David Hart
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<P>At least when I crashed on my mtn bike I didn't hit a cop...and I wasn't anyone important...</P>
<P>How many times has Bush crashed? I think he is up to three.</P>
<P>His next crash will be when he is on the the road and some yayhoo cuts him off, I wouldn't want to be THAT car...<BR><BR></P></DIV><BR><BR><BR>David Hart
<DIV></DIV>North River Racing
<DIV></DIV>Vancouver, Washington
<DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR>----Original Message Follows----<BR>From: Dave German <dave_g-@hotmail.com><BR>Reply-To: dave_g-@hotmail.com<BR>To: ob-@topica.com<BR>Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] CNN.com article - (Mountain Bike Related)<BR>Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:16:38 -0700<BR><BR>Go W! If yur not crashing, yur not riding hard enough!<BR><BR>>From: Matthew Wolpert <matthew.-@gmail.com><BR>>Reply-To: matthew.-@gmail.com<BR>>To: OBRA <ob-@topica.com><BR>>Subject: [OBRA Chat] CNN.com article - (Mountain Bike Related)<BR>>Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 00:51:58 -0700<BR>><BR>>Bush collides with police officer during bike ride<BR>>Scraped hands, arms bandaged<BR>><BR>>AUCHTERARDER, Scotland (CNN) -- President Bush collided with a <BR>>British<BR>>police officer during a bike ride Wednesday evening, suffering
<BR>>scrapes<BR>>on his hands and arms that required bandaging, White House spokesman<BR>>Scott McClellan said.<BR>><BR>>The officer, from the Strethclyde Police Department in Scotland, was<BR>>taken to a local hospital as a precaution. He was treated and<BR>>released, after an evaluation revealed no fractures, McClellan said.<BR>><BR>>Bush "visited" with the police officer for some time after the<BR>>accident and asked White House physician Dr. Richard Tubb to monitor<BR>>his situation at the hospital, McClellan said. The president was<BR>>expected to call the officer later, McClellan said.<BR>><BR>>Despite a steady rain and chilly temperatures, Bush, an avid <BR>>mountain<BR>>biker, went for a ride at the Gleneagles resort in central Scotland,<BR>>where he and other leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers
<BR>>will<BR>>begin a two-day summit Thursday. (Related story.)<BR>><BR>>'A pretty good speed'<BR>>According to McClellan, the accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. <BR>>(1<BR>>p.m. ET), about an hour into the ride. Bush was going at "a pretty<BR>>good speed" when he collided with the officer, who was in a security<BR>>detail on the resort grounds.<BR>><BR>>The president, who was wearing a helmet, slid on the pavement,<BR>>suffering scrapes on his hands and arms that were bandaged by Tubb.<BR>><BR>>McClellan declined to speculate about whether anyone was at fault in <BR>>the crash.<BR>><BR>>The president's bicycle was damaged, and he returned to his hotel in<BR>>an SUV that had been trailing him as he rode with a Secret Service<BR>>agent, McClellan said.<BR>><BR>>This is not the first time Bush's mountain biking habit has