Team Type 1’s Brooks Stable Following Violent Crash
Bend, Ore. — Team Type 1’s Ben Brooks is hospitalized in stable condition following a violent crash Wednesday during the opening stage of the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic in Bend, Ore.
The 29-year-old Australian fell victim to one of a half dozen cattle guard crossings along the 83-mile (133.5 km) Prineville Road Race. A [...]
US ENERGY CRISIS UPDATE
Gas prices are too high, right? Absolutely unbelievable — somebody should do something about this, shouldn’t they? How can we get by paying $4 a gallon? Who’s getting rich off this? Why doesn’t the government step in?
Those thoughts - headlines - rants - often go through my mind as I ride. Sitting on a bike [...]
Dash 4 Cash - Becomes - Smash & Crash
At a local crit in Los Angeles called the Dash 4 Cash there was a pile up in front of me. With no where to go, and the brakes locked up I hit the asphalt. It appears the dude behind me also had no where to go except over my back which left this very [...]
George Hincapie crashes at Tour of California - Exclusive Photos
George Hincapie of Team HighRoad took a pretty nasty crash in the final circuits around Santa Rosa in stage one of the Tour of California. Here are Bicycle.Net’s exclusive photos.
Back on his feet:
Photos by Michael Roe
Road Rash: Lake Tahoe and a last minute right turn by car
Here is a photo of a friend. This occurred on a ride around Lake Tahoe when a driver made a last minute right hand turn without looking. He did this just as we were riding by him.
Brentwood Crit 2003
This photo is from the 2003 Brentwood Crit in Brentwood, CA. You know the place, OJ Simpson made it famous a few years back.
I was on my way to winning the CAT 4 race, when I over cooked the last turn and slid for what seemed like at least 50 meters.
Aron Gadhia, CPT, USACC
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July 4th, 2007 on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, CA.
July 4th 2007, I was riding south on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, CA. A Honda Accord is looking for a parking space and pulls over to park right in front of me while I am descending at around 25 mph. I head butt his trunk, flip over handle bars and land on [...]
Road Rash - A New Column
This new section of Bicycle.Net is dedicated to Road Rash, wipeouts and everything else that can go wrong when its just you, two wheels, a bit of carbon fiber and whole lot of potentially angry asphalt.
Send us your best pictures and stories of hard core failure on two wheels.
But first, Here’s a basic kit [...]
