Another cycling death.

This summer seems to be full of horrible events occuring to people in our vicinity. Charles, one of the guys that I track raced against regularly at the velodrome, was killed during a criterium race on tuesday night. His bike spun out of control in the finishing sprint and he ran head first into a metal pole going full blast and died instantaneously. This is horrible beyond words, it scares me and saddens me. Bike racing in Oregon is traditionally apparently very safe comparatively (no deaths since someone was hit by a car in the early eighties), and this seems like a fluke but it still shows that there is a real possibility of getting seriously injured. We had a silent lap at the velodrome last night to commemorate his memory. I wish that there was something else we could do.