Michael Your contact with Tom is similar to mine. I called him about bent rails on one of my saddles. After about a 45 min delightful conversation, he said just send the saddle back and he would replace it. I made a mental note at the time that this is a guy I would like to meet and possibly ride with. His death hit me hard. We are about the same age and although it sounds like he was a much stronger rider than I am, I keep pushing myself to go faster and climb higher. This is the danger of the older rider, but it is hard to back off
Bruce On Apr 27, 5:24 pm, MichaelH <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, your experience is not unusual. For the past 13 years I have > been a chaplain at a major medical center and have witnessed many, > many crises situations. Unlike what you might see on TV the success > rate for CPR is very low. Outside of a hospital, the survival rate, > long term, is about 2%. Inside a hospital it rises to about 17%, but > in the long term about 4% return to their previous lifestyle. Our > grief can lead us to feel people have acted callously, and sometimes > this may be true. But unless you have some professional training your > chances of changing the outcome are very low. Of course that doesn't > stop us from grieving. I own a pair of Toms's saddles, and had the > opportunity to chat with him on the phone. We are left with a sense > of helplessness, that we cannot change. I feel stunned. My prayers go > out to his family and friends. > > Michael > > On Apr 27, 5:57 pm, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 16:09 -0500, Shaun Meehan wrote: > > > I was on an organized charity ride where a rider went down in front of > > > us right out of the gate, on a fairly short but steep climb. Our > > > initial reaction was to stop and try to help, so we stopped > > > immediately. However some ride officials that arrived on the scene at > > > the same time we did, just as immediately told us to keep moving. This > > > incident was in a relatively populated and accessible area, but even > > > so, we found out later that the guy didn't make it. He'd had a massive > > > heart attack. So it's possible that Tom may not have made it even if > > > professional help were able to get to him sooner. > > > Some years ago I was on a club ride where I was riding along with an ER > > nurse and her friend. We stopped at a corner to oil her chain (the > > squeaking every time she shifted was driving me nuts) and in the minute > > or two we were stopped this guy passed us. We continued down the road, > > up a series of moderately steep rollers and at the top of the last rise > > saw the guy down on the road, laying on top of his bike. > > > He couldn't have been down more than 2 minutes before she was giving him > > CPR. I called 911 and walked up to the to of the last rise to stop > > traffic, and as I got there a woman who lived in the housing area at the > > top of the hill came out and asked what was going on. She called her > > brother in law, who was visiting. He was an ER doc and had his full kit > > with him. By around 4 min after we saw him, the ER doc was working on > > him. Another 2 min later the EMTs arrived and took over. > > > We learned he'd had a heart attack, and according to the ER doc it was > > not surprising: first nice day of spring, and right after that series of > > tough rollers, the toughest hills in the area. Happens all the time on > > a day like that, he said. > > > We learned later he didn't make it. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" 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/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
