Ouch!
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kwackers wrote:Anyone on here?
More Road CC I think.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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When I was a driving instructor, another instructor (in Ayrshire) had the exact same thing happen to him. It was on a country road, they'd passed the cyclist a couple of miles earlier, he had his head down, pushing hard, they pulled up at the side and then a couple of minutes later... WHACK!!! No Strava or 'pooters in them days, tho, r2!
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I've done that.
Years ago, though. Not a learner driver. It was a bitterly cold day and I think I had my eyes closed against a biting wind.
Years ago, though. Not a learner driver. It was a bitterly cold day and I think I had my eyes closed against a biting wind.
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Someone did it to me once whilst I was in my car waiting on a pedestrianised road as pedestrians were crossing in front of me. He went right over the roof and slid down the windscreen. Don't know who was more shocked, me or him.
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I've never done that but I did collide with a car that braked harder than I could and a very kind lady got out, reassured me that she was a cyclist too and had the same jersey as me before checking I was okay and driving off. I felt such a twit
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Just goes to show, idiots are idiots, mode of transport matters not. Typically though there's the usual anti-cyclist ranters epically failing to acknowledge the 2,000+ deaths and 20 odd thousand seriously injured every year caused by 'motorists' not to mention the near million uninsured/untaxed drivers out there
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I've done that! I was waiting behind a car signalling left at the stop line set a little way back from the traffic lights. The lights changed and the car moved off and I started to follow pushing down fairly hard on the pedal to start moving. The car driver then did a completely unnecessary emergency stop, because there were children on the left turn he was about to take. The result was I went into the back of the car and fell off. The most worrying thing, I recall, was the slow reaction of the driver behind me even though vehicles were travelling very slowly.nez dans le guidon wrote:I've never done that but I did collide with a car that braked harder than I could .....
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Hi,
We've all done that, its only a matter of time and its self inflicted, only damage is to the rider / bike.
Wait till it happens to you.....................................
We've all done that, its only a matter of time and its self inflicted, only damage is to the rider / bike.
Wait till it happens to you.....................................
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You'll Still Find Me At The Top Of A Hill
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NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
We've all done that, its only a matter of time and its self inflicted, only damage is to the rider / bike.
Wait till it happens to you.....................................
Have we!?
I haven't. I've done some stupid things in my time mind but not watching were I was going is fortunately not one of them.
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Hi,
So you've never walked into a door
OK so not everone's done that.
I fell of a ladder once, don't intend to do that again.
At the time I had my head down (bike) bent the frame which I had to straighten to ride on it then fractured some there months later
I tend not to look down for long now.
I try hard as I get older but still managed to fall going between plastic barriers the other day.
I'm only human
So you've never walked into a door
OK so not everone's done that.
I fell of a ladder once, don't intend to do that again.
At the time I had my head down (bike) bent the frame which I had to straighten to ride on it then fractured some there months later
I tend not to look down for long now.
I try hard as I get older but still managed to fall going between plastic barriers the other day.
I'm only human
NA Thinks Just End 2 End Return + Bivvy - Some day Soon I hope
You'll Still Find Me At The Top Of A Hill
Please forgive the poor Grammar I blame it on my mobile and phat thinkers.
You'll Still Find Me At The Top Of A Hill
Please forgive the poor Grammar I blame it on my mobile and phat thinkers.