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To be fair I also can't see how having disc brakes would have factored into stopping this crash.. they don't offer ABS do they? They aren't a miracle cure for speed, I believe it's widely accepted that disc brakes, performance wise are only 'really' any better than rim brakes in wet conditions. I could be wrong but I don't think brake modulation is an issue those at the top of the sport have to deal with.. the difference between a cheap pair of calipers and pads to a top end set of calipers and brakes is night and day. Not sure it's an issue with my brakes either, I have 'great modulation, yakshmesh'!
Glad he's okay but this shows why discs are not going to change the dynamics when it comes to safety, one of the things thrown out there as being an advantage.
Mr Pro rider panic braked after messing up a fairly simple corner, locked his wheel up and the tyre lost traction.
Actually, that descent is anything but simple. In fact, I challenge anyone to find more than a couple of fairly simple descents in the mountaints around Como Lake.
I agree, especially as I left a fair amount of my left arm and leg skin on a descent near Lake Como.
The descent might be complex but that was a regulation corner, it wasn't wet or greasy, no overhanging stuff no dappled light obscuring the surface or your vision, sure the wall/bank to the right doesn't help but as a pro you will have taken that into account with your line and speed, just as everyone else except this rider did. He fooked up and was lucky it didn't cost him more, I'm glad that it didn't, my point still stands, disc brakes wouldn't have made any difference here and he stuffed up badly a relatively simple corner.
You're entitled to an opinion but you're wrong, four riders went over that same barrier, only one was televised.
Why wouldn't discs have made a difference? I'm assuming he was racing with rim brakes. If so, discs may have helped him slow down without locking the wheel by virtue of the greater modulation they offer compared to rim brakes. Am I missing something?
Also, I don't think any unsighted blind corner on a steep descent with a ravine on the outside of it is 'simple', many would call that 'challenging'.
3 other riders crashed at the same corner including Jan Bakelants. 7 broken ribs, cracked verterbrae and broken collar bone for him.
Either they didn't recce it right or something else has gone wrong. Odd for 4 pro riders to crash independently at the same place, particularly given the experience Bakelants has.