Not Really John. Was just told to watch my back on that stretch. In fact, in about 1973 I was riding my PX 10 on that downhill and someone jumped out and wacked me on the back with a tree branch. Luckily I was going fast enough to get away. So I got to the bottom on the flats and turned around looking for the guy and some help. Well, he had taken off, but I ran into a News Crew who, it just so happens was doing a story on just this kind of thing because a guy had gotten killed earlier in the week having his bike swiped....I actually think it was a Kennedy relation, but someone will have to check me on that. Anyway, I ended up being interviewd by Michele Marsh (local news beauty) and made the evening news. A few weeks later I split NY for grad school in ----DALE ---- Greensboro. And was glad to be out alive. It was not good then for bike riders or anyone else! Didn't return really for 17 years. Edward Albert Chappaqua, NY, USA
Edward Albert, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
>>> "John Pergolizzi" <jtperry1@sbcglobal.net> 03/30/07 3:13 PM >>>
Steven,
I heard that story way back when I started in Central Park at 16
years old in 75'. Kept my ass from getting droped on 116 Street hill!
I've since heard , yes, it was true.
Eddy A. more details?
John T.Pergolizzi La Jolla, Ca. "Clickety clomp, clickety clomp" sometimes is NOT the sound of the horses and buggies going around The Park!
Ray wrote:
"What's more so far as I know nobody has ever been mugged while riding in a bunch."
The riders from New York can be more accurate, but back in the late 70's, the story went around that a few riders who were dropped by the pack in a race around Central Park did in fact get mugged and have their
bikes stolen...
Pergo, any comment?
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
USA