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Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
05-23-19, 03:57 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 22,318
Posted By 63rickert

If anyone cares about keeping minor details...

If anyone cares about keeping minor details straight Merckx was injured in a Derny paced criterium, not in a gurney race on track. He suffered a dislocated hip, not a TBI. The deceased was his Derny...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
05-23-19, 03:32 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 22,318
Posted By 63rickert

OK, you guys are all right and I'm wrong. Cycling...

OK, you guys are all right and I'm wrong. Cycling is dangerous. Real dangerous. Inherently so. Cannot be made non-dangerous.

Remember that as the field on the start line gets smaller and smaller....
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
05-19-19, 12:03 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 22,318
Posted By 63rickert

At least some here will have some memory of 80s...

At least some here will have some memory of 80s and 90s. All through 80s and into 90s teenagers, minor children, would just show up at the start of club rides. If you showed you rode. Waivers?...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
05-18-19, 02:49 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 22,318
Posted By 63rickert

The past is generally assumed to mimic the...

The past is generally assumed to mimic the present. If you believe what you get with that thinking you are deluding yourself.

Having been on a bike 60 years have lost too many. Enough to not joke....
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
05-17-19, 04:13 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 22,318
Posted By 63rickert

Good stories. Now imagine it is always like that...

Good stories. Now imagine it is always like that and everybody rides like that. No one has ever seen a severe injury except when motor vehicles are involved. Much easier for a promoter to accept...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
05-17-19, 01:54 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 22,318
Posted By 63rickert

That's good. They sure did leak a lot of oil....

That's good. They sure did leak a lot of oil. Asbestos in the brake pads and in the air. Always nice to meet someone who appreciates that past & present are not identical.

I'm just an oldtimer...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
05-17-19, 12:24 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 22,318
Posted By 63rickert

Correct. Cannot be observed. Unless you were...

Correct. Cannot be observed. Unless you were there forty and fifty years ago. Will presume you were not.
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
05-17-19, 06:28 AM
Replies: 209
Views: 22,318
Posted By 63rickert

Various posts in this thread talk about the old...

Various posts in this thread talk about the old days. No one on thread seems to know one thing about what I would consider old days. Old days would be when field limit in a category at Superweek...
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