We'll said.
That and I think Betsy is awesome! Don't mess with Polish Michigan... Good interview.
Lots of talk about the whole jackass who admitted too. Many around here know Josh Jamner, raced with him maybe. He's got a good personal recounting of the latest cheater to fess up.
We chatted a bit - i gave him the goods from Burt Friggin Hoovis (his office don't allow that sort of stuff to be checked online). Make note of the new banner there - funny as hell.
josh: he was a so-so collegiate cyclist
then he went to arizona one winter
and came back fast
me: and doped to the gills
josh: and was sa good collegiate cyclist
and we were all like, yea, winter in tuscon, supposedly riding hard, kid is a machine, figures
then he graduated, and went pro
i used to race him all the time
in college
and outside
me: so did he take more than $5 of prize money out of your pocket?
josh: collegiate is $0
but outside
yes
Josh was mostly surprised by it, esp considering this kid was doing it in college. Talk about crazy. Take dope so you can kick butt in a race you won't win any money in? But then it did vault him into a Pro job.
Crazy stuff.
Has the firestorm started like Myerson suggested would be needed in the sport?
(yeah yeah two unrelated things but hey - they both bother me - idiots and jackasses blowing stop signs and lights and what not and dopers).
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I commute by bike about as often as I drive, and have been since the late 80's. I've commuted through such bike 'friendly' cities as boston, lowell, and lawrence (all massachusetts). I consider myself a safe rider because in those 25 years, I've been in exactly one accident, where a driver coming from the other direction took a left hand turn across the lane of traffic I was in. That would have been the driver fault regardless of what I was driving (or riding, in this case).
I don't usually actually stop at stop signs unless there is oncoming traffic, though I _always_ slow down to check, prepared to stop. I can count the times on one hand that I'll go through a red light over the course of a year. I can even tell what light - I can't set off the sensor and there's no timer for the light.
However, looking at the intersection and reading the various web reports, I'll just say the riders need to understand that they did in fact break the law. I'll say I probably wouldn't have done any different than they did at that intersection, other than slowing to make sure there was no traffic before taking the turn. For that matter, I'm sure they behaved no differently than any _car_ that takes that turn as well. That said, if you were in a car and got a ticket for not stopping, you have to see it as reasonable if you were given a ticket on a bike for not stopping as well. At least, _I_ would accept the responsibility.
I'm alive and uninjured (from commuting - I've been severely battered over the years from racing) because I follow the rules of the road. You should too.
BTW - Meyersons' 'burn it down' suggestion is no less ludicrous now than when he made it.
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