should aero-bars be banned.

On Mar 12, 8:46*pm, kolldata wrote:
On Mar 12, 2:58*pm, raamman wrote:

On Mar 12, 6:27*am, Cicero Venatio wrote:

A world class marathoner, and tri-athelete Sally Meyerhoff was killed
last week when she crossed a busy highway without stopping at a stop
sign from a side road. *You know you've seen it, head down, on the
aerobars, like a rocket but without situational awareness. *Should
aerobars be banned from public roads?

and where would you suggest cyclists train for TTs ? indoors ?

either Arizona or they could be curteous and buy a bell.

Then we could have discussions on the weight and aerodynamic
consequences of a bell on the bike. It's obviously critical!

OTOH, if such a requirement were made, there would be a whole new
marketing opportunity. Get your streamlined, aero, titanium bells
with carbon fiber thumb buttons right here! Ergonomically engineered
so your thumb never has to leave its most aero position! On sale now,
just $49.95!

- Frank Krygowski

On Mar 12, 7:27*am, Cicero Venatio wrote:
A world class marathoner, and tri-athelete Sally Meyerhoff was killed
last week when she crossed a busy highway without stopping at a stop
sign from a side road. *You know you've seen it, head down, on the
aerobars, like a rocket but without situational awareness. *Should
aerobars be banned from public roads?

Our last local bike fatality was a duplicate of that, except it was a
rural highway and a bike trail crossing.

I heard no mention of aero bars. All I heard was that the cyclist was
a really nice guy who liked using the bike trail for high speed
training, and often didn't slow or stop for the intersections.

- Frank Krygowski

On Mar 12, 7:45*pm, kolldata wrote:
On Mar 12, 4:22*pm, " wrote:

On Mar 12, 6:49*am, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI

$southslope.net" wrote:
*After all, getting off a perfectly
functional bicycle to run is abominable, unless the terrain is too rough
for cycling.

I looked for "Recumbent Cyclocross" and couldn't find any, even on
YouTube.
I guess there are limits to the human experience after all!
--D-y

HERE'S ONE

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...onscanada.gc.c....

Indeed. Questions: Did he need the cane *before* his perilous trip
over the falls? (maybe not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Bobby_Leach says he suffered two broken kneecaps and a broken jaw,
spent 6 months in hospital recovering). Was there a way to close what
looks like a hatch, or did he go over with his head sticking out (thus
the broken jaw)? He was about 53 years old in 1911 when he made the
trip, kinda old in those days. Well, he survived for a good while
before he became permanently recumbent:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bobby_leach_2.JPG
Hail the daredevil!
--D-y

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On 3/12/2011 6:46 PM, kolldata aka AVAGADRO IV/V wrote:
On Mar 12, 2:58 pm, wrote:
On Mar 12, 6:27 am, Cicero wrote:

A world class marathoner, and tri-athelete Sally Meyerhoff was killed
last week when she crossed a busy highway without stopping at a stop
sign from a side road. You know you've seen it, head down, on the
aerobars, like a rocket but without situational awareness. Should
aerobars be banned from public roads?

and where would you suggest cyclists train for TTs ? indoors ?

either Arizona or they could be curteous and buy a bell.

E.g. http://frmilovan.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/610x.jpg.

But _that_ is three bells! Surely one should be enough?

Frank Krygowski wrote:
Get your streamlined, aero, titanium bells

MKS Aero Titanium Bell

with carbon fiber thumb buttons right here!

Probably fall short in this aspect though.


just $49.95!

That would be a good deal.

--
MfG/Best regards
helmut springer panta rhei

On 3/13/2011 2:37 PM, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:
On 3/13/2011 12:40 PM, Duane Hebert wrote:
On 3/12/2011 7:49 AM, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° wrote:
On 3/12/2011 5:27 AM, Cicero Venatio wrote:

A world class marathoner, and tri-athelete Sally Meyerhoff was killed
last week when she crossed a busy highway without stopping at a stop
sign from a side road. You know you've seen it, head down, on the
aerobars, like a rocket but without situational awareness. Should
aerobars be banned from public roads?


Triathlons should be banned. After all, getting off a perfectly
functional bicycle to run is abominable, unless the terrain is too
rough for cycling.

Firing a rifle from a bike is tricky though.

Try firing a rifle from a horse.

Good point. But I don't remember seeing a horse back riding, swimming
and sharpshooter event recently.