Brad Anders
That sucks. How did it happen?
R
No idea, maybe someone local who knows can fill us in.
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
"Brad Anders" <pban...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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hoping for a swift complete recovery too
I heard about it from a pretty reliable source in email this morning,
but I have no firsthand knowledge of what happened. Will try to find
out more.
Mike, this is definitely a new crash, he is at Stanford. I still don't
know what happened. He's currently under evaluation by the docs. I
think he's still in the ICU, I would imagine his visitors are
restricted to family.
Brad
Terrible. I wish him the best.
--
Michael Press
ICU for a broken leg...? There's obviously more to it than that.
R
Wow, that stinks. I hope he recovers soon.
Danger of fat embolism, can be very dangerous:
http://tinyurl.com/6l6acfq
Best wishes for a complete recovery.
--D-y
Brad
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Thanks for the info. He's been through some pretty nasty stuff before, so I
expect to see him back on the road soon. If he doesn't define "tough old
bird" nothing does.
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
Holy shit! That I did not know. Well, he's at a top place - his alma
mater - so I'm sure he's in the best hands.
R
Agree, "holy shit" is what I'd say, too. I know a bit more about
Jobst's condition that I've spelled out (just figured he would want
the privacy), and it sure seems from what they're doing that they're
aware of the issues described in the article.
I wouldn't have posted anything about his condition if it wasn't for
the fact that Jobst has been on these n.g.'s since they began in the
'80's, and he's kind of a fixture in the SF Bay Area cycling
community. I know there are a lot of people here who know him
personally or have interacted with him, positively or negatively.
Regardless, I think all of us would love to be as active as he is at
75+ and when something like this happens, I think we'd all like to see
it turn out with him doing well and getting back on the bike.
Brad Anders
I agree (don't know him but have enjoyed seeing him
on the road). Best wishes to Jobst to rest comfortably and
make a speedy recovery.
Ben
> I wouldn't have posted anything about his condition if it wasn't for
> the fact that Jobst has been on these n.g.'s since they began in the
> '80's, and he's kind of a fixture in the SF Bay Area cycling
> community. I know there are a lot of people here who know him
> personally or have interacted with him, positively or negatively.
> Regardless, I think all of us would love to be as active as he is at
> 75+ and when something like this happens, I think we'd all like to see
> it turn out with him doing well and getting back on the bike.
I'd go a little further, Brad. Jobst is still pretty much an icon in the Bay Area
cycling community. Whatever "new" ride you may think you've come up with - Jobst did
it years ago.
Showing self-restraint on RBR...? Is that allowed? We're going to
have to get a ruling from the judges on that, but I think you're in
deep doo-doo. Really deep. Jowls calling you at home and stopping by
to chat deep.
> I wouldn't have posted anything about his condition if it wasn't for
> the fact that Jobst has been on these n.g.'s since they began in the
> '80's, and he's kind of a fixture in the SF Bay Area cycling
> community. I know there are a lot of people here who know him
> personally or have interacted with him, positively or negatively.
> Regardless, I think all of us would love to be as active as he is at
> 75+ and when something like this happens, I think we'd all like to see
> it turn out with him doing well and getting back on the bike.
How does a newsgroup sign a get well card?
R
But, a question. Did his wheels survive intact? I'll be they did if he
built them. :-)
Jobst rides were legendary. Us young punk juniors would do what we could to
trash him in the mountains, but at the end of a 110-mile ride (which
typically included a fair amount of dirt), we'd be doing everything we could
to just hang on his wheel as he motored down Foothill towards Palo Alto.
Yes, but the rides were easier then. In the several millenia since the
early Jobst rides, the tectonic plates have pushed together and raised
the height of our local mountains significantly.