The owner of Yellow Jersey is sporting a cast and metal pins in one arm, after crashing into a broken pavement section or construction break in the vicinity of the Central library... Sounds like a cover plate may be in order?
******* I may have posted this before, but in winter I have adopted a geriatric style of bike commute dress - padded cloth volleyball knee pads worn under my pants; padded cloth youth football elbow pads under my shirt; and snowboard shorts with ~1/4" foam padding for hips and tailbone under my over-sized riding pants. Got the first two items at Dunhams at Westgate, and the shorts from Campmor(e?), the e-mail/phone order camping gear outfit in New Jersey that sends out the newsprint catalogs. Have fallen once or twice on my bike, and about 6 times while roller-skiing, and been well-protected. These pads seem to be effective in blunting potential bone breaks or severe bruises and abrasions, into mild contusions and clothes scuffs. However, they will NOT protect against a shoulder injury if you land in an unfortunate manner. Jeff Schimpff "Bus, Bike, Walk or Carpool to Work for Clean Air for Kids" (*) phone: (608) 267- 7853 (*) fax: (608) 267-5231 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George J. Perkins Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 6:44 PM To: Dane County Bicycle Transportation Alliance Subject: RE: [Bikies] Re: Bike paths are slick today Be careful out there people! After having abandoned bicycling for the last few weeks (taking the bus instead) I thought (or rather didn't think) today was the day to get the bike out. Within 2 blocks of my house I went down - skidding on the black ice (Toepfer Avenue at 7:45am). Luckily no traffic and no serious injury (well, it throbbed a bit today and through two layers of undamaged clothing I have some road rash!). The weather forecast indications tell me that I will need to keep taking the bus this week. :( I envy those of you with studded tires. I'd like to try them sometime. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
