"Dave" wrote in message ...
"Tony Raven" wrote in message
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Dave typed:

...but one has to wonder if this is a case for proof of boxing
causing brain damage in the young ??...


A not unknown accident amongst non-boxers so almost certainly unrelated to
his boxing.

Tony

Ah, but are you certain they aren't boxers or was that fact just omitted
from previous reports ???...

I know two cyclists who have crashed into the rear of stationary
vehicles. One was tragically seriously injured, after going into the
back of a bus ,was hospitalised for months, medically retired, and
last time I saw him still obviously not fully recovered.
There other guy hit the back of a car at a set of temp lights he
wasn,t expecting to be there. Went over the handlebars, through the
windscreen and ended up between the driver and passenger. Other than
minor cuts/bruises he was OK. For what its worth I believe both wore
helmets. The second guy is very pro- helmet.
I ride an MTB,a tourer, and a hybrid, all with a fairly similiar
upright position and I can,t conceive I,ll ever hit the back of a
parked vehicle.
Have any of the roadies on the group got opinions on the risk
involved in the head down crouch position used by some road cyclists.
Iain C