on 4/27/10 12:36 PM, Anne Paulson at anne.paul...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Me wrote:
>> I know, I read that too... which is why I said it was understandable &
>> forgivable.
>>
>> But the riders riding by part, that's a rough one for me.
>>
>
> We know that one cycl
On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 16:09 -0500, Shaun Meehan wrote:
> I was on an organized charity ride where a rider went down in front of
> us right out of the gate, on a fairly short but steep climb. Our
> initial reaction was to stop and try to help, so we stopped
> immediately. However some ride officials
On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 12:38 -0700, Sean Whelan wrote:
>
>
> I don't think there is anyone in the randonneur crowd who would not
> help to stop a cyclist in trouble. (Even people who were trying to
> ride to a schedule.) But.. once people had stopped and were helping,
> no one else short of a medi
This is an interesting thread. I have appalled in the past to see riders on
long-distance events (double centuries, not brevets) continue on without even
slowing down or offering to help.
A few years ago, I was riding in the same event that Tom Milton died on. A
group of us were riding on a
I was on an organized charity ride where a rider went down in front of
us right out of the gate, on a fairly short but steep climb. Our
initial reaction was to stop and try to help, so we stopped
immediately. However some ride officials that arrived on the scene at
the same time we did, just as imm
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Anne Paulson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Me wrote:
>> I know, I read that too... which is why I said it was understandable &
>> forgivable.
>>
>> But the riders riding by part, that's a rough one for me.
>>
>
> We know that one cyclist, who had just
Scott-
It probably seems more bleak in your mind than it did on the road. When there
is an accident or emergency on a ride, and the police or other folks have
arrived, no riders are encouraged to stop. A bunch of people standing around
can only make the situation worse. I was on a century where
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Anne Paulson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Me wrote:
>> I know, I read that too... which is why I said it was understandable &
>> forgivable.
>>
>> But the riders riding by part, that's a rough one for me.
>>
>
> We know that one cyclist, who had just
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Me wrote:
> I know, I read that too... which is why I said it was understandable &
> forgivable.
>
> But the riders riding by part, that's a rough one for me.
>
We know that one cyclist, who had just been doing CPR for ten minutes,
made an awkward comment that he
Hi,
It is sad that Tom died. Maybe he was doing what he loved best when he pasted.
If I was dying on the side of the road, I'm not sure I'd want everyone stopping
by to watch.
On Apr 27, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Me wrote:
> It's a troubling thing, and I am troubled by it.
>
> Reading the account of t
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