Eyewitnesses now indicate that the fork was not the cause of the crash. I saw a comment on the Channel3000 story about this incident: *"this happened right out front of my apartment. The construction is what caused this. His bike's front wheel got caught in a huge crack down Johnson st and he flipped and smashed his head."*
If this is the case, the fork failure was probably the result of the wheel in the crack, not a freak occurrence. After lots of comments blaming the bicyclist for running a red light, it was also pointed out that this crash happened a block AFTER the traffic light, so the light had nothing to do with the crash. (Not that I think it's a good idea to run a red in a construction zone, at night, while not wearing a helmet.) *"we saw it happen. no red light at that intersection, no cones warning cyclists of the giant crack in the road, in no way was this the cyclist's fault other than the fact he wasn't wearing a helmet."* Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:46 PM, William Hauda <[email protected]> wrote: > > Grant's right. I saw two catastrophic carbon failures while I was > a bicycle tour director (GRABAAWR & SAGBRAW), one involving a seat post and > the other a fork. Broken arm and end of the tour for the rider in seat post > failure and much road rash and end of tour in fork collapse. Although I > think manufacturers have generally improved carbon strength since then, I'm > not willing to trust my life to technology for the sake of weight. When I > had a custom Co-Motion tandem built, I nixed the carbon fork they wanted to > install and told them to stick with aluminum just like the frame. When you > go down hills in excess of 50 mph, metal's a lot more trustworthy than > plastic if you don't see something coming and run over a pothole. Mystifies > me why someone riding a bike (in this case, apparently relatively high-end) > doesn't have the sense to protect his noggin. Maybe it's Darwinism and > improvment of the species. > > At 10:40 AM 5/9/2014, Grant Foster wrote: > > It sounds like a steel fork may have been an even more valuable piece of > safety equipment in this case. > > > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Robbie Webber <[email protected] > > wrote: > Yeah, saw that this AM. Anyone know if it's someone we know? > > I endo'd my bike going through a construction zone a few years ago. > Fortunately I was both wearing a helmet and landed on my shoulder, not > head. Nasty shoulder injury, but it made me much more careful about > construction areas. > > Also renewed my belief in wearing a helmet, although I know that is a bit > controversial in some sectors. But I recommend that people who run red > lights and/or pass cars in construction zones go the extra mile with head > protection. > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > 608-263-9984 <http://??> (o) > 608-225-0002 <http://??> (c) > [email protected] > All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of > my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. > > > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 9:01 AM, rick < [email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.cityofmadison.com/police/newsroom/incidentreports/incident.cfm?id=15321 > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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