Jay Beattie wrote:


Like, does the name Casartelli ring a bell?

He actually hit more of his face than his upper head but I agree...

Helmets-don't hurt, may help. What's so diffuclt to understand?

On the flip side, the recent death of a helmeted racer here in
Portland, Or. shows that a helmet is not a free pass to
immortality. http://tinyurl.com/7pefv I raced that course for
years without so much as a close call. The finish is so wide and
the set-up is so long that there is rarely a mishap. This poor
guy just got in the wrong place and bit it going full blast with
a helmet on. -- Jay Beattie.