On Jun 22, 11:21*am, DougC wrote:
On 6/22/2011 10:39 AM, Crescentius Vespasianus wrote:

Did some searching through the groups as I don't normally ask a
question if that has been previously answered. *I'm talking about he
was in head trauma, then sent to rehab, and then nothing that I can
find. *It's like he's gone, is he?

I don't recall seeing that here, but somebody was posting updates mainly
to one of the other groups,,, rec.bicycles maybe? I forget which one it
is now.

JB rode a 'last' ride up Bonne Doone along the coast below Half Moon
Bay, wrote on it, then had the accident weeks later. Normal accident
scenario in that as you grow older and slow down or go faster and
faster when still young, eventually there's a serious accident.
Happens to baseball and football pro's. There's an injury takes the
aging body longer for recovery back to speed , so maybe retirement is
probable or the only choice.

I'm sixty five. Skin on scuffed kneecaps takes 3, 4 times longer to
heal than when 17. At JB's age, the body for many people outside the
98th longevity percentile is getting ready to shut down not recover
from bouncing along the road off a bicycle.