Crazies descend with like 80k, so you'd basically scrape their balls off the asphalt if they fall down, yet they're afraid of a label =))))))

aged like fresh unpasterized milk.

Yea Emilio , i was just thinking theabsolut ly same , that s crazy what they do there with bycicle race machine when one tiny mistake in a corner misjudged i it could be the end butt there s the last thing we think on hapthey now what they doing all big proffessionals the first to the last toppros as i call that

jeremy emilio look up fabio casatelli. He died on descent in the tdf.

A Barloworld rider did that in 2006, he was okay but his bike was a goner.

Yea its great to watch the downhill videos in the tour DE FRANCE , the most beautifull mountains and valleys also the decor where they driving in , its like a picture or even better a painting whit absolutly GREAT ART WHITIN AND CERTAINLY BUTT MOST IMPORTANLY THE NATURE ITSELF AROUND EACH CAMERASHOT IS LIKE I PAINTING

pure adrenaline rush with a view like no other. What's the fastest they've hit on a descent?

i’m addicted to riding descents

no. it would be dangerous for you to do it if that's what you believe. I've done it hundreds of times. you spend hour after hour, day after day, then you get more comfortable doing something like that. what weirds me out a bit is seeing guys extend their butt behind the saddle at those speeds. I've done it, but no way I would have ever made a habit of it. if someone else has practiced it enough to be confident, so be it, but I don't see the benefit.

+Samuel Miras But it also requires skill

+TheCatfeeesh No, they're sitting on motorcycles with two people. One driving the motor, the other holding the camera. They're extremely skilled in this kind of thing. Quite often, the motorcycles can't keep up in descents, and may fall down because of the slow speeds in ascents. Sometimes you can hear the squeaking tires on the TV from the motors.

Wow

+amrad6 25 is now becoming the standard in all races.

The principle of racing lines, which is what they're talking about here, applies equally however wide the tires are and however much or little grip you have - the fastest line through a corner, all other things (surface, the proximity of the subsequent corner etc) being equal, is outside-to-inside-to-outside, and it is correct to say pro cyclists tend to be a bit erratic in following that principle. Of course, finding the fastest line through a corner is the main focus of motorcycle- and car-racing, whereas the main focus of cycling is physical endurance, with a bit of racing-line stuff added on mainly in descents, so it would make sense that cyclists would not perhaps be consistently as good through corners as racing drivers and motorcyclists.

We don't often see cars and motorbikes going down mountains like cyclists do. Most of the races for cars and bikes happen on controlled circuits. With spectators etc lining a route, following race lines perfectly can be dangerous.

+Douglas Henderson They all know how to do it, anyone does. Good luck hugging the perfect line riding down unknown roads though. This ain´t a circuit. You might think someone missed an apex but he´s just dodged a huge bump. You might think someone approached a corner from a too tight line but there was actually gravel on the outside. There´s a reason for each and every of these weird lines. You might think someone apexed too early but actually he just didn´t have a clue the corner would close up on the exit.