Accident on WOD downhill after the I-66 Bridge this morning, 6/8

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There was an accident on the WOD downhill after the I-66 Bridge around 8:15 AM this morning. There is a lady on the stretcher with a dozen FX county EMTs, one man cyclist in team jersey with bad rashes on the face, and one horrified female cyclist.

First, I’m looking an update her condition. Hopefully, she was ok.

Second, we, the cyclists need to slow down and prepare to stop when we’re downhill on this section during the summer. After the climb, we want to downhill fast but it has a danger hidden curve. Last week, I was doing about 25 MPH downhill and 3 year old kid jumped out of nowhere but I was able to stop in time.

There are lot of inexperienced riders and joggers on the trail.

Rick

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[Dirt]

Us fixie riders need to remember that we sometimes don’t exactly stop on a dime… Especially those of us above the double century mark in the weight department. I effected a great emergency stop this morning from 140+ rpm to zero, but it took me 10 meters more than it would have on a coasty bike.

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