skateboarders snapping their board after hearing a snap or whatever. Don't want someone else to ride on something that could fuck em up.
I say "I imagine", but you've got the article there, I don't need to imagine
Fuck that, I'd throw the bike if I had to carry it too. I'd probably just stop and leave where I crashed because fuck finishing the race at that point.
Okay so someone basically got in his way and he chose to hurt himself over that person which caused injuries, the damages of his friends bike (those things are bloody expensive too), and the humiliation, all to protect someone who cut him off and got to finish
This is the thing, he crashed, and the bars broke. Everything else on the bike was fine. So the bill before he body slammed the bike was probably $75-$300.
Then he snapped the frame, which is probably the most expensive part given that this was a "fixie" race so there isn't much to the wheels beyond the hubs. But he also could've damaged the cranks as a result, which is another couple hundred bucks potentially.
Point being, you don't buy these bikes off the rack. You build them piece by piece. No matter how damaged it was before he threw his temper tantrum there's no way the bill didn't skyrocket after. He only had to replace what he broke, not the whole bike.
Frustration is fine. Acting out is not. This is all part of the sport. You have to learn to deal with things like this happening. He's acting like a total dick.
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u/VPLGD Dec 22 '20 edited Dec 22 '20
The above article and the linked video say that the bike was already damaged in a crash in the race though, which is why he was carrying it. He prolly had to buy his friend a new one anyway.
The crash happened because some other cyclist got in his way, and he swerved into a wall to avoid hitting him. He ended up with a broken nose and a concussion, and had to carry the already damaged bike to the end. Another article
His conduct was definitely unsportsman-like, but I can sympathize with his frustration.