Hello all, This story is probably my friend Joe that I ride with on Tuesday/Thursday Irvine rides. This crash happened last Sunday and he was riding his new Scattante from SuperGo. It had a Weyless seatpost that either broke a bolt or the bolt fell out. He was at the back of the group and was not run over but he did fall backwards off the bike suddenly and broke his neck. He is not paylized but did have a vertibrae replaced with titanium. I heard he is doing well and I hope to see him when they allow visitors.
Classic content: I ride my Colnago on the Irvine rides and get lots of compliments and it is usually the only steel lugged bike in the group.
Thanks,
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA
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> The downside of living with someone who works in
> medical rehab is hearing about all the bike related
> injuries that my wife sees. Today's tale: A 41 year
> old guy riding in the middle of a group snaps his
> seatpost, falling backwards at 25mph. Massive pileup
> as others ride over him. Breaks his neck.I think
> back to a recent ride on a CA Masi with pantographed
> components, including fluting to the seatpost. After
> the ride I saw what looked like just a crack in the
> paint in the flutes, stuck an Exacto knife blade
> point in it and the blade went all the way in, and
> the crack went the entire way up the fluting. The
> panto machine went too deep on that one. So, check
> your seatposts regularly, and Hey, lets all be
> careful out there.
> Jay "Sgt Esterhaus" Van De Velde
> Seal Beach,CA
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