Eleiko Sport USA: A pleasant surprise/Rip justifies his existence..

[Randle McMurphy]

There will usually be an artifact of the second pull contact at the top of the bar path, but it should be minimized, for obvious reasons.

Is this second pull contact at the top you are refering to, the 'bang'/bar rattling by hitting against the thighs?

If it is, I notice that this guy has a very good starting position, a good vertical bar path, and really does minimise the bar banging, the only main flaw I can see in his clean is that he cuts his second pull short:

[Mark Rippetoe]

We have cited Kakhiashvili as an example of an efficient pull.

[tertius]

We have cited Kakhiashvili as an example of an efficient pull.

Funny, when I used him as an example, I was told (not by you, obviously) that if I thought that was a "vertical pull" I must be blind.