That's pretty shitty. CAll the local bike shops, pawn shops and check E-bay.
You never know! Matt

In a message dated 7/1/2004 2:33:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "D Clark"
<dccokc@...> writes:

>This happened in Tulsa, could happen anywhere. beware!!!!
>
>
>The title says it all about the incident that happened Sunday
>June
>27th. Let me introduce
>myself. I am Nils Anderson (my nickname is Chip so you may hear
>that
>as well), I work at
>Talk Radio 1170 KFAQ in the News department and I also help
>produce a
>few talk shows. I
>was riding a fifty mile training ride on Sunday. About 40 mile
>into
>it I was headed back to
>my house on the trail between Sand Springs and downtown Tulsa. I
>passed a group of 3
>black teenagers. They started mouthing to me and I don't remember
>exactly what (just
>typical cycling treatment). I passesd them and there was one more
>black juvenile about a
>half block or block in front of me. When I passed the last kid he
>jumped off his bike (bmx
>style) and ran it into the front of me when I was running
>23-24mph.
>That's the last thing I
>remember until I woke up and two very nice ladies were asking me
>if I
>was all right, EMSA
>is on the way, where does it hurt, ect..... Right about that time
>EMSA rolled up so I was out
>for quite some time. AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE NICE WOMEN FOR
>THEIR
>HELP!!! I
>arrived at the hospital and the process began. Keep in mind that
>the
>Police had not shown
>up yet since they were busy on another call. I had about 25
>X-rays of
>elbows, shoulders,
>knees, as well as a cat scan of my head. My ear was in bad shape
>from
>landing on it and
>my head. Fortunately I was wearing a helmet, it was damaged on
>one
>side and one of the
>straps that holds it on was nearly pulled out of the helmet. This
>is
>about the the time that
>TPD showed up. A very nice lady cop took my statement and said a
>dtective would be in
>touch. Later the Doctor said that my left elbow was fractured and
>my
>right knee was
>broken. Then I was sent to get an MRI on my head because they
>though
>something
>showed up on my cat scan. I ended up spending 2 nights in the
>hospital. Fortunately the
>MRI on my head was negative, the broken knee was them seeing the
>work
>that had been
>done on my knee before. So basically road rash everwhere, messed
>up
>elbow, shoulder,
>and ear were the problems. The reason that I went into this, is
>this
>just as easily could
>have been anyone else on a decent bike. I have no doubt that the
>three kids out front were
>there to signal the other whether the bike was worth anything or
>not.
>Since it was they
>went after me. I am not a small guy(over 6'1 and 230) so these
>guys
>are pretty ballsy. After
>I got out of the hospital I tried to call to give the serial
>number
>of my bike they ripped off
>and after about 5 calls I finally got a call back. That's the
>last I
>have heard. I'm giving TPD
>a chance to do their job before I make any comment.
>
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