Good illustration of why not to run car tires on a bike.

[tkent02]

What I've never understood about motorsports in general is the number of folks that make modifications without any knowledge of what they really are doing just for the cool factor.

Ding, Ding, Ding!! We have a winner!

[cableguy]

+1

The contact patch of the rear looked less than the front, and the part that was on the ground was the part that isn't supposed to be!

[BassCliff]

Hi,

"Sometimes ya jus' gotta lay'r down."

Ouch! I hope we've all learned something today. I appreciate everyone's insight. That is a nice series of pictures, very instructive.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[cal_look_zero]

I can't fathom why anyone runs darkside outside of: Hacks, drags, and tourers with trailers. Especially at Deal's... HERP DERP

[Hovmod]

not much tread on the sidewall i think. Maybe it was a tubeless tyre on a tubed rim?

Hahaha

[Griffin]

5) Stay home smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo

6. Play solitaire 'til dawn, with a deck of fifty-one.

[DCrippa]

How about start with putting the proper tire on the bike! Not to say it can't be done - but if you're planning on doing more than riding in a straight line and still do that, well then... idiot is the only word that comes to mind.

[MelodicMetalGod]

How about start with putting the proper tire on the bike! Not to say it can't be done - but if you're planning on doing more than riding in a straight line and still do that, well then... idiot is the only word that comes to mind.

Really? That's ONLY word that comes to mind? I don't think so. But I'll leave those other words right there, in mind and not out in the air.

[Rudeman]

This series of pics from a rider on the Tail of the Dragon was posted on a local forum. It does show how a car tire reacts on a bike i.e not very well at all. Its actually quite scary and illustrates what can happen.

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/ThumbPage.aspx?e=8043621&g=0QAK00YD03

Maybe fine for a drag bike but not so good for a canyon carver.

Ride safely friends.
Spyug

One word says it all -- OWIE!

[tkent02]

Too bad we can't see the landing. I doubt he stuck it, but some high sides are much worse than others. He didn't seem to get a lot of "loft", so maybe it wasn't so bad.

[Rudeman]

Too bad we can't see the landing. I doubt he stuck it, but some high sides are much worse than others. He didn't seem to get a lot of "loft", so maybe it wasn't so bad.

It looks to me like he may have been "caught" by his ride, maybe his right leg.

[tkent02]

Just looked again, I think he was flung free of the bike. Wonder what/who he landed on. I also noticed, between frame 11 and the next curve, maybe 100 yards he could have gone straight ahead, even the car tire POS should have been able to stop in that distance going straight. I wonder if he was a "no front brakes for me" kind of guy? in the earlier frames, where he should have been slowing down, his right hand is not even on the lever.

[Allie]

Say that place the photos are at, is that those guys I heard about that stand along The Dragon and take pictures of people wrecking? Seems like they have a lot of subject matter.

[tkent02]

If it was you would think they would have better pictures.

[BassCliff]

Hi,

6. Play solitaire 'til dawn, with a deck of fifty-one.

7. Counting flowers on the wall. That don't bother me at all.





Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff