Forum Rider Down and/or notification of minor incidents

Fuck. Heal up soon NH.

if only you'd still had the beard to absorb the impact. heal up soon mate.

Yeah the boards suck.
Heal up bioth of you.

Thanks for the forum love. Always puts a smile ony face. Been discharged. Roaming the streets in bibs/jersey/hospital blanket looking like I've escaped from a mental health institution.

so you came to post on the mental health institute for cyclists?

heal up fast

get well soon guys

Dudes...

Dudes...

I Hate thread >>>>>>>>

More to the point PP, is the PX ok!?

Was cycling with my gf yesterday, she is small and cute and for some reason attracts the kind of cunt that likes to get really close and then sound the horn for jollies (It's happened a few times in the last few months) and a guy did this to her yesterday. I was ahead of her, she caught him at the lights to explain what a dangerous and stupid thing it is to do which she did calmly but assertively but it seemed to amuse him greatly, he pulled in to a shop and I went up the road to show her a shop, as we turned round to come back he also turned round and as he passed her he sounded his horn and then deliberately rode into me knocking me to the ground (off of my vintage Paletti) and sped off, anyway fortunately I had his registration number from when we were at the lights so went straight to the cops. I'm scraped down one side but not bad at all considering and mercifully for the bike I took most of the impact of the fall. He will lose his license for sure and will get a fat fine (this is France, which means absolute liability and failure to stop is very serious). It's worth training yourself to immediately look at the registration number and remembering it when anyone does something aggressive or dangerous, It's happened many times before when someone has done something and sped off and I'm too furious to get the number. I literally forced myself to start doing it as a discipline.

I think the worst thing is not the fact that there is a psychopathic cunt willing to use his car as a weapon but that none of the people waiting in either bus stop even asked me if I was ok, and when I asked them for a pen to note the number they all pretty much ignored me. (None of the witnesses would have seen the previous altercation because it was 100 metres away and 10 minutes or so before) Depressing,

Brilliant! If that was here you'd be lucky to even get noticed by to police.

More to the point PP, is the PX ok!?

You'll be pleased to know, she's safely tucked up in my shed.

I was riding my Fuji at the time because it was wet and the Fuji has a brake.

It seems fine but needs a new front end though...

All's good then :p

Make sure you have the drivers details, and wait for a week or more to see if any medical problems arise before considering a settlement. That would be my advice. It worked for me last year when something similar happened.

He will lose his license for sure and will get a fat fine (this is France, which means absolute liability and failure to stop is very serious).

Wish we have something like that here.

Me. A lovely squirrel decide to squirrel tackle my front wheel going down sawyers hill in Richmond park at speed (25mphs) . Resulting in me coming off. 4 hours in a and e and two doctors later I am in a sling for 2-3 weeks and off cycling for 2 months :(
All just before summer.

That's downright shitty.
Heal up.

A lovely squirrel...

No such thing. They're all cunts. All of them.

Rotten luck, dude. Hope you heal quicker than advertised.

Is the squirrel no longer with us?

Cheers peeps
I hope not!
Well he/she was not lodged in my front wheel!
But I did set a personal best on flying off my bike!
Took today off work but I should be back tomorrow all slinged up with powerful painkillers

Me. A lovely squirrel decide to squirrel tackle my front wheel going down sawyers hill in Richmond park at speed (25mphs) . Resulting in me coming off. 4 hours in a and e and two doctors later I am in a sling for 2-3 weeks and off cycling for 2 months :(
All just before summer.

Ouch. Did the squirrel at least survive?

No such thing. They're all cunts. All of them.

Why? I hate it when people say this. They're awesome.

^ that pic made me lol so much!

^ That'll be the painkillers.

Glad to hear you're ok. There have been a couple of serious injuries involving squirrels and fast descents in Richmond Park over the last few years. One friend of a forumenger was in intensive care for a while because they face-planted into one of the wooden posts on the side of the road when the squirrel committed suicide in his front wheel.

they should make the squirrels wear hi-viz.

Ouch. Did the squirrel at least survive?

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Yes, he has just built himself a little nest in the front wheel and having a nap ......honest