info
Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
Joerg may not be too crazy
18 views
Skip to first unread message
David Scheidt
May 19, 2018, 6:18:24 PM5/19/18
to
AMuzi
May 19, 2018, 7:22:44 PM5/19/18
to
On 5/19/2018 5:18 PM, David Scheidt wrote:
> http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/05/1_dead_1_injured_in_washington.html
>
Yikes!
Given the choice, I'd prefer a death like William Riley's.
The inventor/developer of Sturmey Archer gearboxes from 1902
was a Royal Navy machinist in the war years. Riding to work
in 1946(?) he stopped, sat on the curb and said, "I do not
feel well" after which he died.
--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
> http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/05/1_dead_1_injured_in_washington.html
>
Yikes!
Given the choice, I'd prefer a death like William Riley's.
The inventor/developer of Sturmey Archer gearboxes from 1902
was a Royal Navy machinist in the war years. Riding to work
in 1946(?) he stopped, sat on the curb and said, "I do not
feel well" after which he died.
--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
jbeattie
May 19, 2018, 7:51:30 PM5/19/18
to
On Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 3:18:24 PM UTC-7, David Scheidt wrote:
> http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/05/1_dead_1_injured_in_washington.html
My brother lives in Snoqualmie and formerly lived next door in North Bend. I house sat for three months in North Bend and rode practically every day. Every ride was filled with mountain lions. Everywhere -- I had to clean fur out of my chain. Super dangerous place. You need to be packing serious heat: http://glock.pro/attachments/glock-pistols/7040d1404440164-bicycle-wipe-out-when-carrying-glock-post-7002-0-90012100-1397584614.jpg
> http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/05/1_dead_1_injured_in_washington.html
In all seriousness, my brother said it was on a logging road not too far from his house. He doesn't know yet if it is anyone he knows. My brother was an old guy mountain bike champ (Washington state and some others), so he knows most of the roads and the riders. I don't recall him complaining about mountain lions or the incessant mechanical problems encountered by Joerg for that matter.
-- Jay Beattie.
-- Jay Beattie.
Frank Krygowski
May 19, 2018, 10:20:47 PM5/19/18
to
On 5/19/2018 7:22 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 5/19/2018 5:18 PM, David Scheidt wrote:
>> http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/05/1_dead_1_injured_in_washington.html
>>
>>
>
> Yikes!
>
> Given the choice, I'd prefer a death like William Riley's. The
> inventor/developer of Sturmey Archer gearboxes from 1902 was a Royal
> Navy machinist in the war years. Riding to work in 1946(?) he stopped,
> sat on the curb and said, "I do not feel well" after which he died.
FWIW, I lost two different friends that way.
> On 5/19/2018 5:18 PM, David Scheidt wrote:
>> http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/05/1_dead_1_injured_in_washington.html
>>
>>
>
> Yikes!
>
> Given the choice, I'd prefer a death like William Riley's. The
> inventor/developer of Sturmey Archer gearboxes from 1902 was a Royal
> Navy machinist in the war years. Riding to work in 1946(?) he stopped,
> sat on the curb and said, "I do not feel well" after which he died.
Since we all gotta go sometime, I think: Lucky guys!
--
- Frank Krygowski
Joerg
May 20, 2018, 10:38:05 AM5/20/18
to
a climate for them. That is very different here in CA. I never
encountered one so far but saw fresh tracks on singletrack. Once on a
singletrack I came upon a freshly slain fox right on the trail. While
riding around it something big darted out of a bush and off into the
thick vegetation. I don't know what it was but I only know one animal
that would kill a fox and eat it. So I chose to get out of there and not
to take this trail back home but to use a rather nasty and shoulderless
country road.
WA has different beasts. While on a winter hike in the snow up in the
maintains near Stephens Pass a little bear followed me. It was probably
hoping I'd drop my backpack. Every time I turned around it stopped.
Looked too small for a bear to be on his or her own and eventually it
gave up. I hope it found its way back to mama.
--
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/
jbeattie
May 20, 2018, 2:38:18 PM5/20/18
to
https://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/cougar/
And our mountain lions are bigger, faster, stronger and meaner. Oregon is a smaller state, so mountain lion population density is high up here -- between 10-20 per square acre, even downtown. It's how we're handling the homeless problem. I found a mountain lion under my bed this morning. It's bad.
Speaking of wildlife, I went out with the old guys for a short ride this morning, and one of my cohorts ran over a squirrel. I heard its neck snap. Poor 'ittle squirrel. They're everywhere right now, and the only option when you're descending on a bike is to go straight.
-- Jay Beattie.
David Scheidt
May 20, 2018, 4:06:03 PM5/20/18
to
jbeattie <jbeat...@msn.com> wrote:
Friend of mine had a bad (broke collarbone, totalled bike) caused by
hitting a squirrel. It tired to jump through the wheel, or something.
--
sig 85
hitting a squirrel. It tired to jump through the wheel, or something.
--
sig 85
AMuzi
May 20, 2018, 4:30:49 PM5/20/18
to
Might have been worse with a mountain lion. Squirrels don't
rip out the rider's neck after the crash.
David Scheidt
May 20, 2018, 9:17:58 PM5/20/18
to
0 new messages