Re: Why Do People Fall Down?

On Oct 25, 11:56 pm, Mark Shroyer <usenet-m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> I did more or less the same thing myself, a few years back, on the
> University of Florida campus.  Except in my case I was on a mountain
> bike, so (1) I didn't have the poor-point-of-view excuse for my
> mistake, and (2) instead of flying into an upright position, I flew
> over the handlebars and smacked my cheek on the pavement.

Oooohh!!!!!

I had a few over-the-handlebars on various uprights, too...luckily,
none of them required a helmet!  So that's why I never felt like I
needed a helmet.

> I think I better re-evaluate my position on the relative safety of
> re***bents versus upright bicycles...

I was told that the HP Velotechnik SMGTe was a very bad design where
the slamming of brakes was concerned...but it was so comfy I had to
get one!  And then I found out that it's not dangerous at all in that
respect, and that was the only respect in which it would have been
dangerous.

I've even gone downhill very fast in the rain once...it was a good six-
degree gradient hill at least...I pumped the brakes a bit and not
totally slammed them, but I was still "upright" all that time...I
skidded for about five seconds!  This was that big hill in Tarrytown,
NY, by that college and convent, if another knows what I'm talking
about...it's a T-intersection, and the coffee shop I would have
crashed into had folks looking out their window at me, LOL....

I ride around NYC and let most everybody try out my 'bent...so far,
there's only been one guy who didn't pick it up within a minute's
time...and everybody instinctively recognizes how safe it is, from a
physics-of-the-road standpoint (decreased vantage is a serious issue
one will need to master with time, however)....

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