getting your priorities right

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CliveyT
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getting your priorities right

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Got it slightly wrong this morning (corner, wet manhole cover, too fast). Two cyclists and a car driver stopped to check I was OK and all I was doing was making sure the bike was good.

(It's OK, chain had popped off but I know I need to re-tension that anyway. My nice new cambium is still intact and that's the main thing)
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Vantage
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The moment when in frustration at the gears not running as smooth as they can be you hit the saddle and then check to see if you damaged it :lol:
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I am just waiting for an apparatchik from the 'Inclusive Cycling Secretariat' of the CTC to come along and say that the term 'manhole cover' is non-permissible. I think we are supposed to call them 'access covers' now.
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Valbrona wrote:I am just waiting for an apparatchik from the 'Inclusive Cycling Secretariat' of the CTC to come along and say that the term 'manhole cover' is non-permissible. I think we are supposed to call them 'access covers' now.


What about personhole? Old version David Chapman a cyclist skidded on a manhole cover in Manchester, new version David Personperson a cyclist skidded on a personhole cover in Personchester.
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I hit a whoditch in Somebodyville once.
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Over time your average access cover wears smooth and becomes more and more dangerous to certain types of road user on account of lack of grip. However, if the Gypsies can make a decent living nicking them it is perhaps within the realms of cost effectiveness for Councils to replace them with newer/safer versions. I am not suggesting Councils should replace every worn one - the worn ones known to have caused an accident might be a good starting point.
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