I am so sorry to hear about the wreck and injuries, I hope every one recovers well. Must be tough dealing with 4 cracked ribs. If there is anything I can do from the skin end please let me know. When people are recovering from an incident like this, they are full of emotions, pain, sadness, anger , guilt etc. Having wrecked bikes does not help. Then to add salt to the wound you see a comment from some smart ASS cyclist who critiques the skill of the riders involved, it shows arrogance and complete lack of compassion. When a car cuts off the leading rider as described, the second rider will most likely hit the leader's rear wheel whether or not the wheels were overlapping, then the domino effect occurs. I do not care if these are cat 1,2, 3 ,4 riders. It happens. I am glad there were no serious injuries and ignore idiotic comments, there is a time and place to educate us if we need any improvement in our skills but not right after a crash. Some of us need lessons in skills but some need lessons in sensitivity. Fernando In a message dated 12/7/2010 8:29:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
The driver may have been an "idiot" as you say, but from reading the first hand accounts of what actually happened, it's obvious that the motor vehicle in question did not contact any of the bike riders. If the second bike rider in the pace line had not over lapped the rear wheel of the first bike rider in the pace line with her front wheel, this probably could have all been avoided. I rode race paced training rides with Cat 2/3 Men in California for a number of years and it's far safer to ride with a fast race group than a slow social group because the racer crowd knows how to ride fast but safe, even with traffic buzzing all around. -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
