I think It is time for me to give my 2 cents since I was part of this accident. I have been riding 15 years in packs and have raced. I have never had someone run into me from the back. I did not stop!!!! I slowed down because the?2 guys in front of me slowed down to try and avoid falling in the pot hole or getting hit by the on coming Car. I did the same. I slowed down and called it out loud and clear. If I did not slow down I would have run?into them.?I heard from the back--> do not slow down--> then boom! My back now has shoot pains down my leg.? I do not take??riding in packs lightly and think everyone needs to look?out for each other. Keep a bikes length from the Bike in front of you.?When you see a hazard-- when you get a flat-- when your chain breaks-- warn what is going on AND?stop and help!
-----Original Message----- From: maria <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 8:48 pm Subject: [Gyros: 12371] Re: today's ride and pothole lookout i was riding far enough in the back with mike w. to watch the crash happen and as i saw it wendy was just reacting to what the riders directly in front of her were doing (she was not just stopping in the lane in a paceline). that is, the guys in front of her chose not to go off the road nor ride into the hole but rather at a very slow pace squeeze together into the small area of our lane that was paved and not be hit by the oncoming car. as the pace slowed, due to the road conditions, the bunching up in front of wendy caused the chain reaction/domino effect to occur which in turn caused wendy to break. because of the choices made up front, because of the chain reaction, because wendy breaked, ed had no choice but to go into wendy's rear wheel. it was an unfortunate accident. thank goodness no one was seriously hurt. KV, thank-you for making this phone call to the durham DOT. stay alert, stay safe and have fun riding. maria On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: THANK YOU very much for getting the ball rolling on this problem. ------Original Message------ From: Kv Dey lll Sender: [email protected] To: North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros) ReplyTo: [email protected] Sent: 9 Feb 2009 12:20 Subject: [Gyros: 12366] Re: today's ride and pothole lookout I called the Durham road guys @ 477-2814 talk to Stan said that he get someone on it the are out filling pot holes today Kv Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
