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Vince Mazur
Guest
This is my first time positing to a board, and I want to tell my brief story. April 14th of last
year I was riding my Diamondback Voyager training for the Ride The Rockies Tour. I rode this comfort
mountain bike only on pavement/concrete and am a very conservative rider.
As I was riding along I-25 on the service road and without any hint of warning, the seat post on the
bike snapped like a piece of chalk. I went tumbling toward oncoming traffic on the interstate, but
fortunately stopped short. I thought for sure a rib was lodged in my left lung, but after an
ambulance ride and emergency room treatment, I was sent home with a broken collarbone and severely
bruised ribs. I couldn't lie flat for 8 weeks! I feel very fortunate my life was not taken that day,
but still have a bum left shoulder.
My question to the group: Is a seat post failure such as this common out there?
I am no feather-weight (I weighed about 235 lbs.), but am disgusted that I could be riding straight
and level and just have the seat collapse under me. I thought it long overdue to go public on this
unfortunate event.
Vince
year I was riding my Diamondback Voyager training for the Ride The Rockies Tour. I rode this comfort
mountain bike only on pavement/concrete and am a very conservative rider.
As I was riding along I-25 on the service road and without any hint of warning, the seat post on the
bike snapped like a piece of chalk. I went tumbling toward oncoming traffic on the interstate, but
fortunately stopped short. I thought for sure a rib was lodged in my left lung, but after an
ambulance ride and emergency room treatment, I was sent home with a broken collarbone and severely
bruised ribs. I couldn't lie flat for 8 weeks! I feel very fortunate my life was not taken that day,
but still have a bum left shoulder.
My question to the group: Is a seat post failure such as this common out there?
I am no feather-weight (I weighed about 235 lbs.), but am disgusted that I could be riding straight
and level and just have the seat collapse under me. I thought it long overdue to go public on this
unfortunate event.
Vince