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Amen.
"Schreck, George" wrote: I hope no one feels there posts are in intended to push people away from
racing. There always will be crashes and people always will make
mistakes. The purpose of the posts is to try to minimize them by
pointing out particularly risky or foolish behavior, and it is not
limited necessarily to novices.
I hope you do decide to race. The sport needs new people and I expect
that you will find it fun (at least once your brain again receives
oxygen between to really hard and painful parts). OBRA is like a big
family and I expect that you will meet a lot of riders you will like.
You may make a mistake from time to time, but it happens. That is why
there are categories, and even the experts make mistakes. The important
thing is to learn form your mistakes and others.
A good way to learn some skills is to join a team and attend the
training rides. It is a great opportunity to learn under less stressful
conditions.
Hope to see you at the races.
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of KG
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 11:21 AM
To: Mike Ruff; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Crash Cat 4 Cherry Pie
I have to thank you for your post. I'm one of the feared novice
riders that bought a road bike and thought I'd 'walk on' into bike
racing. Usually the worst thing one can do as a newbie is embarrass
themselves. The thought that my beginner status could contribute to
crippling someone sends chills down my back. Even though the below
incident appears to be more of an enthusiasm issue it's really brought
to light how much other riders must trust you not to screw up. After
reading all these posts I realize I have much to learn. I guess all I
can ask is that you constructively help the new guys. You were all
beginners once...
----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Ruff
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:08:13 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Crash Cat 4 Cherry Pie
I was not going to post any info about my crash because at first I was
worried that someone might think I was looking for sympathy. After some
thought I reconsidered with the belief that someone might learn
something from my accident.
Coming in to the finish line I was bumped pretty hard on the left side
by someone that was trying to move up by squeezing between the yellow
line and myself. There was NO room for this. Is this a tactic that we
want to continue to use?
The bump sent me off my line (that I was following very diligently) and
into the rider next to me. I leaned very hard on that rider (sorry I
was in survival mode). I then overcorrected back to the left where my
front wheel got tangled up causing me to go down. Yes it hurt badly.
My first visit to the emergency room they took x rays of my hip and said
everthing was fine. They sent me home after cleaning my road rash. Got
a call the next day and said I needed to come in for a CT scan. After
the doctor reviewed it he was highly upset because there was a very
obvious break in the hip socket.
Long story short according to the Ortho: If the fracture were 2mm
higher I would need plates and screws. If the fractured part had been
separated I would require a hip replacement. I am to be off the bike
for 8 weeks.
There is another scenario: The person trying to squeeze through on the
center line could get bumped into the oncomming lane into a car.
Hope someone can learn something from this. I would not recommend
trying to get into the front by riding on the yellow. If you are not in
front, you won't be contesting the sprint. There is just not enough
room.
Ride safe, see you in Mid April.
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