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US cycling champion Gwen Inglis dies after being struck by car on training ride
yahoo ^ | Wed, May 19, 2021, 9:10 AM

Posted on 05/19/2021 11:34:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin

US national cycling champion Gwen Inglis was struck and killed by a car on Sunday while training near her Denver home, authorities said. She was 47.

Inglis, the reigning US road race champion in the 45-to-49 age group, was riding with her husband, Mike, around 10am on Sunday in the Denver suburb of Lakewood when a Nissan sedan driven by Ryan Scott Montoya, 29, drifted into the bike lane where she was riding.

Montoya remained at the scene and was facing possible charges of vehicular homicide, Lakewood police told local Fox affiliate KDVR-TV. Montoya told police he was not texting at the time of the accident, but admitted to drinking alcohol and using marijuana the night before, 9 News reported.

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KEYWORDS: bicycle; bicycling; colorado; cycling; gwen; gweninglis; inglis
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To: cuban leaf

It’s as bad as drinking and driving.


21 posted on 05/19/2021 12:01:56 PM PDT by CrazyCatChick (But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.)
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To: monkeyshine
Actually they told us in Driver’s Ed that the majority of accidents happen within a few miles of one’s home.

They told me most accidents happen within a mile of my home. So I moved.
22 posted on 05/19/2021 12:07:47 PM PDT by drjimmy
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To: BenLurkin

Which is why I almost only ride gravel, or trails.


23 posted on 05/19/2021 12:13:59 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: CrazyCatChick

It’s as bad as drinking and driving.


IMO, it’s worse. The only difference is you can “sober up” instantly. But you can also “blow a .3” instantly.


24 posted on 05/19/2021 12:16:26 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: glorgau

“Yep, this could happen anytime you go out for a ride.”

Two of my friends died the same way. It’s a shame.


25 posted on 05/19/2021 12:36:16 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
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To: monkeyshine
Actually they told us in Driver’s Ed that the majority of accidents happen within a few miles of one’s home.

Steven Wright had the answer for this problem: Move farther away.

26 posted on 05/19/2021 12:37:50 PM PDT by Captain Walker ("Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things." - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: BenLurkin

A five-year span on an age group? Geesh. Who is that supposed to protect/serve?
Lots of age groups, tho, does accomplish what the Oscars did; create loads of categories so everyone gets a prize! Kinda like a participation trophy.
Too bad about the lady jock, tho. Riding on a street is risky. She didn’t have a spotter? Bummer.


27 posted on 05/19/2021 12:40:36 PM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: BenLurkin

You have to be Complete NUTS to ride a bike on or near a road (bike lanes). All those idiots out driving around with the face planted in their smart phone.

when I see people riding bikes along side of the road I always shake my head and wonder what are they thinking.


28 posted on 05/19/2021 12:40:55 PM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: absalom01

If you want to ride a bike safely, move to the Netherlands. There you can ride shoulder-to-shoulder with a million other bikers.


29 posted on 05/19/2021 12:44:20 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: absalom01

If you want to ride a bike safely, move to the Netherlands. There you can ride shoulder-to-shoulder with a million other bikers.


30 posted on 05/19/2021 12:45:25 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: BenLurkin

I tried getting into biking in college. Bought a nice bicycle and rode it around the outskirts of town to train. But the truckers continually running me off the road by coming up behind me and veering into the breakdown lane made it unviable. They could have easily killed me; they thought that it was fun.


31 posted on 05/19/2021 12:48:15 PM PDT by LimitedPowers (Citizenship is not a Hate Crime!)
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To: Cold Heart

Legalized pot may be part of it. I think most of it is the huge numbers of drunk illegal aliens.


32 posted on 05/19/2021 12:49:59 PM PDT by Tailback
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To: tflabo

I won’t ride on the street anymore for the same reason. Just bike trails and sidewalks.


33 posted on 05/19/2021 12:51:16 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: cuban leaf
Texting for $500, Alex.

It's very dangerous. I have looked in my mirror stopped at a light seeing the person behind me approaching while looking down texting, not good.

34 posted on 05/19/2021 12:55:28 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: cuban leaf

I will only ride the bike on residential streets. Mostly I walk now. It requires less situational awareness.


35 posted on 05/19/2021 12:57:00 PM PDT by Fai Mao (It is time, past time and almost too late.)
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To: CrazyIvan

Pro motocross racer Gaylon Mosier was killed by a drunk while on a training ride.


36 posted on 05/19/2021 12:57:26 PM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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To: BenLurkin

The one time I was hit by a vehicle while cycling I was in a bike lane.


37 posted on 05/19/2021 12:59:48 PM PDT by rhinohunter
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To: Fai Mao
I will only ride the bike on residential streets.

I stick to bikepaths, the ones separated from the roads.

38 posted on 05/19/2021 1:00:36 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 353FMG

Well, to be fair, it’s very flat in the Netherlands, which makes it a lot more pleasant. On the other hand, it’s almost always gray and misting, which isn’t great.


39 posted on 05/19/2021 1:03:11 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: BenLurkin
When I rode my mountain bike in traffic, I always used a mirror, and checked it constantly. I always knew what was coming up behind me, and was always prepared to pull far off the road and stop.

Mirrycle mirrors are good and are inexpensive. Just keep them adjusted.

https://www.amazon.com/Mirrycle-FBA_MI3002-2-Mountain-Bike-Mirror/dp/B000BR4NIC/

Be sure to use a mirror that will rotate out of the way without moving the handlebar if it is clipped by a car's rear view mirror as the car passes. A rigidly mounted mirror can kill you. You can adjust the tightness of the Mirrycle mirror so it rotates easily out of the way if hit.

I don't understand why bike mirrors are not more popular with non-racers. A tiny amount of weight, a tiny amount of air resistance, and a mirror can save your life. Talk about no-brainers!

Only the paranoid survive.

40 posted on 05/19/2021 1:23:05 PM PDT by TChad
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