They just don't know when to stop

October 17, 2005 12:43 AM

A series of photos showing a multiple bike pile-up. [slow loading - no gore]
posted by tellurian (19 comments total)

Dude, harsh. I guess this is a good argument for in-helmet communication devices.
posted by deusdiabolus at 1:07 AM on October 17, 2005

Seems more like an argument for maintaining a safe following distance.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 1:36 AM on October 17, 2005

That poor guy flying through the air in the second picture.... crazy.
posted by joegester at 1:48 AM on October 17, 2005

Fourth from the bottom it looks like somebody is putting the boot to a fallen rider
posted by srboisvert at 1:57 AM on October 17, 2005

I guess this is a good argument for in-helmet communication devices

Imaging the flurry of obscenities when something like this happens.

I found the most amusing thing to be the guy standing to the right of the road jumping like a loon out of the path of the bikes.
posted by lemonfridge at 2:05 AM on October 17, 2005

That was just like being in a real bike crash, everything seems to move in slow motion like that! I also thought these links from the crash page were worth a look/laugh: Tattoo Pigs and White Trash Britney
posted by DrDoberman at 3:29 AM on October 17, 2005

Yes, we should definitely sell all our SUVs and get motoqueiros.
posted by techgnollogic at 3:29 AM on October 17, 2005

There are two possibilities:
1. Your firewall blocks your browser's header (and you can't see this image)
2. Somebody is leeching my bandwidth

I can see some of them, though.
posted by fixedgear at 3:58 AM on October 17, 2005

Is it just me or was the photographer at the right spot and the right time perhaps a little too advantageous?
posted by fluffycreature at 4:45 AM on October 17, 2005

It's just you.
posted by DrDoberman at 5:11 AM on October 17, 2005

fixedgear, who you talkin' to?
posted by dabitch at 5:31 AM on October 17, 2005

fixedgear, who you talkin' to?

He's preempting people having problems viewing the images. Leave him alone!
posted by lemonfridge at 5:38 AM on October 17, 2005

Fourth from the bottom it looks like somebody is putting the boot to a fallen rider

If you look at the one right above it, the guy you think is kicking the other is on his knees facing away from the camera (right beside the upright guy with the silver helmet). The kickee is in the foreground (yellow and black helmet, middle of screen), on the ashphalt sliding towards the other guy.

I think it's more a case of the alleged kicker jumping out of the way of the sliding kickee.
posted by smcniven at 5:42 AM on October 17, 2005

As seen here, with commentary from someone who had a friend injured there (look for comments by ptich), if you want some backstory.
posted by Eideteker at 6:03 AM on October 17, 2005

I love watching people get hurt -- as long as there's no gore
posted by beniamino at 7:23 AM on October 17, 2005

The second comment in that thread says it all:

completamente estúpido
posted by JeffK at 7:25 AM on October 17, 2005

I've had bike shopping on the brain, so before I saw the page I assumed it was bicycles.
posted by Foosnark at 9:19 AM on October 17, 2005

uahauhauauahau
posted by pmbuko at 10:36 AM on October 17, 2005

I was hoping for bicycles too. There's not much funnier than seeing a bike wreck happen in real time.
posted by mrgrimm at 12:21 PM on October 17, 2005