Anyone else want to drag this driver down the road by his bumper infront of his family? Wood chipper? Mexican Prison?

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- A car plowed into a weekend bike race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others, police said.

A car plows into a crowd of bicyclists participating in a race on a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border.

The 28-year-old driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep when he crashed into the race, said police investigator Jose Alfredo Rodriguez.
A photograph taken by a city official showed bicyclists and equipment being hurled high into the air by the collision.
Rodriguez said Juan Campos was charged with killing Alejandro Alvarez, 37, of Monterrey.
Authorities said the wreck happened 15 minutes into the 34-kilometer (21 mile) race Sunday along a highway between Playa Bagdad and Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.
Campos said he is an American citizen living in Brownsville. The U.S. Consulate could not immediately confirm that.
"We are looking into the incident in terms of whether American citizens were involved,"

Cyclist uprising

Reference an article cyclists are up and arms and letting their voices be heard. Hugh' post to the news journal (pictured) sums up the majority's feelings.

My response to Hugh that some of you may not have been exposed to:

Hugh,

Nice, especially in response to the recent "Road Rules" article. Anyofyou who may not have read it, it was published last week some time inthe illustrious News Journal. The article was actually a radical assaultof cyclist's rights to the road and it was bolstered by an "avid"85 year old recreational cyclist. This piece of trash tid-bit reeked ofignorance. Now we need to straighten out the peloton and patrol our ownthat are endangering the riders and ultimately the group rides. Just FYIlast night was the least safety conscious group ride I have ever been onand people need to either learn their limitations or suck it up whentold their limitations by an experienced/veteran rider. (Safety Firstfolks) Coupled with recent and numerous vehicular assaults of cyclistsby ill-informed drivers pertaining to rights to the road, common senseleft behind in our own driveways is drawing negative attention towardsour rides/riders. Remember these are group rides and there is no moneyat the end and no bragging rights worth loosing another rider tooncoming traffic. I also shudder at the possibility of being smackedwith another soda can while riding alone, because a driver's distastefor cyclists after seeing some other sloppy group of riders crashinginto each other.

Keep the rubber side down.

Joe Miller

Come On Eileen ............Zaffiro

The "Road Rules" article in the News Journal is really doing great things for local cyclists in the community....... An officially unofficial readers pole indicates that mullet wrapper readers in the community feel more justification than ever for throwing cans at and endangering cyclists. This year, a record number of vehicle vs. bicycle accidents occurred in Volusia County. I am glad to see that the News Journal is fueling drivers ignorance and emboldening them to maliciously assault citizens and their rights to the road. Having been run down from behind myself, I resent the statement Eileen makes about bicyclists colliding with cars. I think the numbers would reflect the cyclist injured as of late have been RUN DOWN!

Joe Miller

Founder of:

Road Awareness of/for Cycling Enthusiasts

feel free to become versed on the Law:

www.dot.state.fl.us

From Hugh's blog, the Deland Crit was a mess

Peter Erdose, this would have been your race that Saturday morning you were here!!!

Don't litter or cross the center line... or else.

JACKSONVILLE RACES HAVE BEEN POSTPONED

(Likely scratched for the year)

Last year's CENTER LINE Rule Violations have caused Clay County authorities to no longer welcome bike racing in that county. Now you know why the officials and promoters always talk about that rule. We must abide by certain rules as racers and citizens if we expect to continue our great sport. Local residents there are tired of the trash that racers throw to the roadside and the inability to get past a group of racers that could stay on the proper side of the road. For the rest of 2008, all Yellow Line Violations and any discarding of bottles or trash will be met with instant disqualification from the event. Here is what the USAC rule book says about these two items.

4H11(d) Traffic Laws - Failure to obey traffic laws when the course is not closed to traffic, such as the crossing of a centerline without advancing position or being a hazard to traffic [waiver or warning, more severe penalty if position improved or hazardous].

3B9. Feeding - The passing of food or refreshments to competitors shall be at the discretion of the Chief Referee. Riders may not discard materials that are not biodegradable; they may pass or throw such material to support personnel in places far from any bystanders [relegation or disqualification for littering or unauthorized feeding].

Brazil Road Race World Title

Here are a few of the shots from the Road Race. It was a 10 K circuit with a 1.5 K climb before a 700 meter (slightly) down hill sprint to the line (10 laps). My heart rate never went so high as it did in both the Time Trial and the sprint of the Road Race. 206 beats/min when I went over the line after covering one of the two Venezuelan's moves made on the climb leading into the sprint.

---- Of the last two riders in the break with me I was anticipating the weaker of the two to make a move on the hill forcing me to cover it. I was then planning on the stronger to counter after the summit... well shame on them. The stronger of the two made the first move blowing the weaker (his teammate and fellow countryman) right off our wheel in the climb. He had a great sprint and strong move but didn't expect a 40+ MPH sprint and subsequently finished about 50 meters back.

More Brazil

I was asked for some of The Brazil Photos from the International Games

Here they are. Included are some opening ceremony shots, Sao Paulo, The Road Race, Golf Course and random images.

New BH TT bike with custom trigger action

The New BH Carbon TT bike

DYN-O-MITE

I owe much of my career and cyclying success to the mentoring of this man. A legend and a friend.
Give him some props at www.dynomitejj.com/front.html.

Recovery

The recovery from last June's being run over by a mini van is coming along but I still have pain issues and fluid accumulation in the areas of the blowout(s). I had some bruising appear in the area of the left knee surgery on my last ride and pain in the area of the right knee surgery the ride after that. I suppose I have been welcomed into the world of unmitigated suffering and pain managment via a Honda Mini Van and a thoughtless driver. I guess things will never be the same when pieces of the body are removed.... but at least I lost weight without trying....(I think I would rather have complete knees)

I have good motivation with the team to keep true to the recovery efforts and therepy recomended by my surgeon even though I am pretty sure I am stuck with the pain.

-the photo depicts a small fracture of the femoral condile-

Lunch with Rasta Floyd

Yeah so yesterday Floyd and I got together in an old BMC team trailer and he said the Metro VW trailer should be more like his. Well I think his dredlocks were tweaking his brains a little or something because I for one don't want to see big old Meth cookers around.

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