Re: Bolivia's 'Death Road' claims life of U.S. road cyclist

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:23:58 -0500, Tom Sherman
<sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Mike Vandeman wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:35:25 -0500, Tom Sherman
>> <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>>> Mike Vandeman blathered:
>>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:22:55 -0700 (PDT), "maguahiker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"
>>>> <maguahiker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> You guys are INCREDIBLY stupid! How do you think he ended up
off-road?
>>>>> ?He rode off-road! DUH!
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually you're the one that is tarded. The roads are narrow...no
room
>>>>> for error. blind corners, etc. this happens all the time. You're
just
>>>>> an idiot. Like I said...take a flyover of the area next time.
>>>> That has nothing to do with the fact that he rode the bike off of the
>>>> road.
>>> Dude, if the guy hit a low barrier wall and went off the bike over the

>>> wall, he was no longer riding the bike. Duh! If the deceased lost 
>>> control and was sliding on the ground, he was no longer riding the
bike, 
>>> whether or not he was in contact with it. Duh!
>> 
>> That's part of mountain biking. It happens all the time. It certainly
>> doesn't make him a hiker! He was mountain biking.
>
>Mikey V. must think that crossing the Rocky Mountains by riding on the 
>paved shoulder of I-70 is mountain biking.

Only if done on a mountain bike.
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