joe cipale
And while we are at it, lets install helmet air-bags so that in the
event of a fall and the rider is at risk of hitting their head on the
ground or some other object, the air bags will deploy to increase the
odds of a safe outcome. SHould only add about 50 lbs to a racer en toto.
Joe
On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 11:34 -0700, Ron and Dorothy Strasser wrote:
> ?
> It seems to me bicycles should have seat belts and roll bars as
> standard equipment. They should be welded onto the frames so those
> elitest racer types could not remove them. These type seem to think
> they are immune to cycling accidents and do not need these wonderful
> safety upgrades to these inherently dangerous vehicles. :-)
> ron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: gschreckchat@comcast.net
> To: Jeff Tedder & Shari
> Cc: obra@list.obra.org
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Cannondale Recall on Road bikes.
>
>
> yes, with my lack oif atttention, I really need a front
> bumper more than a pie plate.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Tedder & Shari"
> To: gschreckchat@comcast.net, "Chuck Hood"
>
> Cc: obra@list.obra.org
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:53:59 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
> Pacific
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Cannondale Recall on Road bikes.
>
> ?
> That's pretty funny George, I bet you are on your way home
> right now to install a new pie plate on all your bikes so you
> don't have a fall Hazard during your rides...Watch out for
> those Big Blue 55 gallon drums at PIR though, they jump out in
> front of you....Remember?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: gschreckchat@comcast.net
> To: Chuck Hood
> Cc: obra@list.obra.org
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Cannondale Recall on Road
> bikes.
>
>
> yes, it is for lacking the all important pie plate on
> the rear wheel. Everyone knows how dangerous that can
> be. It is one of the factors that makes bike
> racing so dangerous in that no one has pie plates on
> their rear wheels.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Hood"
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:15:45 PM GMT -08:00
> US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Cannondale Recall on Road bikes.
>
> Just saw this and thought I would pass it along.
>
>
>
> Cannondale Recalls Some 2009 Road Bikes
>
>
> WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN)—The U.S. Consumer Product
> Safety Commission, in cooperation with Cannondale, has
> issued a voluntary recall of roughly 1,300 road
> bicycles from the 2009 model year.
>
> The bicycles fail to meet the federal safety standard
> for bicycles. Spoke protector discs, required on
> bicycles to prevent the bicycle chain from interfering
> or suddenly stopping the wheel, are missing from these
> bicycles, which poses a fall hazard to the rider.
>
> The following Cannondale bicycles are included in the
> recall. "Six" is printed on the bicycle's toptube and
> "Cannondale" is printed on the downtube. The models
> include: Six 5 (9RCT5D); Six 5 Compact (9RCT5C); Six 6
> (9RCT6D); Six 6 Triple (9RCT6T); Six Carbon 5
> (9RSX5D); Six Carbon 5 Compact (9RSX5C); and Six
> Carbon 6 Compact (9RSX6C).
>
> These bikes were sold at authorized Cannondale dealers
> nationwide from October 2008 through February 2009 for
> between $1,500 and $2,100. They were manufactured in
> Taiwan.
>
> Consumers should stop using the recalled bicycles
> immediately and contact any authorized Cannondale
> bicycle dealer for a free repair.
>
> Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact
> Cannondale at (800) 245-3872 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
> (EST) Monday through Friday or visit Cannondale's Web
> site at www.cannondale.com.
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