Mountain Biking is DANGEROUS!

Mike Vandeman

Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!

Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are looking day by
day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in full body
armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young woman with a
serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree stump---OUCH!! I happened to
pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a rescue vehicle out for that
one, while heading out on a Sunday outing. The other had a suspected spinal
trauma, but he got lucky.
About a year ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible injury to
his brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had to be
amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was hopeful. With
regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady sings". You
made my day with this poem. Thanks.

===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

Michael Paul

more people die or are injured from accidents that occur in the home.

therefore, we should focus all energies on banning homes for the safety of
everybody.

"Mike Vandeman" <mjvande@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:je3s60d7hk1l2jn6vffb99peepl8dg2duj@4ax.com...
> Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!
>
> Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are looking
day by
> day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in full
body
> armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young woman with a
> serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree stump---OUCH!! I
happened to
> pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a rescue vehicle out for
that
> one, while heading out on a Sunday outing. The other had a suspected
spinal
> trauma, but he got lucky.
> About a year ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible injury
to
> his brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had to be
> amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was hopeful.
With
> regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady sings".
You
> made my day with this poem. Thanks.
>
> ===
> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
> humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

Brett Jaffee

Funny stuff? I can only come to one of two conclusions regarding this
post...

1)That MV thinks anyone who wears protective gear, yet still can get
injured, is silly. This group would also include:

All cyclists (both off and on road)
Equestrians
Motorcyclists (both off and on road)
Firefighters
Construction workers
Downhill ski racers
Skate boarders
Hockey players
Football players
Baseball players at bat
Police and Military wearing body armor
Mountain climbers
Kayakers
And so on.

I suppose it's possible that all of the above are "silly," but more then
likely..

2)"Silly" is just an excuse for Mike to revel in human pain.


> "Mike Vandeman" <mjvande@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:je3s60d7hk1l2jn6vffb99peepl8dg2duj@4ax.com...
>> Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!
>>
>> Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are
>> looking
> day by
>> day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in
>> full
> body
>> armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young woman
>> with a serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree
>> stump---OUCH!! I
> happened to
>> pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a rescue vehicle out
>> for
> that
>> one, while heading out on a Sunday outing. The other had a suspected
> spinal
>> trauma, but he got lucky.
>> About a year ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible
>> injury
> to
>> his brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had
>> to be amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was
>> hopeful.
> With
>> regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady
>> sings".
> You
>> made my day with this poem. Thanks.
>>
>> ===
>> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
>> humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
>> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
>>
>> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
>
>
>

Doki

Mike Vandeman wrote:

> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
> humans ("pure habitat").

How will we know that it's working if you do create it? However we check
we'll be disturbing things and that'll upset the fluffy little animals that
haven't been around and able to cope with humans for the last several
million years.

SWorksRider

Mike Vandeman wrote:
> Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!
> Funny stuff! Do the mountain bikers realize how silly they are looking
> day by day?? This past weekend saw two "experienced" mountain bikers in
> full body armour still get somewhat seriously injured. One was a young
> woman with a serious chest injury due to meeting up with a tree stump---
> OUCH!! I happened to pass by the three ambulances, a fire truck and a
> rescue vehicle out for that one, while heading out on a Sunday outing.
> The other had a suspected spinal trauma, but he got lucky. About a year
> ago, a dental student in his final year got a horrible injury to his
> brachial nerve in his arm, due to blindsiding a tree, and it had to be
> amputated. Tsk! Tsk! The wetland group meeting last night was hopeful.
> With regards to Mountain View Park, "it ain't over until the Fat Lady
> sings". You made my day with this poem. Thanks.
> ===
> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans
> ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting
> auto dependence and road construction.)
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvandehttp...ell.net/mjvande





XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
spell out HUFFY down the side?



--

Gary S.

On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 01:07:00 GMT, Mike Vandeman <mjvande@pacbell.net>
wrote:

>Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!
>
> You
>made my day with this poem. Thanks.
>
Um, didn't you post that butchered poem?

Is this one of Mikey's voices talking to another?

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

Mike Vandeman

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:40:26 +0100, "Doki" <doki@spamtroNspidar.com> wrote:

..
..
..Mike Vandeman wrote:
..
..> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
..> humans ("pure habitat").
..
..How will we know that it's working if you do create it?

We don't need to know. DUH!

However we check
..we'll be disturbing things and that'll upset the fluffy little animals that
..haven't been around and able to cope with humans for the last several
..million years.
..

===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

JJG

On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 07:50:09 GMT, SWorksRider
<usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote:


>
>XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
>spell out HUFFY down the side?

I Ride XC in Body Armor, and so do all the people I ride with
and quite often i have been very happy to be wearing it !
Come ride the "vietnam" you'll learn real fast why we wear armor
and No we don't ride Huffy's :-) ( althouth there is one in a tree )

Mike Vandeman

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:49:47 GMT, JJG <Circusjunk@hotmail.com> wrote:

..On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 07:50:09 GMT, SWorksRider
..<usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote:
..
..
..>
..>XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
..>spell out HUFFY down the side?
..
..I Ride XC in Body Armor, and so do all the people I ride with
..and quite often i have been very happy to be wearing it !
..Come ride the "vietnam" you'll learn real fast why we wear armor
..and No we don't ride Huffy's :-) ( althouth there is one in a tree )

Only sissies wear body armor.
===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

JJG

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 14:58:23 GMT, Mike Vandeman <mjvande@pacbell.net>
wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:49:47 GMT, JJG <Circusjunk@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>.On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 07:50:09 GMT, SWorksRider
>.<usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote:
>.
>.
>.>
>.>XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
>.>spell out HUFFY down the side?
>.
>.I Ride XC in Body Armor, and so do all the people I ride with
>.and quite often i have been very happy to be wearing it !
>.Come ride the "vietnam" you'll learn real fast why we wear armor
>.and No we don't ride Huffy's :-) ( althouth there is one in a tree )
>
>Only sissies wear body armor.
>===

Spoken Like a true Non-rider.

Mike just remeber where I ride . Mt bikers Bought the land!

Doki

Mike Vandeman wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:40:26 +0100, "Doki" <doki@spamtroNspidar.com>
> wrote:
>
> .
> .
> .Mike Vandeman wrote:
> .
> .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
> .> humans ("pure habitat").
> .
> .How will we know that it's working if you do create it?
>
> We don't need to know. DUH!

How do we know that it's any better than a normal national park type
scenario, which is a a few paths criss crossing a vast area of land?

Ken Campbell

Whoa Mikey Spinner Rama! You rock! A finer example of consideration I've never seen!
Whirrr Whirrr Whirrrrrrrrr

hahahahahahahahahaha


SNI

I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
morons ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
Years fighting idiots and cretins.)
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>>> Mike Vandeman<mjvande@pacbell.net> 4/2/2004 6:07:00 PM >>>

Subject: OH MOUNTAIN BIKERS!

Funny stuff!

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Mike Vandeman

On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 01:52:28 GMT, JJG <Circusjunk@hotmail.com> wrote:

..On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 14:58:23 GMT, Mike Vandeman <mjvande@pacbell.net>
..wrote:
..
..>On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:49:47 GMT, JJG <Circusjunk@hotmail.com> wrote:
..>
..>.On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 07:50:09 GMT, SWorksRider
..>.<usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote:
..>.
..>.
..>.>
..>.>XC riders in full boddy armor? Were they riding super light bikes that
..>.>spell out HUFFY down the side?
..>.
..>.I Ride XC in Body Armor, and so do all the people I ride with
..>.and quite often i have been very happy to be wearing it !
..>.Come ride the "vietnam" you'll learn real fast why we wear armor
..>.and No we don't ride Huffy's :-) ( althouth there is one in a tree )
..>
..>Only sissies wear body armor.
..>===
..
..Spoken Like a true Non-rider.

BS. I have biked for 56 years.

..Mike just remeber where I ride . Mt bikers Bought the land!

===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

Mike Vandeman

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:51:11 +0100, "Doki" <doki@spamtroNspidar.com> wrote:

..
..
..Mike Vandeman wrote:
..> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:40:26 +0100, "Doki" <doki@spamtroNspidar.com>
..> wrote:
..>
..> .
..> .
..> .Mike Vandeman wrote:
..> .
..> .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
..> .> humans ("pure habitat").
..> .
..> .How will we know that it's working if you do create it?
..>
..> We don't need to know. DUH!
..
..How do we know that it's any better than a normal national park type
..scenario, which is a a few paths criss crossing a vast area of land?

Because we are still losing species from national parks.
===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande