Mike Vandeman[_4_]
September 27th 12, 04:30 AM
Apparently, riding a trail "countless times" is no protection against serious injury!
Mike
http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2012/09/25/330907
Cycling community steps up for injured mountain biker
SIERRA VISTA * Local bicyclists and mountain bikers are coming together this weekend with a bicycle swap meet and barbecue event to help one of their own, following a nasty spill that left the full-time student unable to work.
It was Sept. 11 when Robert Kelsey was riding on the Brown Canyon Trail, a path he had ridden countless times before, and in fact had been one of several people who conducted restoration work on the trail just a week before.
"I was actually preparing for an event next month called the Tour of the White Mountains," Kelsey said. "I had completed one lap and was feeling good, and I was coming around to my second lap and had just reached the peak of the second lap, where I actually ran into Angela (Wood) and her folks."
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Mike
http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2012/09/25/330907
Cycling community steps up for injured mountain biker
SIERRA VISTA * Local bicyclists and mountain bikers are coming together this weekend with a bicycle swap meet and barbecue event to help one of their own, following a nasty spill that left the full-time student unable to work.
It was Sept. 11 when Robert Kelsey was riding on the Brown Canyon Trail, a path he had ridden countless times before, and in fact had been one of several people who conducted restoration work on the trail just a week before.
"I was actually preparing for an event next month called the Tour of the White Mountains," Kelsey said. "I had completed one lap and was feeling good, and I was coming around to my second lap and had just reached the peak of the second lap, where I actually ran into Angela (Wood) and her folks."
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