IT wrote:
Richard Blaine wrote:
...snip...You are way more serious than I intend to be about race formats.
Don't see how mentioning crashes - they happen all the time in cycling - is insensitive and irresponsible. Sorry for whatever happened to you as it seems to have impacted you more than the knock out concussions than many of us have experienced. Most crashes do not involve TBI, especially during the race. The few that I know of in cycling happened while the rider was training.
It sounds like you want things they way they are and you are set up for that. I on the other hand was tossing out some changes because the OP was asking for changes.
The way it is will probably be the way it stays. Good luck with your TBI as those are devastating injuries that I would not wish on anyone.
(We're getting way off topic here ;-)
I'm not wedded to the status-quo. I'm just a black hat thinker, somebody that always tries to punch holes in other people's ideas. It's a horrible character trait and I apologise :-)
You seemed to imply that young guys would be more interested in racing DL because it's exciting because of the increased chance of crashes. In my opinion that's the same irresponsible thinking as claiming that the NFL is fine because people enjoy seeing 300lb men maul each other into CTE. Most crashes may not involve a TBI, but some do. And, sure, crashes are inevitable, but pushing one form of racing because crashes are more likely is unacceptable, and I'm not going to let that go.
You do realise that every concussion is a TBI, right? There is not physiological difference between my experience and being knocked out cold because you fell of your bike. It's a sliding scale of lasting effects.
And to bring the thread back to where it needs to be here's what I would like:
Some sort of system where I can order parts online, and they get delivered to my door, but my LBS gets its cut.
Citizen of the world, former drunkard. Resident Traumatic Brain Injury advocate.
