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Trikki Beltran's bad concussion and his helmet
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:41:37 GMT, "Jay S. Hill"
wrote: wrote: nonsense--rules specifically encouraging crashing had been in force for over 90 years in the Tour de France. Dear Señor Fogel; A rule acknowledging that crashes might occur is not a rule that encourages crashes. This murkily reminds me of the abortion debate. Dear Jay, Any economist would argue that a rule that removes the time penalty for crashing in the last kilometer is encouraging crashes in the last kilometer. The law of supply and demand is not a question of morality, nor is it murky. Raise the cost of bicycle crashes in last kilometer of a stage, and there will be fewer bicycle crashes. Lower the cost, and there will be more. Racers respond to market forces. Carl Fogel |
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gwhite wrote:
Good thing he was wearing a helmet. Yes, but did he have two guns? |
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B. Lafferty wrote:
"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. Take it to alt.kink.bicycles |
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"gwhite" wrote in message ... Good thing he was wearing a helmet. I don't know why he pulled out, I've landed on my head more times than I can remember, and it's never kept me from climbing back on the bike. |
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"Ken Prager" wrote in message ... In article om, 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. Boy, talk about pulling something out of one's ass! Like, does the name Casartelli ring a bell? On the flip side, the recent death of a helmeted racer here in Portland, Or. shows that a helmet is not a free pass to immortality. http://tinyurl.com/7pefv I raced that course for years without so much as a close call. The finish is so wide and the set-up is so long that there is rarely a mishap. This poor guy just got in the wrong place and bit it going full blast with a helmet on. -- Jay Beattie. |
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Jay Beattie wrote:
... a helmet is not a free pass to immortality. I am selling tin foil hats though. Not free, but at an affordable cost. |
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Jay S. Hill wrote:
wrote: nonsense--rules specifically encouraging crashing had been in force for over 90 years in the Tour de France. Dear Señor Fogel; A rule acknowledging that crashes might occur is not a rule that encourages crashes. This murkily reminds me of the abortion debate. ....and I fear will have the same heat-to-light ratio. Mark |
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"Fabrizio Mazzoleni" wrote in
news:9PCBe.1955701$Xk.1705409@pd7tw3no: "gwhite" wrote in message ... Good thing he was wearing a helmet. I don't know why he pulled out, I've landed on my head more times than I can remember, and it's never kept me from climbing back on the bike. Mostly without a helmet obviously. |
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Good thing he was wearing a helmet. I don't know why he pulled out, I've landed on my head more times than I can remember, and it's never kept me from climbing back on the bike. I've gotten my bell rung more than a boxer, and it ain't fun. But one time I did get back on the bike and rode to the hospital so they could take care of a broken bone. The ride wasn't bad, but the service at the hospital stunk. They wheeled me into flu ward, and I had to endure listening to all of these slugs coughing and wheezing. What a bunch of babies. They all thought they were gonna die. It was during a flu epidemic 5 years ago. I can still hear them, " oh Doctor........please help ......me.....I ......can't ....cough breathe. I felt like slapping a couple of them, so they could regain some dignity. If any place needed a suitcase of courage it was that place. |
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