"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
I would be the last person to defend Old Joe, however, he was using toe-clips and this was a case of forgetting that fact. I used to ride a bit as did a few mates. I've seen plenty of riders forget that they are clipped in and subsequently fall over sideways as they frantically try to disengage their foot. It all happens in slow motion. Generally though, this happens with clipless systems where you have to twist the foot to disengage your foot. You just slide the foot back out of the clip with toe-clips. It's a simple system.
Toe clips should be banned! They're dangerous, as Joe demonstrated. There should be a Congressional Committee (ala J6) to investigate. Lawyers should be filing suits against the manufacturers on behalf of those who were injured, or could be injured.
It's a sad day when a once professional, Tour De France cyclist like Joe is thwarted by toe clips. What, you say? He never claimed to be a professional cyclist? Well, he's done so much that it's hard to keep up. Plus, Doctor Jill wasn't there to help him.
What a brave, er, entity!
ReplyDeleteI would be the last person to defend Old Joe, however, he was using toe-clips and this was a case of forgetting that fact. I used to ride a bit as did a few mates. I've seen plenty of riders forget that they are clipped in and subsequently fall over sideways as they frantically try to disengage their foot. It all happens in slow motion. Generally though, this happens with clipless systems where you have to twist the foot to disengage your foot. You just slide the foot back out of the clip with toe-clips. It's a simple system.
ReplyDeleteI fell off my bike a lot when I was a kid. Am I a bad person because I resent that Dopey Joe didn't even skin his knee?
ReplyDeleteYep. If you didn't get Bactine and a bandaid, then it was nothing. He didn't even get a boo-boo for Doctor Jill to kiss.
DeleteToe clips should be banned! They're dangerous, as Joe demonstrated. There should be a Congressional Committee (ala J6) to investigate. Lawyers should be filing suits against the manufacturers on behalf of those who were injured, or could be injured.
ReplyDeleteIt's a sad day when a once professional, Tour De France cyclist like Joe is thwarted by toe clips. What, you say? He never claimed to be a professional cyclist? Well, he's done so much that it's hard to keep up. Plus, Doctor Jill wasn't there to help him.
On the frightening side, he fell near the curb. There might have been divine intervention, otherwise we could be saying "Madame President".
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