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Like anything new, riders will test. And test some more.
If it works, they will use it. If not, they won't.
Maybe it will work for some, but not others.
The riders are not children, if it distracts them or causes them to lose focus (same thing), then they won't use it.
If it helps them, they will.
No one is saying it would be mandatory.
The AMA sign up fee costs more than the wireless communication system, so it not about the "factory advantage".
www.motoxradios.com
Dont ruin MX "Luongo-style".
Fun trivia:
I, if I remember right, recall a old story of Mike Andrettis wife (Sandy?) who (while Mike was on a 220 mph practice/qualifying lap) suddenly asked him on the radio what they should have for dinner tonight... Distraction to say the least, I think he spun!
She was banned from pit wall.
That's always the flag some people raise.
They've certain ally worked well in bike racing. Well, if you're a fan of crashing that is.
I can't wait to see the trickle down from the pro to am ranks, moms, dads, and girl friends screaming out instructions via $400 raido/rider setup to someone pinning it in 2nd gear while in 23rd place.……
Rawsome.
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they offer it to the public
The biggest developments come from the military then trickle down to the public like us.
http://www.uclear-digital.com/us/
The issue isn't technolgy the tour de france figured it in an 8 oz helmet.
I remember Pastrana getting yanked off the start line just because he was trying to listen to his music.
wont happen.
The only sound in a helmet will be Tony Alessi yelling from pit row.
Then it will be a matter of which team has the most crew members to stand everywhere on the track. Once again playing heavy favorites to the big teams and making it impossible for privateers to keep up.
Terrible idea
I am most surprised at the majority missing the safety upside.........but then again racing is is dangerous so making it safer is probably a terrible idea.
these riders are professionals correct?
a rider down, specially since it seems such a good idea to allow riders to double or jump on yellow flags/
a rider should be able to choose to wear a radio for incoming communication only, and from an official that is totally controlling that ONLY.
his job is to announce to the riders where and what is going on with a rider down. letting teams do this may work also but like someone said it needs to be on channels that all can hear to stop shenanigans.
using them in amatuer racing specially with kids not a good idea.
Pit Row
1) Great story but you forgot to give us all the downsides.
2) Can you please provide the name of the company that makes the communications system?
wardy-The only thing about amateur kids using them is if someone designed a system to complement flaggers. It makes me shudder when I think of the blind jumps I took Vet Racing with no flaggers.....but mind you this NEVER happened at a REM race....Frank and Myra take safety seriously and always have adequate flagging.
Unfortunately can't say that about other facilities around. I also couldn't disagree more with tbteam's attitude "of this is MX get used to it." While I respect his opinion I subscribe to the Ben Franklin adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
In MX having a system to notify riders of a downed rider could make the difference between someone being able to walk or spend the rest of their life in a wheelchair. Personally I think we owe it to the kids coming up to always keep an eye on safety and think "what more could we be doing especially with technology to improve safety?" instead of thinking "well this is the way we've always done it so we'll just keep doing it the same way."
There's good and bad in everything. It's this closed minded, keep it like it is, mentality that has held this sport back.
Imagine as a fan being able to hear pit coms with a racer...like NASCAR...oops...I said the N-Word. God forbid we have the popularity of NASCAR....damn...I did it again.
...And last time I checked, we have more fans, better TV coverage, and of course, more complaining because there's more people involved.
Yeah...you guys are right...keep it like it is so the complaining can be at a minimum.
a.) yes you can hear them over a race car... but that's only because you have noise canceling ear buds in both your ears. You aren't going to convince all the racers to basically be wearing ear plugs out there as it can get uncomfortable at times as well. Also I was always curious on the health risks of plugging off your ears and taking a big hit to the head. ( no idea if it is dangerous at all but just had me curious).
B.) They aren't the most durable things in the world, and one good hit to the ground would surely break it. So where do you place it on the rider? Do you attach it to their hip and have them run a wire down their shirt that could get caught on a roost protector? or do you mount it on the helmet with a go pro like case? The later was my goal but I was still concerned with durability.
C.) They can only be programmed to one channel so basically it would just be for the officials to communicate with the riders or the mechanic to do so.
Again I really want to see a system like this be developed for moto use because I think it carries a huge advantage in safety.
Now an awesome thing that could come from it... say the mechanics are now communicating to the riders. Everyone in the stands could have a receiver as well and listen into the chatter amongst the pits, just like nascar. I bring them all the time to races to do exactly this. .. if you know the frequencies that is
I can see it now......the 2016 Alpinestar data pack. Collects racer vitals including G force from wireless helmet sensor, communication receiver and works with both optional track side marker as well as Live Timing to provide laptimes. iTunes support standard with GoPro compatibility optional. The data pack is the size of deck of cards with USB interface with two hour battery life.
THREAD TITLE CHANGE The MEC aspect got lost in dust so I changed thread to reflect current topic.
I love the idea of it, until I think about a possible situation where some manager is saying "swerve left!" as an attempted pass is made, and a big crash ensues...
There is a safety element that is potentially great and potentially bad. IF, massive IF, the AMA/Feld/MX Sports were across all channels and was monitoring it for fair play, then good, bring it in!
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