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Trikki Beltran's bad concussion and his helmet
Good thing he was wearing a helmet.
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"gwhite" wrote in message
... Good thing he was wearing a helmet. Now you've done it. You better get yours on and strap it on tight! -- Bob C. "Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts." T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) |
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gwhite wrote: Good thing he was wearing a helmet. **** off! |
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"gym.gravity" wrote in message oups.com... gwhite wrote: Good thing he was wearing a helmet. **** off! I'll bet you **** with a helmet and heart rate monitor. Probably a good thing, too. |
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:34:49 GMT, gwhite wrote:
Good thing he was wearing a helmet. LOL! Nice use of sarcasm :-) Guy -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk "Let’s have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle." - Earl Blumenauer |
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gym.gravity wrote: gwhite wrote: Good thing he was wearing a helmet. **** off! Given the gentle response above, one might assume that it is too late for you to get much benefit from a helmet g. |
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gwhite wrote: Good thing he was wearing a helmet. No, if he hadn't been wearing a helmet, he would've been more careful and wouldn't have crashed. Crashes were almost unheard of in professional cycling before rules were introduced requiring the use of helmets. |
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:57:10 -0600,
wrote: On 14 Jul 2005 12:49:30 -0700, wrote: gwhite wrote: Good thing he was wearing a helmet. No, if he hadn't been wearing a helmet, he would've been more careful and wouldn't have crashed. Crashes were almost unheard of in professional cycling before rules were introduced requiring the use of helmets. Dear SS, If true, your theory would predict that the last-kilometer crash rule below was created after helmets were required in the Tour de France, since otherwise there would be no need for it: "There is also a rule that if a rider crashes within the last kilometre of the stage, which is indicated by a red triangular pennant raised above the road, then they are credited with the finishing time of the group that they were with when they crashed, if that is better than the time in which they actually finish. This avoids sprinters being penalised for accidents that don't accurately reflect their performance on the stage as a whole. A crashed sprinter won't win the sprint, but avoids being penalised in the overall classification." "(The red pennant - known as the flamme rouge - mentioned above may not always be one kilometre exactly from the finish, it is basically in the area of roughly 1000metres leading up to the finish where a crash is most likely, and where the erection of a large, tent-like inflatable is easiest.)" http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Tour_de_France Does anyone know when the red-flag rule appeared and when helmets were first required for most of the Tour? Carl Fogel As recently as 1999, helmets were not required in the Tour de France. See the first question he http://espn.go.com/cycling/france99/...s/andreu3.html The flamme-rouge rule that allows riders to crash without time penalty in the final kilometer appeared in 1906: "Anyone watching the Tour on OLN today will be familiar with the "flamme rouge" which marks the start of the final kilometer of each stage. This concept was first introduced in 1906." http://www.dailypeloton.com/grahamjones.asp So the theory that professional bicycle race crashes were almost unheard of before helmets were required seems to be nonsense--rules specifically encouraging crashing had been in force for over 90 years in the Tour de France. Carl Fogel |
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