107mph bike crash

Many things appear wrong with the security of the rider in this video, and here is just a list off the top of my head:

  1. Soft skin-tight speed suit instead of motorcycle-grade textile with hard armor
  2. Lightweight head-gear that seems to move around instead of a full-face motorcycle helmet. The first thing that happens on impact is the helmet rips off…
  3. No protective skin or balaclava on the rider’s face, under the flimsy helmet
  4. No pedaling, yet a rough/dirty surface. Why not use a smooth surface? What is this testing? Might as well drop the guy from an airplane to see how fast he falls. Would they give him a parachute?
  5. Separation of the headtube seems to result from hard hit and bottoming out the fork. So little range on the fork and no reinforcements for high-speed stress?

I am sure there are more, but without further ado…

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