She was an especially talented football player, but when injuries saw her take up cycling as a way of keeping fit on the sidelines, there was no going back. She seemed destined to achieve in almost any sport she liked. One of triplets, Catlin was a gifted athlete growing up.
Looking for answers has been a long, painful and complex journey for her family.īut they believe doing so will help raise awareness about an issue that sport - and especially cycling - has for too long ignored. Two months later, Catlin had taken her own life. Her family was worried - she no longer seemed herself. Her mood and behaviour changed, she became anxious and depressed. Soon after, she began to experience painful and confusing symptoms.
But then she did check and it had dents on the front and back."Ĭatlin didn't realise at the time, but she had suffered a concussion. "I asked her: 'Did you check your helmet?' 'No it's fine,' she said. "She was telling me about it and kind of laughing," Catlin's mother Carolyn Emory told BBC World Service. Later she spoke with her mum on the phone. She was carried forward and skidded across the road, tumbling several times.Ĭatlin knew the drill of the hardened cyclist: jump up, survey the bike, examine the burning road rash and torn Lycra, get back up and finish the ride. New chainrings and pulleys and cables and rim tape and tubes and grips….Her bike flew out from underneath her and tumbled down the hillside, coming to a stop in a cloud of dust. Panracer Dart and ? I forget what they call the back tire. Ti rail saddle old one kinda looks like a concord jet
#1985 murray bike full
I have recently gathered the parts I needed to make her good as new and dropped her off at the shop yesterday for a full like new rebuild, I will post pics when I get her back.Ĭhris King headset that has been on this bike since 1989 best 85 bucks I ever spent. I rode her again till the hub and manitou fork failed, that was a couple years ago. Klein replaced it, It later was damaged in a garage fire and my insurance totaled it I bought it back for cheap upgraded to XTR, Avid levers, and Chris King rear hub with the insurance money. It got stole out of my garage but I had renters insurance so I bought another spent 4000+ on it and rode it till the frame broke in the early 90’s. I moved on to a Klein Pinnacle, bought a frame built it from scratch spent between 2-3 grand on it. I love that bike, rode the shit out of it put all kinds of better parts on it which included one of the nylon disc covers you could add to your back wheel.
#1985 murray bike pro
I owned a red Bridgestone MB1 when they first came out, as I recall it was an less expensive knock of of the Scott Pro bike. Trek 8000 Series, bonded carbon composite Raleigh lugged and brazed 531 frames from the late 1980s (Moonshine, Thunder Road, White Lightning, and others) Raleigh Special Products Division 853 (hard-tail or full suspension)
Raleigh M Trax Ti 3000 or 4000 (1995 model with UGLI fork) Merlin Titanium (without cracks – lifetime warranties no longer valid after buyout) Marin with late 80s to early 90s splatter paint Litespeed Titanium (without cracks – lifetime warranties no longer valid after buyout)