Bike to Work Day accident claims life of bicyclist - Santa Cruz...

An accident on Bike to Work Day has claimed the life of a San Mateo man who rode his bicycle to work every day.

[Down Low]

Alright Posner, let's here the conspiracy theory about this one... was it the paving company lobby... or the friends of motorhomes alliance... i know, it was the reptillian aliens whom control the car companies.

[EricR]

The title is a bit misleading, no? Makes it sound like the accident was precipitated by Bike to Work Day. If this guy rode every day, it was just a bad bit of luck.

[countersTrike]

Definitley part of the motor home alliance that congregates daily and yells at passing by cyclists on West Cliff Drive. Sadly, cars are not the only murder weapons.

[Ace]

countersTrike wrote:

Definitley part of the motor home alliance that congregates daily and yells at passing by cyclists on West Cliff Drive. Sadly, cars are not the only murder weapons.

Those are birds of your feather. All those hippie bums ride bikes.
They were probably just laughing at the sight of you in your spandex...

[Luca]

Should of been a warning sign.

[Ichabod Pennifflecorn]

Luca wrote:

Should of been a warning sign.

Amen Brother!!!

[jeb]

Ace wrote:

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Those are birds of your feather. All those hippie bums ride bikes.
They were probably just laughing at the sight of you in your spandex...

Maybee they were laughing at your lack of brainpower! Secretly you fantasize about parading around in spandex.Most likely your overweight , so I'm sure they would have plenty to laugh about!

[jeb]

Luca wrote:

Should of been a warning sign.

Warning of what? This is a posting spot for complete thoughts. What happened?

[jeb]

Ichabod Pennifflecorn wrote:

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Amen Brother!!!

You are saying amen to an incomplete thought, and that says alot about your ineptitude.

[feh]

jeb wrote:

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Warning of what? This is a posting spot for complete thoughts. What happened?

Misspelling aside, the rest of us were able to figure out what his post said. The problem in thought (or lack thereof) is on _your_ end.

[Barry Willingham]

How come all you brave people behind your keyboard never use your real names?

[Ruby]

Barry Willingham wrote:

How come all you brave people behind your keyboard never use your real names?

With a name like Barry Willingham I would use a name like Tinky Winky.

[Nick]

The fact that the AP picked up on this story annoys me. A great event, Bike to Work Day, is being cast in a way that it makes biking appear dangerous. I am constantly seeing articles about car accidents, and much more rarely bike accidents. I bike 36 miles a day to and from work for 5 years, and have not had any problems. Seriously, we need more people to ride bikes seeing as gas is already 4$ a gallon, and there is no indication the price will not continue to rise. I think this is bad press, period.

[mirror]

Nick wrote:

The fact that the AP picked up on this story annoys me. A great event, Bike to Work Day, is being cast in a way that it makes biking appear dangerous. I am constantly seeing articles about car accidents, and much more rarely bike accidents. I bike 36 miles a day to and from work for 5 years, and have not had any problems. Seriously, we need more people to ride bikes seeing as gas is already 4$ a gallon, and there is no indication the price will not continue to rise. I think this is bad press, period.

Whoa. A little strong there fellow bicyclist. I bike 20 miles to work each day for the past 8 years. I have been forced off the road, missed a pole, but broke my collar-bone. Bicycling amongst larger vehicles is dangerous. Safer on the bike path. How many traffic laws did you break today on your holier than thou ride to and from work today? Did you put yourself at risk? Just because gas is $4 a gallon, doesn't give you the right to dictate your preference to others. It is still America. Let's run with your logic a little though. You claim to bike to work everyday, why do you care about the price of gas?

[whattodoinjuly]

I ride my bike a lot, but I dont accidentally ride it into stuff like this guy did.

Might as well put a warning sign on everything if you're going that route, lol.

[jeffreynewell]

jeb wrote:

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You are saying amen to an incomplete thought, and that says alot about your ineptitude.

Yo jeb here is a complete thought, you should get back on your medications. There maybe should have been a sign, and amen brother would be another persons way of agreeing to that fact. I have a couple other complete thoughts for you but they are too complicated for you to understand.

[kevin]

mirror wrote:

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Whoa. A little strong there fellow bicyclist. I bike 20 miles to work each day for the past 8 years. I have been forced off the road, missed a pole, but broke my collar-bone. Bicycling amongst larger vehicles is dangerous. Safer on the bike path.

I thought that this fatality happened on a bike path, because the cyclist hit a barrier too close to the path. The evidence that bike paths are safer than roads is thin at best. This story certainly doesn't support the idea.

[BigOilStoryTag]

He was upset for days about his pay cut.. May have not had his mind on the path/road in front of him.. Nice guy too... What books are you people reading?

[Tin Foil Hat]

I just know it was the vast right wing conspiracy, they don't like bike riders. They want us all to use internal combustion engines. Keep the oil flowing. Lube oil on bike chains is just not enough to justify drilling in Alaska.

[Johnnybitchin]

accidents happen..At least he died doing what he enjoyed. RIP