How was your cycle commute?
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It normally changes direction here, so head wind in the morning and head wind on the way home
It normally changes direction here, so head wind in the morning and head wind on the way home
Was always the way when I had to ride along the A8 to city centre which was obviously brilliant when it was raining too. I'm crossing my fingers though cos it was proper on-the-drops, painface weather this morning even though I was barely going 10kph.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Had an off this morning, due to another cyclist, the ultra cautious type, fluro everywhere, big massive bike etc. There was a bus there but it had seen us and we had right of way, he stopped right in front of me and I was clipped in so fell off.
I didn't have a go at the time and maybe I would have stopped him coming out on the bike if I did so maybe that's for the best.
I didn't have a go at the time and maybe I would have stopped him coming out on the bike if I did so maybe that's for the best.
braindancer
not for long
Something in the air last night - all manner of twattish behaviour from a full range of vehicles - I had to swear quietly at a moped rider, at modertate volume to a car driver and a motorbike rider, loudly at a cyclist (who was weaving through cars on Essex Road like it was the fucking velodrome and nearly crashed in to me and then forced a car to slam on it's brakes to avoid ramming him off his bike) and then very loudly at a lorry driver who decided to cut across a cycle path right in front of me. Jesus. I was glad to get home....
joustmaster
offcumdun
I got a new rear wheel and hub recently. I'm not sure if it was actually any differenct, but in my head I had a fancy super fast bike.
iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
Adjusted my seat and pumped up my tyres - and that felt like a new bike today! Never mind getting a new cassette or similar. Helped that I was coming in at 10am instead of 8am, I guess...
braindancer
not for long
41 mph tailwind forecast for this evening... sounds like fun!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Shit ride home. Windy and rainy, but worst of all, many many drivers who feel they don't need to indicate. I counted 8 cars in a row, wanting to pull out of a t-junction and not one was indicating, including the one right at the front.
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
I has a tailwind all the way home. Barely had to pedal - it was great!
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I took the 'quietway' path from Gt Portland St back to Central St, pretty sheltered. Any push from the wind would have been useless since there were so many cyclists on the path in front.
If my road bike didn't have a flat I'd have probably gone out to play in it this evening.
If my road bike didn't have a flat I'd have probably gone out to play in it this evening.
Surely not?
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
I know right?
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
Hoss
...It was the blurst of times...
Hit by a car on Friday morning about 8am. Driver turned right out of a business park and straight into me as I went past. I saw her look my way then left and then drive straight into me, hit my front wheel, I went up in the air and hit the tarmac. Police, Ambulance, neck brace, strapped onto a stretcher, interviewed by old bill and then taken to Kings College whilst huffing on Entonox, which made the ride to Kings nice and trippy at least.
At hospital they X-rayed my neck, spine, hands, knees which are all cut and bruised to fuck. Initial X-rays showed I've chipped my c5 vertebrae and then a consultant arrived and told me a CT scan was necessary as the x-rays were inconclusive and couldn't rule out serious spinal/neck injury.
Spent best part of the day strapped in a bed, unable to move, with neck braces and huge orange pads around my head to keep me from moving, with a million thoughts running through my head about possible outcomes and paralysis and all the shit I'd never be able to do again
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Finally at about 15:00 a second consultant told me the scans were all clear and I was discharged
I'm up now as my 17month old woke me up crying and now I'm unable to get back to sleep because I'm aching literally all over and can't lay in bed as every position I move to somehting else makes it impossible to get comfy.
As for the bike, I know my front wheel is a write-off, apparently rim is split and spokes bent to fuck, but no idea about the rest of the bike until I get it back and serviced.
Old bill have all the drivers details so I'm guessing I have to contact them to get her insurance to pay for any repairs etc, no idea how this kind of stuff works, never been in a serious collision before in 20+ years of cycling in London. Poor me.
At hospital they X-rayed my neck, spine, hands, knees which are all cut and bruised to fuck. Initial X-rays showed I've chipped my c5 vertebrae and then a consultant arrived and told me a CT scan was necessary as the x-rays were inconclusive and couldn't rule out serious spinal/neck injury.
Spent best part of the day strapped in a bed, unable to move, with neck braces and huge orange pads around my head to keep me from moving, with a million thoughts running through my head about possible outcomes and paralysis and all the shit I'd never be able to do again
.Finally at about 15:00 a second consultant told me the scans were all clear and I was discharged
I'm up now as my 17month old woke me up crying and now I'm unable to get back to sleep because I'm aching literally all over and can't lay in bed as every position I move to somehting else makes it impossible to get comfy.
As for the bike, I know my front wheel is a write-off, apparently rim is split and spokes bent to fuck, but no idea about the rest of the bike until I get it back and serviced.
Old bill have all the drivers details so I'm guessing I have to contact them to get her insurance to pay for any repairs etc, no idea how this kind of stuff works, never been in a serious collision before in 20+ years of cycling in London. Poor me.
han
love is the answer
Jesus, sounds like a lucky escape from serious injury, Hoss. I hope you can keep the pain under control.
I second Levenes - they were recommended to me when I worked at a legal aid charity, they're the best in the business. My partner used them when a builder's hoarding squashed her in Camberwell and she got a decent amount of compensation.
I second Levenes - they were recommended to me when I worked at a legal aid charity, they're the best in the business. My partner used them when a builder's hoarding squashed her in Camberwell and she got a decent amount of compensation.
