Saw a bicyclist take a nasty spill today

I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay..

Cheers

On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 3:17:38 PM UTC-5, Duane wrote:
On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

The guy was going down an incline and went to turn near the botton. The black ice was like a very thin film and was only in the shade part of the path but that shaded section was long. he just tumbled.

Cheers

On 19/02/2016 3:49 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 3:17:38 PM UTC-5, Duane wrote:
On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

The guy was going down an incline and went to turn near the botton. The black ice was like a very thin film and was only in the shade part of the path but that shaded section was long. he just tumbled.

Cheers


Yeah that's not uncommon. I went off the road in Vermont once in a
similar situation but in my car.

On 2/19/2016 12:17 PM, Duane wrote:
On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a
bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit
some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three
times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as
well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head
bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he
was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with
him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

There is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that those three hits on the pavement would
have been any worse had the cyclist not been wearing a helmet.

If the cyclist had not been wearing a helmet he would have been riding
much more carefully and would have never encountered the black ice. He
would have had a truck driving in front of them to clear the ice using a
flame thrower. He also would have had studded tires.

This whole story is just a lame attempt at promoting the use of helmets
by trying to imply that hitting your head on the pavement is a bad
thing. The next thing you know someone will be promoting helmets for
people walking in icy sidewalks.

On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 4:41:15 PM UTC-5, sms wrote:
On 2/19/2016 12:17 PM, Duane wrote:
On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a
bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit
some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three
times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as
well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head
bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he
was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with
him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

There is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that those three hits on the pavement would
have been any worse had the cyclist not been wearing a helmet.

If the cyclist had not been wearing a helmet he would have been riding
much more carefully and would have never encountered the black ice. He
would have had a truck driving in front of them to clear the ice using a
flame thrower. He also would have had studded tires.

This whole story is just a lame attempt at promoting the use of helmets
by trying to imply that hitting your head on the pavement is a bad
thing. The next thing you know someone will be promoting helmets for
people walking in icy sidewalks.

You are frikkin amazing! You're thousands of kilometers from the event and yet you can tell that the bicyclist said to himself, "Hey, I'm wearing a helment so it doesn't matter how I ride"?

The ice was INVISIBLE! Idiot!

The guy hit his head hard at lest three times!

Cheers

Sir Ridesalot writes:

On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 4:41:15 PM UTC-5, sms wrote:
On 2/19/2016 12:17 PM, Duane wrote:
On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a
bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit
some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three
times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as
well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head
bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he
was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with
him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

There is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that those three hits on the pavement would
have been any worse had the cyclist not been wearing a helmet.

If the cyclist had not been wearing a helmet he would have been riding
much more carefully and would have never encountered the black ice. He
would have had a truck driving in front of them to clear the ice using a
flame thrower. He also would have had studded tires.

This whole story is just a lame attempt at promoting the use of helmets
by trying to imply that hitting your head on the pavement is a bad
thing. The next thing you know someone will be promoting helmets for
people walking in icy sidewalks.

You are frikkin amazing! You're thousands of kilometers from the event and yet you can tell that the bicyclist said to himself, "Hey, I'm wearing a helment so it doesn't matter how I ride"?

The ice was INVISIBLE! Idiot!

The guy hit his head hard at lest three times!

Steve was being facetious.

--
Joe Riel

On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 5:02:28 PM UTC-5, JoeRiel wrote:
Sir Ridesalot writes:

On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 4:41:15 PM UTC-5, sms wrote:
On 2/19/2016 12:17 PM, Duane wrote:
On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a
bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit
some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three
times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as
well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head
bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he
was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with
him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

There is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that those three hits on the pavement would
have been any worse had the cyclist not been wearing a helmet.

If the cyclist had not been wearing a helmet he would have been riding
much more carefully and would have never encountered the black ice. He
would have had a truck driving in front of them to clear the ice using a
flame thrower. He also would have had studded tires.

This whole story is just a lame attempt at promoting the use of helmets
by trying to imply that hitting your head on the pavement is a bad
thing. The next thing you know someone will be promoting helmets for
people walking in icy sidewalks.

You are frikkin amazing! You're thousands of kilometers from the event and yet you can tell that the bicyclist said to himself, "Hey, I'm wearing a helment so it doesn't matter how I ride"?

The ice was INVISIBLE! Idiot!

The guy hit his head hard at lest three times!

Steve was being facetious.

--
Joe Riel

No he wasn't!

Cheers

Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 4:41:15 PM UTC-5, sms wrote:
On 2/19/2016 12:17 PM, Duane wrote:
On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a
bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit
some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three
times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as
well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head
bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he
was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with
him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

There is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that those three hits on the pavement would
have been any worse had the cyclist not been wearing a helmet.

If the cyclist had not been wearing a helmet he would have been riding
much more carefully and would have never encountered the black ice. He
would have had a truck driving in front of them to clear the ice using a
flame thrower. He also would have had studded tires.

This whole story is just a lame attempt at promoting the use of helmets
by trying to imply that hitting your head on the pavement is a bad
thing. The next thing you know someone will be promoting helmets for
people walking in icy sidewalks.

You are frikkin amazing! You're thousands of kilometers from the event
and yet you can tell that the bicyclist said to himself, "Hey, I'm
wearing a helment so it doesn't matter how I ride"?

The ice was INVISIBLE! Idiot!

The guy hit his head hard at lest three times!

Cheers


Maybe I'm wrong but I think SMS was attempting sarcasm in expectation of
what is to come.

--
duane

On 2/19/2016 2:02 PM, Joe Riel wrote:
Sir Ridesalot writes:

On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 4:41:15 PM UTC-5, sms wrote:
On 2/19/2016 12:17 PM, Duane wrote:
On 19/02/2016 2:34 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
I was out riding and took a shortcut along a paved MUP. I saw a
bicyclist a ways ahead of me take a really nasty tumble when he hit
some thin black ice. I saw his head hit the pavement at least three
times as he tumbled. I could hear his helmet hitting the pavement as
well as see the impacts. It looked as if a couple of times his head
bounced off the pavement. WOW! I guess his helmet helped because he
was able to get up on his own. He didn't seem confused but I rode with
him for about 20 minutes to make sure he was okay.

Cheers


Roads are nasty here too. Been having this snow/ice/rain/freeze/snow
repeat cycle lately. It's actually better when everything stays frozen
from December to March.

There is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that those three hits on the pavement would
have been any worse had the cyclist not been wearing a helmet.

If the cyclist had not been wearing a helmet he would have been riding
much more carefully and would have never encountered the black ice. He
would have had a truck driving in front of them to clear the ice using a
flame thrower. He also would have had studded tires.

This whole story is just a lame attempt at promoting the use of helmets
by trying to imply that hitting your head on the pavement is a bad
thing. The next thing you know someone will be promoting helmets for
people walking in icy sidewalks.

You are frikkin amazing! You're thousands of kilometers from the event and yet you can tell that the bicyclist said to himself, "Hey, I'm wearing a helment so it doesn't matter how I ride"?

The ice was INVISIBLE! Idiot!

The guy hit his head hard at lest three times!

Steve was being facetious.

It's okay, being facetious isn't always a good idea on Usenet. I was
trying to fulfill Frank's job requirement of always coming up with an
excuse as to why someone whose helmet protected them would not have
needed protection if they had not been wearing a helmet, and coming up
with other potential dangerous situations where helmets are not normally
worn.