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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Sorry it took so long, Brent, but I finally got around to reading this. Baruth is describing this very thread to a "T". So, what if he is right, and Herriott instigated contact? Then Wren writes this little report and it goes viral on the interwebs, and ruins an innocent man?

Think of the implications. Lets say some has been or wannabe on the team goes all "Tyler Hamilton" on them, claiming he just can't live with himself with what he knows (translation: his career is in the tank or never got off the ground, everyone has forgotten about him, he craves the publicity, and he's a weaselly little snitch - you know, like Hamilton). So he goes to the press with the "real" story: Herriott and Wren intimidated the team into following along with their story, just like Armstrong.

So, what recourse would Kinkade then have? I think Kinkade would have all of the legal ammunition he needed to absolutely crush those guys in court, wouldn't he? Would the same folks screaming for his head today scream for the other's heads if that came to pass?

I thought it interestig that a person that has made really good money with pedal power having a similar opinion as you. It doesn't say in the excerpt that he swerved to hit the cyclist, just that there was an impact. I was riding close to a friend and he bobbled a bit tangling his bars with mine and he went down and broke his arm. Some people said I drifted into him and others said he wobbled into me. A dozen people saw it and a dozen different stories came of it. THe only was we willknow what really happened with Kinkade is if there is dashcam footage somewhere. Humans have their own version of the truth and some believe what they think they saw and not what they really saw.