Bicycle Accidents

A bicycle in dangerous disrepair is like a flighty steed:  you might gallantly suppose you can handle the challenges, but you stand a good chance of ending up on the ground before it comes time to dismount.  In either case, you are better off choosing a steady mount than risking life and limb for lack…

“Do you ever take it off any sweet jumps?” The “sweet jumps” to which the protagonist of Napoleon Dynamite is referring (consisting of a jerry-built wooden ramp) are, unfortunately for the gangly teenager and his reserved friend, not the height of bicycling daredevilry.  The more experienced cyclist, however, will be happy to learn that there…

KSL5 news reported that Stephen Covey, author and motivational speaker, was in a bike accident in the Provo Foothills on Friday night which resulted in head trauma.  He was knocked unconscious after losing control and then falling off of his bicycle.  There were no others involved; he was simply riding too fast around a turn,…