Schreck, George
It is a bit ridiculous that guys who sit in the back all day and do no
work, suddenly think that they deserve to sprint for the win and try to
force their way to the front at the end. If you want to be near the
front at the end, ride near the front during the race and do some work.
If you want to ride in the back all day, then just roll in with the pack
and consider it a workout.
It may sound mean, but none of us want to end up on the ground to
satisfy a riders need for results despite his unwillingness to position
himself early and do some work. If you are boxed in, that is part of
tactics and live with the result. One rider's poor planning should not
be anyone else's problem.
Mike, I hope you recover soon.
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Ruff
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:08 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Crash Cat 4 Cherry Pie
I was not going to post any info about my crash because at first I was
worried that someone might think I was looking for sympathy. After some
thought I reconsidered with the belief that someone might learn
something from my accident.
Coming in to the finish line I was bumped pretty hard on the left side
by someone that was trying to move up by squeezing between the yellow
line and myself. There was NO room for this. Is this a tactic that we
want to continue to use?
The bump sent me off my line (that I was following very diligently) and
into the rider next to me. I leaned very hard on that rider (sorry I
was in survival mode). I then overcorrected back to the left where my
front wheel got tangled up causing me to go down. Yes it hurt badly.
My first visit to the emergency room they took x rays of my hip and said
everthing was fine. They sent me home after cleaning my road rash. Got
a call the next day and said I needed to come in for a CT scan. After
the doctor reviewed it he was highly upset because there was a very
obvious break in the hip socket.
Long story short according to the Ortho: If the fracture were 2mm
higher I would need plates and screws. If the fractured part had been
separated I would require a hip replacement. I am to be off the bike
for 8 weeks.
There is another scenario: The person trying to squeeze through on the
center line could get bumped into the oncomming lane into a car.
Hope someone can learn something from this. I would not recommend
trying to get into the front by riding on the yellow. If you are not in
front, you won't be contesting the sprint. There is just not enough
room.
Ride safe, see you in Mid April.
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