The Church of Sit-Up Cycling
I’m very pleased to see that the fight against fast cycling, spandex, helmets, thin seats, and other automotive-like cyclalia has taken on a religious dimension.
by David Schaengold · November 9, 2010
I’m very pleased to see that the fight against fast cycling, spandex, helmets, thin seats, and other automotive-like cyclalia has taken on a religious dimension.
October 7, 2012
July 7, 2016
One of the few remaining Navajo Code Talkers, Samuel Sandoval, died at the age of 98.
“Sam was a great warrior. (He) served his country well; especially using the top secret Navajo Code,” Navajo Code Talker and Navajo Code Talker Association President Peter MacDonald said in a text message to The Arizona Mirror.
“He wanted to tell all Navajo families and (the) younger generation the importance of our Navajo language,” he added. “He’ll be terribly missed.”
The Navajo Code talkers were a group of U.S. Marines who used their Native language to transmit messages during World War II. Only three are still alive today: MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
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Sandoval was born in 1922 in Nageezi, New Mexico, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on March 26, 1943. He completed basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, where the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers arrived in September 1942. The men were responsible for developing the unbreakable code used across the Pacific during World War II.
Sandoval served five combat tours, including Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, Peleliu and Okinawa, and was honorably discharged in 1946.
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During Sandoval’s military service, he earned a Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, a Combat Action Ribbon, a China Service Medal, a World War II Victory Medal, a Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia Clasp, and an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with a silver star. Sandoval also received the 2022 American Spirit Award for Bravery from the National WWII Museum.
Semper fi, et requiescat in pace, bellator inclitus.
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No matter the speed as which you are biking, to share the roads with automobiles and not wear a helmet is to court death (or at the very least severe concussion and brain damage).
I owe my life to my bicycle helmet.Report
A helmet saved me from at minimum a nasty concussion if not cracking my skull.Report
Yeah no shit. I lived in Amsterdam for almost a year and a half. As important as bicycles are a means of transportation there I was amazed that I rarely heard of serious injuries from bicycle accidents, given the condition that they ride them in.Report
Hi all,
Thanks for the link David.
Koz touches on a very interesting point: is it simply inexplicably amazing that Amsterdammers don’t regularly have serious injuries, or is there something else to it?
I like to think of sit-up cycling as walking on wheels. Nobody would wear a helmet when walking to work. Also nobody would walk very much if there weren’t sidewalks. And most people who walk to work don’t jog or sprint to work wearing special clothes (some do, but not most). This is how cities around the world that are interested in completing their streets need to think about cycling. Not a sport, like running or rollerblading or mountainbikinig, but just faster walking.
If someone taking every preventative measure – lights, bells, sit up height, strict compliance with traffic signals, a leisurely pace and the use of dedicated cycling streets and lanes – is hurt, I think I’m happy to chalk that up to bad luck. Like walking into a lamppost, or tripping over a dogleash.
Please do join in the conversation on the Facebook page though gents. Try to cite statistics not anecdotes where possible. We all have friends who’ve had near misses when driving, crossing the road, paragliding, chopping vegetables etc.
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