Long Hair

Black Diesel Bomber
Edited Date/Time 3/14/2016 8:57am
I'm surprised they allow it and don't require it to be "tucked in". It wouldn't be too difficult for Malcom or Vicki Golden to get scalped in a pile up with someone's rear sprocket/wheel. Has it ever happened in women's MX?
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GuyB 3/12/2016 9:15pm
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Did you just go all FIM on us?
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captain.olives 3/12/2016 9:30pm
3/12/2016 9:30pm Edited Date/Time 3/12/2016 9:38pm
Laugh. Would you tell this guy to cut his hair? You obviously didnt live through the 70's or even parts of the 80's.

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captain.olives 3/12/2016 9:34pm
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Epic post fail.... here is the pic

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jemcee 3/12/2016 9:35pm
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I'm not sure why OP is copping so much flak would have to think in that first turn crash Malcolm's hair would've been very close to a lot of things that it could get tangled in.. That's a situation I wouldn't wanna be involved in
Just tuck it into the jersey

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The Rock 3/12/2016 9:51pm
3/12/2016 9:51pm Edited Date/Time 3/12/2016 9:51pm
Malcolm I am guessing won't be racing 450 FIM SX with his current hairstyle.
Black Diesel Bomber 3/12/2016 9:55pm
3/12/2016 9:55pm
jemcee wrote:
I'm not sure why OP is copping so much flak would have to think in that first turn crash Malcolm's hair would've been very close to...
I'm not sure why OP is copping so much flak would have to think in that first turn crash Malcolm's hair would've been very close to a lot of things that it could get tangled in.. That's a situation I wouldn't wanna be involved in
Just tuck it into the jersey
Yup, it's definitely possible.. Malcom's head was right there next to the rear sprocket when he went down...could have easily sucked his dew right in and scalped him. Vicki Golden's hair is even longer. It just takes once...I wouldn't want to race with long hair.
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MXerDW 3/12/2016 9:55pm
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The Rock wrote:
Malcolm I am guessing won't be racing 450 FIM SX with his current hairstyle.
Malcolm raced a bunch of SX races during the winter months last year with his hair as it is.
TripleFive 3/12/2016 10:00pm
3/12/2016 10:00pm
Per the rules, it's perfectly legal for another competitor to tackle him by grabbing ahold of his hair.
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Beards are the problem now ..
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gonemoto 3/12/2016 10:16pm
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Malcolm's hairdo of choice has always scared the shit out of me. He's been in his share of wild crashes and I would hate to see the outcome of it getting sucked into a sprocket or wheel. If it can happen to all the legs we've heard of lately in the jaws of life thread, why not hair? If Galleghar is going to ban jeans, why not long hair?
Black Diesel Bomber 3/12/2016 10:18pm
3/12/2016 10:18pm
sixo wrote:
Beards are the problem now ..
Ha! I had a beard like Barcia's mechanic about 5 years ago and I raced karts with it flowing out the bottom of my helmet....no problem. However, long hair must be tucked in for kart racing for obvious reasons. Someone got scalped and now they have a more strict chain guard rule.
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Goddam hippies....I knew this shit would happen when the dispensaries started popping up on every street corner.
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ML512 3/12/2016 10:31pm
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The Rock wrote:
Malcolm I am guessing won't be racing 450 FIM SX with his current hairstyle.
It's only enforced at the GPs.
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TDeath21 3/12/2016 10:36pm
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This actually is a good point, regardless of what some of your responses to the OP have been.
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jock 3/13/2016 12:32am
3/13/2016 12:32am Edited Date/Time 3/13/2016 12:34am
After seeing the jaws of life thread, do we also ban riders with legs? No scalpings yet, but a couple of legs issues IT9, the jaws incident.
Dan-The-Man 3/13/2016 12:38am
3/13/2016 12:38am
Good point. Let them get scalped though. Isn't this one of those things where you're suppose to be smart enough to take care of it on your own instead of being told by the rule book.
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The Rock 3/13/2016 1:18am
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The Rock wrote:
Malcolm I am guessing won't be racing 450 FIM SX with his current hairstyle.
MXerDW wrote:
Malcolm raced a bunch of SX races during the winter months last year with his hair as it is.
Hey bud. You are right and it created an issue. Malcolm wasn't aware of this being a problem but got his chain pulled a couple of times over his hair.

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The Rock 3/13/2016 1:21am
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The Rock wrote:
Malcolm I am guessing won't be racing 450 FIM SX with his current hairstyle.
ML512 wrote:
It's only enforced at the GPs.
It was an issue at one of the Euro SX venues but they gave him a pass/warning according to a FIM official I spoke with.
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skidmarkz 3/13/2016 1:26am
3/13/2016 1:26am
I vaguely remember something similar happening to Jimmy Weinert back in the 70's when his throttle stuck open, bike went into the crowd and a young lady with long hair was critically injured. I assume her hair got caught in the bike somehow?
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Spartacus 3/13/2016 5:21am
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Oh for god sakes.
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Dr Wario 3/13/2016 5:31am
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Here's a novel idea. How about we let people decide for themselves? Just as if we lived in a free country...
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olds cool 3/13/2016 5:57am
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Dr Wario wrote:
Here's a novel idea. How about we let people decide for themselves? Just as if we lived in a free country...
Shhhh. Don't say that too loud. Somebody will figure out a way to tax it...
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NotCore 3/13/2016 6:03am
3/13/2016 6:03am Edited Date/Time 3/13/2016 6:40am
I brought this up in the race thread, but no responses. I don't think the issue is whether or not someone should have long hair, but rather I expected the officials to make them tuck it into the helmet. Malcolm has done this before, I am certain. I don't have a pic but Vicki golden's hair was really long.
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Flip109 3/13/2016 6:08am
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They could get tangled up and cause a mess I guess, but It's not like its going to rip his head off or something lol. No worse than ole boys leg at Daytona. Guess riders need to start tucking their arms legs and fingers away also! Laughing
jimthehenry 3/13/2016 6:19am
3/13/2016 6:19am
I think Malcolm has hair extensions; they would probably come off if pulled hard enough before sucking his head into a sprocket.
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motogrady 3/13/2016 6:25am
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
Yup, it's definitely possible.. Malcom's head was right there next to the rear sprocket when he went down...could have easily sucked his dew right in and...
Yup, it's definitely possible.. Malcom's head was right there next to the rear sprocket when he went down...could have easily sucked his dew right in and scalped him. Vicki Golden's hair is even longer. It just takes once...I wouldn't want to race with long hair.

Well then don't.
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Dr Wario 3/13/2016 6:27am
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jimthehenry wrote:
I think Malcolm has hair extensions; they would probably come off if pulled hard enough before sucking his head into a sprocket.
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Big Lenny 3/13/2016 7:55am
3/13/2016 7:55am Edited Date/Time 3/13/2016 7:57am
I remember reading about how Jimmy Weinart had crashed into a crowd and there was a young lady who's hair got sucked into his rear wheel,...It messed with his head pretty bad after that...
project racer 3/13/2016 8:12am
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A young girl I knew got her hair tangled in the tow rope water skiing . The hair loss was not even a real concern, being drug around underwater for a bit behind the boat seemed to be more of a concern.

It happens quick.

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