.... ....life is short. Thanks for sharing. What is a 65 year old doing on a 'crotch rocket' Harley Davidson should'a been his choice of happiness.
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 8:44 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I headed out solo about 2:00 or so and did the Old Springhope Road > route for 45 miles. Other than Tim's ride, mine was probably the most > eventful and sobering. > > About 3 miles in my computer battery dies so I have no idea how fast or > slow I'm going. Cadence and heart rate is working so I had a pretty good > idea about pacing. All goes well, except the wind is shifting from N to W > constantly. Up through Frazier road, the wind is predominantly WNW. Turn on > Old SH road and it shifts to N for a front cross wind. That was fun > climbing those hills on that road. Anyway continue on the typical route we > have done before - Sandy Cross to VC to B of R to Tar River Ch Road. Here > is where it becomes sobering. > > I'm rolling along out of the last shallow curve about 1/8 mile from 97. I > hear a motorbike (crotch rocket) coming up behind me. I start to do my > usual quick "safety" glance behind but before I could get completely turned > around I hear the "thunk". When I get my head turned I see motorbike and > rider flying and cartwheeling through the air and landing very hard. Rider > continues to roll & cartwheel for 20 - 30 feet in someone's yard on the > left of the road and doesn't move after that. Apparently, he had lost > control and hit the deep ditch on the left side of the road at full speed > (no skid marks) that sent him airborne. I turn around as I'm roughly 70 - > 100 yards down the road at this point and reach for the cell to call 911. > Others who are outside start coming up. One checks pulse; very weak. We > can't tell if he's breathing or not. Volunteer Fire/Rescue shows up along > with Sheriff and they evaluate. It isn't looking good at all. Other rescue > officials arrive and they end up pronouncing dead on scene. Meanwhile I'm > hanging around waiting to give my statement. One person other than myself > actually saw what happened. The rider was a 65 year old male. His name was > Nate. I find out as I'm leaving that his son was there on site. Everyone in > that small community knew who he was. > > Needless to say the adrenaline generated from a great ride is now long > gone. Spent the rest of the ride in thinking about how life is short and > how it can end at any moment for anyone. > > Please remember his family and the other folks in that community in your > prayers for their loss. > > Anyone riding tomorrow? > ---- David Caudle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve came to Henderson this morning and met me at my parents house out > at the lake. He wants hill training so I mapped out a route with the 3 > roads with the biggest hills I know around here. One of them being mountain > road that Tim has climbed a few times on his long rides. We headed out > about 10am for 64 miles. A few stopes along the way for bathroom and water. > At one stop we met 4 riders with bikes like Tim's touring bike and louder > down with gear. They had peddled from Raleigh yesterday to Kerr lake to > camp over night and they were headed back. One of the older guys said back > in 1987 he qualified for some distance rise over in Europe. I'm sure Tim > knows why he is talking about but he said he qualified by riding a 200, > 400, 800 and I think 1200k. Something like that. Anyway it was cool to see > those 3 guys and lady. > > Steve did well on the ride. There are some pretty good hills up this way. > > Temps were great at the start all the way to the finish. Great day on > the bike. > > DC > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Apr 7, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Jim Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A strong herd of 7 left DD for Nashville. via Cliftonville, old > bailey, returned o. Hwy 58. Everyone was feeling frisky and the pace > stayed consistent with great pulls by everyone. Dale sensing home dropped > the hammer at silver lake and he and Wally flew off the front. Saw the bk > group at Cliftonville and 58. Both groups met at DD for some post ride > fellowship. > > > Great day to be on the bike. > > > Jim > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. 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