Recumbent rider saves upright cyclist!

[Edward Dolan]

[email protected] (Matt J) wrote in message
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> >> the last thing recalled was reaching
> > down to grab the water bottle from the down tube. His female companion >> > > just saw him ride
> > off the pavement into the lake, go figure?

> A friend of mine caused an accident because the lip of his waterbottle caught on the rear brake
> cable under the top tube as he was taking it out to get a drink. This may have been the cause of
> this guy's too, he just doesn't remember getting it all the way out or something. Or maybe he
> just didn't steer straight... Is the bike alright? Need to repack stuff I'd assume... good luck
> to him.

> Matt

This is what comes of trying to do two things at once like riding your bike and taking a drink. Of
course some folks can actually walk and chew gum at the same time. But why not stop your bike
riding, get off your bike, and then take your drink. This slows you down and takes more time, but it
sure does beat going to the hospital in an ambulance.

Ed Dolan - Minnesota

 

[Benjamin Lewis]

Edward Dolan wrote:

> This is what comes of trying to do two things at once like riding your bike and taking a drink. Of
> course some folks can actually walk and chew gum at the same time. But why not stop your bike
> riding, get off your bike, and then take your drink. This slows you down and takes more time, but
> it sure does beat going to the hospital in an ambulance.

Better yet, why not stop bicycling altogether? This would prevent many more accidents, statistics
be damned.

--
Benjamin Lewis

"Ubi non accusator, ibi non judex."

(Where there is no police, there is no speed limit.) -- Roman Law, trans. Petr Beckmann (1971)