And while we're talking about bike people-related tragedies, Flounder, do you remember Chris Bailey from the Coors Light pro team? Awful:
http://www.timesargus.com/article/20091227/NEWS/912269983/1002/NEWS01
I do remember Chris Bailey from that era. That's a terrible tragedy. The cycling world is always, and I mean always knee deep in tragedies. I used to spend my time off the bike ice climbing and alpineering and there are so few tragic stories in those circles compared to my little corner of the bicycle world.
It just occurred to me I forgot another riding acquaintance of mine was killed two years ago in Utah. Bill Corlis was a fellow masters racer and bike industry guru. I got to know him through mutual riding friends. He clipped a wheel in a pace line and fell into traffic.
Geesh, they keep coming back to me.....In 2004 I was at the Tucson Bicycle Classic when Garret Lemire of California did the same thing in the Cat 3 road race and crashed in front of an oncoming car.
I think it's good this stuff comes to the surface now and again as it serves to remind us that bikes can be dangerous. In relation to the original post, the dangers go far beyond the annoyances of dorks on Facebook who are really just trying to rile up the cycling fanatics. To me, things like that are a benign threat.
