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5.8
seconds
The time it takes a MotoGP rider to scrub from 210 mph to 40 mph. Roughly the same amount of time it takes to decide the corner is, in fact, going to be fine.
19,000
miles
Number of miles from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. The Darién Gap remains, at present, someone else's problem.
1/2
ton
The effective weight of a MotoGP rider under maximum braking. Their expression suggests they are aware of this.
293
meters
The distance in which a MotoGP rider decelerates from 210 mph to 40 mph. The rider's precise opinion of the experience is unrecorded.
68
degrees
The lean angle at which physics becomes a suggestion.
217
mph
The speed at which a corner becomes a matter of some urgency.
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