[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-09 Thread PeterG
thanks everyone for the kind words..wife saw the Ortho doc today...looks like surgery is not going to have to happen after all..but she won't be getting on a bike again until next spring.going to put the 47's back on the hIlsen tomorrow...Be safe out there -- You received this message because

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-08 Thread Michael Hechmer
Nine stitches! Ouch. The manager who orchestrated this should be fired. Rest, get well and stay off bike paths designed by idiots. Where do you live anyway? Michael On Monday, October 7, 2013 10:48:15 AM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: this is the last thing you would expect to find on a municipal

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-08 Thread Ron Mc
Hi Michael - everyone, thanks for your kind thoughts and especially prayers. Peter, I feel for you and your wife. Turns out it was a water system repair. I live in the hill country north of San Antonio. Of course I ride here and people come from SA to ride here. But I also go into town to

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-08 Thread George Schick
And don't forget walnuts. Black walnuts are falling like rain around here in the Midwest after a favorable growing season. The fall on the paths, which is hazardous enough in and of itself, and then get covered over with falling leaves so you can't see 'em. It's like unknowingly riding into

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-08 Thread ascpgh
Ron: Wow, hope you are mending well. That's a nasty, clear result of no awareness of the path's uses. No sub contractor would ever be allowed to hack a street without an outline of traffic management during and repair to a guidebook standard afterward. I guess it's OK on a bike path; exposure

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-07 Thread Deacon Patrick
Wow. Glad you're OK. With abandon, Patrick On Monday, October 7, 2013 8:48:15 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote: this is the last thing you would expect to find on a municipal bike trail http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/estes/bike/IMG_7784.jpg concrete pads with 5 one-inch-wide gaps

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-07 Thread hsmitham
Wow Ron, glad you were able to walk away from that one. so many hazards out there. ~Hugh On Monday, October 7, 2013 7:48:15 AM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: this is the last thing you would expect to find on a municipal bike trail

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-07 Thread PeterG
Owie's must be in the air...I hit a water access hole that was missing the cap 3 weeks ago while riding my bike for coffee with the wife. I went down hard...road rash all over my body...bike was not hurt except for a tiny paint scrape...The wife was following behind me on her Betty didn't fair

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-07 Thread Deacon Patrick
Wow. Makes my roots and rocks sound positively salubrious. Prayers for you both to heal well. With abandon, Patrick On Monday, October 7, 2013 4:29:15 PM UTC-6, PeterG wrote: Owie's must be in the air...I hit a water access hole that was missing the cap 3 weeks ago while riding my bike

[RBW] Re: owie - bike path hazard

2013-10-07 Thread WETH
Ron and Peter, So sorry to read of your accidents and Peter, your wife's accident. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for you all. Here in Maryland Fall has arrived and with it fallen leavesleaves that become wet and slippery and leaves that hide road/trail hazards. Wishing everyone