Edward Kendrick Sr
Your curiosity is appreciated. Often, I find that others have more interesting true-stories to tell, so I'll try to keep this short.
On Summer Solstice '05 I was training, and an uninsured motorist hit me at about 55 mph. Side-swiped me, with both of us in forward motion. Who could imagine surviving such a thing?
It's an eternity from impact with the auto to hitting the ground, about 30 feet away. Time just stands still. My body went tumbling and scraping across the rough parking lot, up and over a curb, and landed on a grassy patch. I felt like a deer, that's flopping around, after a sloppy hunter's shot.
Lots of blood. Broken leg. Broken ribs. Broken helmet. Vertigo. And a variety of PTSD-like symptoms that still make me feel like Monk.
This is pretty mild, compared to the story of the late Timmy Cappo, whose 's Mom told me all about it at this year's Timmy Cappo's Rouge-Roubaix. (Rouge-Roubaix has receive some national attention, lately. The Pro/1/2 cats, especially, should check it out.) He was a Junior, who was killed by a motorist, during a training ride. It's spooky, how he looked somewhat like me, when I was a Junior.
Bicycle habitat is really not safe for those, who ride 100-300 mi. per wk. year round. Too many cars. Not enough road shoulders, bike paths, and educated drivers.
So, I think that I will pay my tithe to BTA, this week, and try to get into a Ride of Silence on 5/17. I'm supposed to be in Houston.
Thanks for asking and reading this.
Ed
Monty Hill wrote:
If you feel like it, please tell me, or the group, what happened. I know I am curious and very sympathetic.
Best regards,
Monty
>>> Edward Kendrick Sr 4/20/2006 12:10 pm >>>
This is a good e-mail. I'm living on borrowed time, after an accident. I'll see what I can do at the out-of-state locations, where a work.
Evan MacKenzie wrote: Date: May 17, 2006
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: At over 120 U.S. locations and eight other countries
Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride (max. 12 mph/19.3 kph) in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.
Why does this site exist?
To HONOR those who have been injured or killed
To RAISE AWARENESS that we are here
To ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD
THE RIDE OF SILENCE WILL NOT BE QUIET
On May 17 at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. Although cyclists have a legal right to share the road with motorists, the motoring public often isn't aware of these rights, and sometimes not aware of the cyclists themselves.
In 2003, Chris Phelan organized the first Ride Of Silence in Dallas after endurance cyclist Larry Schwartz was hit by the mirror of a passing bus and was killed.
The Ride Of Silence is a free ride that asks its cyclists to ride no faster than 12 mph and remain silent during the ride. There is no brochure, no sponsors, no registration fees and no t-shirt. The ride, which is being held during Bike Safety month, aims to raise the awareness of motorists, police and city officials that cyclists have a legal right to the public roadways. The ride is also a chance to show respect for those who have been killed or injured.
Please check the resources on this site. If there is a Ride of Silence in your area, we encourage you to join them. If there is not a ride planned in your area, please consider adding your city to the ever-growing list of sites. To get information on how to organize and host a Ride of Silence, please click HERE.
http://www.rideofsilence.org/main.php
I DID NOT SEE A RIDE SCHEDULED IN PORTLAND.
IF THERE IS A RIDE SCHEDULED CAN SOMEONE PLEASE POST IT TO OBRAchat AND ALSO TO THE WEBSITE?
IF THERE IS NOT A RIDE SCHEDULED MAY I PROPOSE THAT WE DO ONE?
7PM, MAY 17, IN FRONT OF THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY unless someone has a better suggestion.
Evan
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