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.



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