
NBG Founding Director, HiWheel Cyclist
Follow Martin Krieg as he ramps up to become the first man to pedal a backwards facing HiWheel bike across America. The vehicle towing the 15-person Busycle will provide sag support
Martin Krieg "Awake Again" Author
'79 & '86 TransAmerica Bike Rides
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor
2010 w/"How America Can Bike & Grow Rich"
http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
NBG Founding Director, HiWheel Cyclist
No charges in bike fatal
Driver identified in mysterious trip
By David DeBolt
Daily Post Staff Writer
The Caltrans employee who struck and killed a Palo Alto bicyclist with a state-owned SUV on a state furlough day won't face vehicular manslaughter charges, a prosecutor said yesterday.
San Mateo County Deputy District Attorney Sean Gallagher decided not to charge Hamid Khorram, 53, in the death of 68-year-old Theodore Hintz, saying it's unlikely that a jury would convict him given the facts of the accident.
Gallagher's decision made Khorram's identity public for the first time. San Mateo police and Caltrans have kept his name a secret since the Dec. 18 crash and despite public records requests from the Post.
According to Gallagher, Khorram left his Los Prados Park home in San Mateo just after 6 a.m. the day of the crash. Khorram headed west on Hillsdale Boulevard as he headed to Highway 101.
Khorram drove in the far right lane on the Hillsdale overpass, alongside Hintze, who pedaled in the lane because the overpass lacks a sidewalk, authorities said. He struck Hintze at 6:15 a.m. between the northbound and southbound ramps, Gallagher said.
Gallagher said Hintze was reportedly wearing dark clothing and the taillight on his bicycle was not functioning, making him difficult to see.
Khorram was going 20-25 mph, according to Gallagher.
"It doesn't appear he was in a rush," he said.
Took state vehicle home
Khorram, who is listed as a senior transportation engineer on his linkedin.com page, stored the state-owned SUV at his home overnight, Gallagher said. Some employees are allowed to take a vehicle at home, as long as it is kept inside a garage.
What's still unclear is where Khorram was headed. Caltrans had a statewide furlough day the day of the crash, meaning most workers stayed home. Some employees are exempt from furlough days, though Caltrans spokeswoman Heide Carle has refused to provide the Post with the names of employees who showed up for work that day.
Gallagher, the prosecutor, said the police report didn't mention Khorram's destination. Gallagher said he didn't know why it wasn't included, but said it wouldn't have affected the investigation.
Lawsuit expected
Carle said Caltrans is withholding information about the accident because the agency is anticipating a possible lawsuit.
San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault withheld Hintze's name for more than a month, as deputy coroners struggled to track down his family. Foucrault eventually released his name after medical records and items from Hintze's postal box provided no details.
Here is the food program designed for my ride by top nutritionist, Johanna Thorn, N..C. And Johanna knows what she is talking about. She uses a regimen similar to this on the monster several weeks long solo wilderness hikes she regularly does in the Sierras....
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Nutrition Suggestions for Martin Kreig
Bicycle trip May 14th – August 6th
Objectives:
Foods:
Protein: (always start day off with and combine with sprouts of some sort and other vegs and very small amount starch) (breakfast and dinners)
*add these to broths and all cooking liquids
Vegetables: (with all meals)
Starches: (lunches and between meals)
Fruit: (eat by itself, not with meals)
Seasonings:
Sweeteners:
Oils: (should all be unrefined and cold pressed)
Cold:
· Goat butter, olive oil
Medium Heat
· Sesame oil (use on skin as moisturizer)
High Heat:
· Ghee, unrefined coconut oil (use on skin as moisturizer)
Miscellaneous:
· Canned coconut milk (not lite kind) (Whole Foods 365 brand good)
· Young coconut water (boxed) (electrolyte balance and adrenal food)
· Dates
· Goji berries
· Raw cacao nibs
· Acai
Super Nutrition:
· Enzacta PXP powder (2 scoops 2 x day in warm water)(set up with Johanna)
· Spirulina (use in energy drink recipe)(health food store)
· Liquid chlorophyll (concentrate, not diluted) increases oxygen to body (health food store)
Tools:
· 2 camp cook stoves
· 1 small - medium size rice cooker (with steamer tray)
· 4 wide mouth hard plastic (such as Nalgene) containers to soak ingredients and for leftovers and ready sprouts
· 3 Easy Sprouters (two to sprout seeds and one for legumes) (Amazon.com)
· 1 small – medium cooking pot with lid
· 1 medium nonstick (with NO scratches) fry pan with lid
· 1 medium size cookie sheet
· resealable storage bags to put foods in whilst in cooler so don’t get wrecked by ice melting
Ideas and recipes:
· Use jerky’s and sea vegetables in all soaks and to make “soup broth” add miso at end
· Put dehydrated mushrooms and grains to soak night before planning to use (releases nutrients and speeds up cooking time)
· Add sea vegetable to anything cook in rice cooker (rice, quinoa, wild rice, oatmeal)
· Soak oatmeal night before planning to eat, either cook in pot or rice cooker; add maple syrup and coconut milk to eat for high calorie and denser nutrient profile (have for lunch or mid-afternoon)
· Premake and bag this mix: 2 cups almonds, dry, 1 cup sunflower seeds, dry, ½ tsp. sea salt, 2 teaspoons turmeric ground together in food processor or blender (makes 4 servings) Mix entire contents with 1 cup water when ready to eat; eat this mix as is with any fresh vegs, sprouts, cheese, salsas for breakfast (great all rolled together in nori sheets)Nori Breakfast “Burritos”
· When using rice cooker put steamer tray on top of whatever cooking and place jerky (torn into small pieces) on so flavor and nutrients steam into food below
· Spirulina energy drink: to 16 oz. water add; 1 tsp. spirulina, 1 tablespoon raw honey, 1 dropperful chlorophyll, dash of sea salt or piece of kombu
· Snack on granola with coconut milk or goat milk, Lydia’s crackers with cheese and sprouts, make own “trail mixes” with nuts, seeds, dried shredded coconut, goji berries and raw cacao; dates stuffed with scoop of coconut oil or dipped into if liquid, chew a few pieces of dulse, corn chips with salsas and cheese
· Soak a grain with sea vegetables, jerky, dried mushrooms and a seasoning mix overnight every night for next day, until ready to cook – add more water and cook in rice cooker or pot on stove (great lunch)
· To make sprouts, cover at least one inch over seeds with clean water; let soak overnight. Drain in morning, put traveling vented lid on and within 2-4 days depending on type seeds will have sprouts.
· To “sprout” legumes; soak overnight covered with water as with sprout seeds. Drain in morning, put travel lid on and within 2-3 days should be ready or less depending on environment. They are ready when you see just a tiny nub sprouting from them. This releases the proteins in them and makes them easier to digest and cook. Simmer over low heat or eat raw with other sprouts for micro-protein rich “salad”. Your body will so thank you for this!
· Dress “salads” and vegs and grains with olive oil or sesame oil mixed with one of “seasoning” blends.
· Mix “live” foods into mix whenever and wherever can. Chemical, cage-free eggs excellent to add into mix whenever possible.
Resources:
· Whole Foods 365 Organic Waffle & Pancake mix; use goat milk mixed to liquid already and skip egg (or if do have some use)
· Meyenberg Powered Goat Milk: www.meyenberg.com
Products: (use chemical free, natural, paraben free)
Dish soap: Seventh Generation
Cleaner: Seventh Generation All Purpose
Body: Dead Sea Mineral Soap or Dr. Bronners
Laundry: Earth Friendly Ecos brand or Seventh Generation or Trader Joe’s brand
By: Johanna Thorn, N.C. 02.16.2010
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And as I chased around looking for answers, Shawn Raymond, the Godsend who helped me get on the road to Salt Lake last summer offered to help me build a new seat. A top flight experimental bike builder, he has built seats for some of his designs and says he'd be willing to see what he could do to get this problem corrected!!
- Buddha
Btw - Joe was a great guy and really wanted to help...
iPhone sent 415-606-5043
Martin Krieg
"Awake Again" Author
'79 & '86 TransCon cyclist
2010 on Eagle w/Busycle & Book
http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death
Survivor. NBG Founding Director
HiWheel Cyclist
iPhone sent 415-606-5043
Martin Krieg
"Awake Again" Author
'79 & '86 TransCon cyclist
2010 on Eagle w/Busycle & Book
http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death
Survivor. NBG Founding Director
HiWheel Cyclist
Linda Berger the voice of our 2010 ride video (Part one, Part two) came by with two sets of black sheets and a small rice cooker. She found the dark bed cloth at a thrift store and was getting ready to send the rice cooker off to Goodwill when she remembered I need one for my ride. So unlike my Eagle journey to Salt Lake last summer where I went for a month without eating the grain that I ingest daily, I will be able to have that on the road every day now. This of course will augment the foods that nutritionist Johanna Thorn is working to get to me as I type.
His dad John, a 1961 Wheaton College graduate, who moved first to Maryland to work six years for NASA and then here to San Jose where he spent 27 years in a prestigious software engineering position working for IBM, came out to be a part of the fun. The last time he rode a bus that David drove was 25 years ago. It was then that his son. at 19 years of age, had become the youngest bus driver in the VTA system as well as one of the youngest in the nation.
Martin Krieg "Awake Again" Author
'79 & '86 TransAmerica Bike Rides
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor
2010 w/"How America Can Bike & Grow Rich"
http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
NBG Founding Director, HiWheel Cyclist
Details and pictures soon. What a day. Thx God. Thx 4 all of u !!!!
iPhone sent 415-606-5043
Martin Krieg
"Awake Again" Author
'79 & '86 TransCon cyclist
2010 on Eagle w/Busycle & Book
http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death
Survivor. NBG Founding Director
HiWheel Cyclist
Thx so much for taking time with this!! And I am happy to see that u realize the impact this ride will have on the national cycling ctty. It is going to be huge!! And we do have to do it right!!
Toward that end, Tom Schoeniger of 4130inc.com bikes, and a master bike builder who studied under Dick Ryan, Jan Vandertuin, the Scholz brothers and etc will be tig welding the major cracks on Sunday. At which point Jeff Kistler, our Busycle mechanic magician will be rebuilding the wheel so I can train until the replacement rim gets here c/o the man who refabricated this the only Eagle in active use on the planet.
The world renowned MIT professor, David Gordon Wilson has been on these mailings. Being the esteemed author of "Bicycle Science" and man whose math made the Busycle real, I sense he has been quiet bcuz as Jim S keeps reminding me, 19th century wheels were built to a completely diff spec. The spokes (72) are supposed to be loose for example.
I also hAve Jobst Brandt, the "Bicycle Wheel" author on here, not in search of insight but as an FYI for him
Thx 4 all of u!!
On Feb 10, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Ernie Buckler wrote:
> Martin,
> Profusely hank whoever did send these pics, this is absolutely key > info and should've been sent out much earlier so we could've begun > proper action some time ago. Hate to tell you, but there is no > repair of this unless massive and complete, with brazed-in-place > shaped steel saddles, etc. The new wheel will have to have > something like that. You were half an inch from total collapse and > crashing at any moment. This rim is TOAST. If the tire is solid > rubber then it will have some structural strength, that's ALL that's > been saving you.
>
> To do this right you need a Univ. engineering department to do the > FEA (Finite Element Analysis) on the wheel structure, get them to > take it on as a grad student project with a Rush Important stamp on > it. Won't take long once you find a prof who'll do it. Then they > can start adding local stiffeners (washers or saddle plates) to see > what's the lightest simplest additional steel that will solve it. > That's what FEA does, allows experiments to be tried v. rapidly on > the computer, then apply stress to the wheel and see what areas turn > red, indicating failure, etc.
>
> You're going across the U.S. on this machine, under the spotlight, > so to speak, it's in everyone's best interest to not have a wheel > failure.
>
> Again, Martin, we love you and all have a great desire for you to > succeed! Listen to me, above; consider this entire letter written > in Bold Caps and Red, it's that important. You've ridden the Eagle > harder & faster than anyone else on the planet, and you've > discovered the design limits by exceeding them. No dishonor on the > builder, the machine was never expected to be ridden as you have > done. Now the goal is to get serious engineering talent behind > finding the solution ASAP. I'd even talk to David Gordan Wilson at > MIT, and if he's retired, talk with him or Chester Kyle and get the > equivalent horsepower behind your request for assistance, as it > effects the entire cycling community. Stanford will have > engineering talent at this level, of course, merely a matter of > having the right entre'. But you're v. good at that; you need to > pull out the stops and get this happening NOW.
>
> Hey, our wheel builder book author, Brandt! PERFECT!
>
> Clive
>
>
> On 2/10/2010 7:50 PM, Hiwheeler wrote:
>> Whoaa. I didn't send out any wheel crack pix. Did u get them from >> jeff ??
>>
>> Thx 4 u !!
>>
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2010, at 6:05 PM, Ernie Buckler >> wrote:
>>
>>> Martin,
>>> Excellent information. This is very signifigant because all the >>> cracks start at the spoke holes. This tells where to start >>> designing a permanent solution. #10 washers may not be enough, >>> IMO. More later, gotta dash right now, but have da thinking cap >>> turned up to 9 on this one. I am even more adamant about not >>> riding this any farther than you want to walk and certainly no >>> place dangerous - tho I can't imagine such a place on a high- >>> wheeler...[:oj Guess I'm just a sissy...[:oj
>>> Clive
>>>
>>
>>
>
Hey Martin,I got your message today, but couldnt listen to the whole thing because I was at work. If you could strip the wheel down to just the rim and strip the paint, I would help weld it up. We could discuss wraping it in fiber, I use resins and fiber cloth at work.
Give me a call this weekend and we can figure something out.
T
From: hiwheeler@gmail.com
To: tschoeniger@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Eagle Wheel Pronounced Dead :(
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:18:21 -0800
CC: spoke123@aol.comI think it is ! Wow. Would u be willing? And then add A layer of carbon fiber?Sent from my iPhone
Martin Krieg"Awake Again" Author'79 & '86 TransCon cyclist2010 on Eagle w/Busycle & Bookhttp://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGRComa, Paralysis, Clinical DeathSurvivor. NBG Founding DirectorHiWheel CyclistHey Martin,Is it possible to just solder all the cracks? Let me know if I can help in any way. I would suggest trying to get a rim manufacturer to do a special rim AKA Velocity as a promotion, its worth a shot.
Let me know if I can help.
Tom
> From: hiwheeler@gmail.com
> To: hiwheeler@gmail.com
> Subject: Eagle Wheel Pronounced Dead :(
> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:47:12 -0800
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>
> > After Tom Schoeniger's skillful tig welding job and after Jim
> > Spillane master crafted a dozen new spokes for this machine I have
> > the honor and genuine privilege of riding, it was decided today
> > that the wheel is just too far gone. Tom warned about this but ever
> > the optomist I thought there had to be someone out there who could
> > reinforce all the many cracks and other fissures that Tom had begun
> > to spot.
> >
> > And yes it is fixable! But by whom? Throw the question of liability
> > into the equation and not even the Machinist of the Impossible, Matt
> > Christe, is willing to take it on. This we found out today. Ugh....
> >
> > When Jeff Kistler came by to help me overcome the road block of a
> > few spokes that were not catching their spoke nipple threads, he
> > wanted Matt to get a look before he did anything. Jeff did not like
> > the look of some of the damage he was seeing. We loaded the bike
> > into Jeff'a truck and he took it to San Mateo while I kept my appt
> > with a results getting business consultant who wants to help with
> > our ride. More on that as it develops.
> >
> > So the heart and soul of my ride is dead. But Matt, who helped me
> > get the bike ready last Spring, and who was a feared bike racer
> > back in the 70's, said he will help me any way he can. Ditto for
> > Jeff, my
> > Two Wheel Savior, who says he will rebuild it. And Jim is even
> > looking thru his stock of parts back in his frozen CT factory to see
> > if he can come up with the 50 inch, 72 spoke rim we need..
> >
> > Fingers crossed. Asking as well for spirit to intervene. And u can
> > help just by sending all these guys your gratitude.
> >
> > Thx 4 all of u !
> >
> Martin Krieg
> "Awake Again" Author
> '79 & '86 TransCon cyclist
> 2010 on Eagle w/Busycle & Book
> http://www.BikeRoute.com/HBGR
> Coma, Paralysis, Clinical Death Survivor. NBG Founding Director
> HiWheel Cyclist
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