This season there have been three cyclists killed in this area. One just
last Sunday on the House of Pain ride.
1) Guy on the Primavera riding downhill in a close pack of people he didn't
know. Someone touched the brake, caught his wheel and he went over the bars
onto his head.
2) Guy in the Sierra Century coming off of Daisy Hill or whatever it's
called. A long medium fast downhill into town. He passes a truck on a turn,
there's a car coming the other way and he pulled too close to the truck and
tried to push himself off of the spinning rear wheel of the truck. Thrown
into the oncoming car.
3) Local hero on the fastest ride in the area training for the
Championships. Going 25+ mph cuts a corner and goes headfirst into a truck
almost at a stop. Truck tries to avoid the cyclist and clips his buddy on
his wheel. Luckily the buddy sustained relatively minor injuries if you can
call watching your pal die minor.
If they'd only been wearing a helmet they'd all be alive today. Whoops they
all WERE wearing helmets.
No helmet made can make up for what's under it. It should be the riders
option whether to wear a helmet or not. One thing is absolutely certain,
given the option very few riders wear helmets and almost none on hard
climbs.