One of our guys was hit by a car on our weekly group ride last week. The accident was a bad combination of obstructed views and the cyclist's incorrect assumption that the driver of the car could see him. The rescue squad and hospital aren't too far from the parkway where he was hit so we didn't have to wait long for help at least.

I knew from speaking with him last weekend that he had a compound fracture of his femur. Found out last night that with the plate and all the screws he will not be able to put any weight on it for 3-4 months. Probably won't even get out of the hospital until the end of the week or later.

But the true cyclist that he is, while laying in pain on the road he asked numerous times how his bike was and who would be taking it home. He also had to complain how his whole biking season was going to be screwed up. When I spoke with him on the phone he wanted a full damage report on his bike. The bike ended up taking the hit alot better than he did.

We were all much more over-careful (probably no such thing as too careful) this week on our ride.