Comments on: The Death of Isaac Galvez and Its Repercussions http://cyclocosm.com/2006/11/the-death-of-isaac-galvez-and-its-repercussions/ Pro Cycling News, Commentary and Special Features Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:45:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Troy Walters http://cyclocosm.com/2006/11/the-death-of-isaac-galvez-and-its-repercussions/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Troy Walters Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:33:00 +0000 #comment-440 You of all people. This is BS. Casartelli's chest impacted that cement if I remember and what does Kivi's personal choice (or Casartelli's) have to do with organizers' commitment to safety?<BR/><BR/>You have every right to bring up this kind of crap before there is a tragedy but to bring it up after is disrespectful to Gelvez, disrespectful to people who organize races (like me) and boring. A fluke occurs and suddenly the sport is supposed to spend millions so that flukes never happen. Check your head.<BR/><BR/>This isn't like you Cosmo You of all people. This is BS. Casartelli’s chest impacted that cement if I remember and what does Kivi’s personal choice (or Casartelli’s) have to do with organizers’ commitment to safety?

You have every right to bring up this kind of crap before there is a tragedy but to bring it up after is disrespectful to Gelvez, disrespectful to people who organize races (like me) and boring. A fluke occurs and suddenly the sport is supposed to spend millions so that flukes never happen. Check your head.

This isn’t like you Cosmo

]]> By: Anonymous http://cyclocosm.com/2006/11/the-death-of-isaac-galvez-and-its-repercussions/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Anonymous Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:08:00 +0000 #comment-439 Galvez' death was a terrible tragedy. I read a first-cut guess online that the likely cause of death was a specific type of chest injury that might not have been fatal with some rather specific high-level first-aid interventions.<BR/><BR/>But that's as much second-guessing as the Cyclesafe solution.<BR/><BR/>I'm all for greater safety in racing, and I actually like the idea of the foam curb-guard, but it should also be remembered that bicycle racing speeds top out at around 70 km/h. Motorcyclists consider that a slow warm-up lap. The airfence solution is likely to be gross overkill in all but the most extreme circumstances. Galvez’ death was a terrible tragedy. I read a first-cut guess online that the likely cause of death was a specific type of chest injury that might not have been fatal with some rather specific high-level first-aid interventions.

But that’s as much second-guessing as the Cyclesafe solution.

I’m all for greater safety in racing, and I actually like the idea of the foam curb-guard, but it should also be remembered that bicycle racing speeds top out at around 70 km/h. Motorcyclists consider that a slow warm-up lap. The airfence solution is likely to be gross overkill in all but the most extreme circumstances.

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