Nice Crash Helmet Cam

Joseph Jozwik said:

Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the helmet
cam.

Thanks for posting, nice clip. Too bad you didn't have a spoke wrench
with you😉 At least you have proof of JRA.

Was that wicked noise you or the sound of the wheel failing?

Joseph Jozwik said:

Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the
helmet cam.

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

Joe

Mmm.... Tacos!

Joseph Jozwik said:

Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the helmet
cam.

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

Joe

How are you after that?
I think you need to work on your expletives a little more, it was a
bit indistinct :-)
Martin

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Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the helmet
cam.

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

I'm struggling hard to find out what the hell you hit?!? JRA?

I am not really sure.. I just hit a little jump and got some air.. I think
the rim failed cause it broke right at the seam.. I only way about 150 160..
With camera and stuff.
Joe

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Joseph Jozwik said:

Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the helmet
cam.

What made you crash?

Nice video by the way, sorry about your luck!

I will try to get ahold of them
Thanks
Joe

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Joseph Jozwik said:

I am not really sure.. I just hit a little jump and got some air.. I
think the rim failed cause it broke right at the seam.. I only way about
150 160.. With camera and stuff.

Yeah, for sure the rim failed... there is no way with your weight, you hit
anything hard enough there to break it, from what I can see. Looks like

you

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caught just a small air off a tree root and the rim just folded when you
came down. I would send the video to Mavic and see if they offer you a new
wheel.

Joseph Jozwik said:

Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the helmet
cam.

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

Who says learning to wheelie is a useless skill?

They liked the video but said that it just tacoed and buy a new wheel.
:-(

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I will try to get ahold of them
Thanks
Joe

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Joseph Jozwik said:

I am not really sure.. I just hit a little jump and got some air.. I
think the rim failed cause it broke right at the seam.. I only way

about

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150 160.. With camera and stuff.

Yeah, for sure the rim failed... there is no way with your weight, you

hit

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anything hard enough there to break it, from what I can see. Looks like

you

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caught just a small air off a tree root and the rim just folded when you
came down. I would send the video to Mavic and see if they offer you a

new

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wheel.

bomba said:

Joseph Jozwik said:

Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the
helmet cam.

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

Who says learning to wheelie is a useless skill?

Probably some roadie or non-cyclist.

Matt

sittingduck said:

Joseph Jozwik said:

They liked the video but said that it just tacoed and buy a new wheel.
:-(

Well, if it were me I would tell 'em it sure as hell wont be a Mavic next
time. 🙂

And that I'll put in on my web site along with emails from Mavic saying
that's normal for their wheels... They were emails, no?

Then send it to Ritchie or somebody and see if *they'll* give you a free
rim.... :-)

--Kamus

--
o__ | May your trails be dim, lonesome, stony, narrow, winding and
,>/'_ | only slightly uphill. May the wind bring rain for the slickrock
(_)\(_) | potholes fourteen miles on the other side of yonder blue ridge.
| May God's dog serenade your campfire, may the rattlesnake and
o | the screech owl amuse your reveries, may the Great Sun dazzle

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[] | your eyes by day and the Great Bear watch over you at night.

/\ |
\ \ | - Edward Abbey, Beyond the Wall

sittingduck said:

If Joseph wanted to push it, he could probably make Mavic squirm a bit. I
will be building up some wheels soon, and Mavic will not be on the list of
rims to buy, if their customer(NO)service is like he says.

While I don't often agree with Ralph Nader these days, there is one
statement he made long ago that stays with me:

"A customer's most powerful weapon is the 180 degree turn."

Perhaps a clipping of this exchange might change Mavic's mind....

--Kamus

--
o__ | May your trails be dim, lonesome, stony, narrow, winding and
,>/'_ | only slightly uphill. May the wind bring rain for the slickrock
(_)\(_) | potholes fourteen miles on the other side of yonder blue ridge.
| May God's dog serenade your campfire, may the rattlesnake and
o | the screech owl amuse your reveries, may the Great Sun dazzle

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[] | your eyes by day and the Great Bear watch over you at night.

/\ |
\ \ | - Edward Abbey, Beyond the Wall

Joseph Jozwik said:

Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the helmet
cam.

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

"Just Riding Along.........."

Day'um Mavic should pay _you_ take that video down.

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John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
http://www.shavings.net/images/Memphis/reflect_john.jpg

Joseph Jozwik said:

it broke right at the seam..

I'd say that was a warranty issue.

--
John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
http://www.shavings.net/images/Memphis/reflect_john.jpg

Joseph Jozwik said:

They liked the video but said that it just tacoed and buy a new wheel.

BULLLLL.....SHIIIIIIT!!!! if that isn't JRA, I don't know what is.
Especially with front suspension, that wheel (if properly built) should
never have taco'ed and especially not have broken at the weld.

If that is the way they stand behind their product I will NEVER buy a
Mavic rim and encourage everybody I know to do the same.

--
John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
http://www.shavings.net/images/Memphis/reflect_john.jpg

Good one!

Joseph Jozwik said:

Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the helmet
cam.

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

Joe

MattB said:

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Who says learning to wheelie is a useless skill?

Probably some roadie or non-cyclist.

I believe someone in the group labelled riding a wheelie akin to '[censored] on
a bull'.

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a.m-b FAQ: http://www.j-harris.net/bike/ambfaq.htm

a.bmx FAQ: http://www.t-online.de/~jharris/bmx_faq.htm

Joseph Jozwik said:

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

Nice crash. Nice after-crash report. You should become a newsreader 😉

I had an old X138 that split at the rim, that was a couple of years ago,
and the rim only lasted about a year before it did that. Also a friends
Mavic 227 or something, started to split at the nipple holes. I havent had
any problems with my 521 rims in the last couple of years, but I recently
got a pair of AtomLab TrailPimp wheels and they rule.

--
Matt

Fear of a flat planet

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MattB said:

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Who says learning to wheelie is a useless skill?

Probably some roadie or non-cyclist.

I believe someone in the group labelled riding a wheelie akin to '[censored] on
a bull'.

Hey, don't you knock our local rural mutants.

Shaun aRe

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Hey Everyone..
I had a nice crash yesterday and just so happened I got it on the helmet
cam.

http://64.23.55.108/totallyworthless/video/2004-05-11biking2.wmv

Joe

Hey, I've got 223's on my bike and it's a Kona. I'd better stay off the
sidewalks or somebody might loose an eye.