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Yep, incident magnet she is
At least the family are getting some entertainment this weekend, though I don't know if flying cyclists should count as such. Like Cathy I prefer good solid road under me, pedal or motor I never felt "right" on the loose materials. My sat-nag gave me a dose of comedy off-roading last time out. I think it has a sense of humour.
Will Danni learn some healing apart from essential first aid, do you think?
We had some postcards at work, came with some equipment or other. They were of the Wilmington Long Man, aptly named and a relative of the Cerne Abbas Giant. I had to laugh as the photo had been "sanitised" ;)
Teri Ann
"Reach for the sun."
Mountain bikers are */++/ng nutters.
Mountain bikers around our way are f**/!ng nutters. They go at speeds totally at odds with safety and common sense. In our club the ratio of injuries mountain bikes vis-à-vis road bikes is about 3 to one but mostly collar bones and arms. With roadies it's hands and legs or very, very occasionally something fatal if a car or truck gets you.
I won't comment on the sanity of mountain bikers
but I spent all day registering riders and then as the final checkpoint for a mountain bike ride. One of our riders crashed and ended up with a free trip in a helicopter to DCH, having been attended by another rider a retired GP, who I know quite well, he was also seen by an orthopaedic surgeon who was doing the same ride. The joys of being the club secretary...
Angharad
Downhill Fell Running
I've not seen the mountain bikers in full flow but it sounds like the Downhill Fell Runners whose technique could be more accurately called ‘Falling’. GP’s are by no means immune to follies and mine blamed my sailing letters for his having bought a boat and almost drowned in the North Sea.
Rhona McCloud
I rode the Hell of the N Cotswolds ...
... ATB event a couple of times and managed the whole 100km each time without injury - that was in the days before helmets became the norm. For me it was either bare-headed or a cotton cap. Come to that all I wore for motor cycle trials was a tweed cap, just like everyone else and injuries were very rare and mostly confined to legs.
We did witness quite a bad injury on the Man v Bike v Horse race based in Llantwrtd Wells but even that didn't involve a head. Not sure if the event is still held or, if it does, if the 'bike' element remains. It's pretty tough and was beyond my abilities even when I was fit.
Robi
The last
Bit of offroad I tackled resulted in a couple of punctures that spoilt the last day of my trip! Around here the addage is 'if you haven't fallen off you haven't been mountain biking' - I can attest to that!
You failed to mention the naked dancing and fertility features of Mr C.Abbas Ang, that really would have Danii doing a teen special!
Madeline Anafrid Bell
Although it is slowly coming
Although it is slowly coming around, bikes in the US are not as prevalent as in the UK or Europe or even the Far East, so there is still way too many riders who get clipped or hit straight on by cars or other vehicles. I have also seen way too many bikers who believe they do not have to follow the rules of the road and then wonder why they got hit, when they dash out in front of a car or turn into the pathway of the car behind them or coming towards them.
fall off? never.
1) bmx off a cliff, down to the bottom and through the creek, didn't fall off.
2) road bike into a trail [ off-road ] shortcut home, oops, ripped let fore-arm open on treetop, both wheels on the ground and me on the bike.
3) riding along the street, some dimbulb in a 4 door sedan turned right, I guess I was invisible through the window of the front passenger door, bike went under the front right tire of the car, I went over the hood. [ can't call it falling off ;) ] problem was, I was doing 40 km/h when it happened. only injuries to me, right hip and elbow, left knee and shoulder, front tire of bike toasted.
4) riding along street, coming up on intersection, dimbulb turns right, driving me into the curb.
[ the other 4 times I have been hit by cars I was on foot not on a bike ]
now, because of my COPD, even walking into a 2 km/h breeze takes my ability to breathe away, so getting on a bike is completely out of the question.
considering that I used to run 25 miles for fun, my bike rides were all day non-stop and I could dive to a 10 foot depth and hold my breath for 3 minutes [ 7 years old ] the breathing issue is a real kick in the buttocks.
Stupidity is a capital offense. A summary not indictable.
If you have to have an accident
in this mythical universe, doing it in front of Cathy seems like a good choice.
I just hope no dormice were hurt in the making of this chapter.
Have to agree with that assessment
Hope some good comes of it.
Well, If Simon
is correct about Leigh Halfpenny then Wales need not bother coming to the World Cup ,Seems the poor fella ruptured anterior cruciate knee ligaments, Not being a doctor i have no idea how long that will keep him out , But most likely it will be a good few months, Sad for Wales but even more sad for Halfpenny, World Cups only come around every four years and if Wales were to do well it would have been far more likely to have been in the UK...
Kirri