Approximately twenty years ago, on a trip home from college, I was “t-boned” by car that ran a red light. The impact knocked me out of my clips, and sent me flying, probably 20 feet. Leaving me sprawled out like a bear rug in the middle of the street. The woman that hit he gave [...]
Archive for August, 2008
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Posted in City of Santa Clarita, tagged bike crash, bikes vs. cars, cycling, santa clarita, six flags magic mountain on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cell Phone PSA
Posted in Bicycle Rights, tagged cell phones, cycling, driving cell phones, hands free on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Denver “Police Officers” Assault Cyclist for Running Red Light
Posted in Training, tagged assault, cops, cyclist, denver, red light, teeth on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is the world coming to? From a statement from the guy that actually video taped this event, it is questionable whether or not this cyclist even ran the red light. The two detectives in plain clothes assault him. I doubt he even knew they were cops. But taking a guy down, handcuffing him and [...]
First Post Crash Ride
Posted in City of Santa Clarita, Training, tagged bike crash, bikes vs. cars, cars and bikes, cycling, santa clarita, six flags magic mountain on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I took my cyclocross bike out this morning for my first ride since getting hit by a car on Saturday. It has been 4 days, and I have a few observations.
After looking at my helmet again I realized that I did in fact fall on my head too. Which might explain the several waves of [...]
Car versus bike=Pain
Posted in City of Santa Clarita, Training, tagged bike crash, bikes vs. cars, cars and bikes, cycling, magic mountain, santa clarita on August 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I guess I was due. I mean I hadn’t been taken out by a car in years, so the fact that a kid in a Nissan, going to work at Magic Mountain on Saturday morning hit me was no real surprise. There I was, moving along at 22 miles per hour, on the shoulder of [...]
Some people are not very bright/Joe Namath reads my blog?
Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged bianchi 2009, cycling, favre, jets on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have never claimed to be smarter than anyone, and for the most part never will. However I have to address a moron that posted a comment on my Bianchi 2009 post. Nine-hundred views, and I get this comment:
Author : joen namath (joen?)
“Your a douche bag!!”
Now I encourage you to take a look at my post about [...]
The Effect of Mountain Biking On My Cyclocross Performance
Posted in Bikes & Gear, Cyclocross, tagged cycling, Cyclocross, jamis dakar, lemond poprad, mountian biking, mtb on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have recently rediscovered mountain biking, after a fairly long hiatus during which I stuck to riding road and and some cross. My mtb rebirth has made me realize, among other things, that mountain biking is just fun. I have taken this opportunity to make some upgrades to my mountain bike, ultimately dropping some serious [...]
