4 times in 8 years commuting with a 50% 'me being a dickhead' rate
1.Ignorant to the fact that Carrera bikes were dire Halfords crap, I sprinted down a hill, the pawls in the freewheel died and I lost drive. This meant careering into a parked car, taking out it's headlight and wing-mirror.
Ignorant to the dangers of undertaking, I got T-boned by another cyclist, who was turning in to a side-road after a car slowed to let him in.
Left-hooked by a woman in a Merc when I was entering a rounabout. Her excuse was "It's not my car, it's a rental"
Another roundabout. This time at the bottom of a ~1km 8% descent on the Isle of Wight. The road was off-camber and recently tarmaced(?) meaning loose gravel, I was riding fixed and it was raining... Tika and I ended up roadside.
Since 2013 my commute has dropped to <1mile and I rarely get out on the bike anymore though...
4 times in 8 years commuting with a 50% 'me being a dickhead' rate
1.Ignorant to the fact that Carrera bikes were dire Halfords crap, I sprinted down a hill, the pawls in the freewheel died and I lost drive. This meant careering into a parked car, taking out it's headlight and wing-mirror.
Since 2013 my commute has dropped to <1mile and I rarely get out on the bike anymore though...