"Carl Sundquist" wrote in message
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"Steven Bornfeld" wrote in message
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Carl Sundquist wrote:
Jonathan Boyer, that is. No word on Phillippe Boyer.


http://venus.13x.com/roadracingworld...p?insert=11057

Gee, this guy Spies has had injuries I've never heard of.
"Arm pump"?
At least he had his teeth taken care of.

Steve


Arm pump, as I understand it, is the development of the forearms due to
increased musculature which inhibits blood flow. When braking extremely
hard
on a roadracing motorcycle, the arms bear enormous pressure from the
deceleration G-forces. This happens 10-15 times/lap in a race. The
symptoms
of arm pump are numbing of the hands, leading to loss of hand strength and
more importantly, feel of the brakes and front end of the motorcycle. This
is bad. From the little I've read on the subject, the surgery unrestricts
the forearm muscles by cutting away a sheath around the muscles. It
apparently affects the judgement of selecting one's cycling companions as
well.



Motorcycle racing strikes me as one step away from Nascar mentality. He
probably idolizes Boyer.