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Arturikus
First crash of my life yesterday morning on the way to work at 7:30am. I was cycling down the cycle path on Theobald's Road near the Gray's Inn Road crossing. The van behind me was indicating left so an Addison Lee driver waiting down a side road decides to pull out before the van gets there. For some reason he thought I was also turning left, or thought he could get out in time, so pulled out in front me. Fortunately I had enough time to push off my bike, which was eventually wiped out by the car, leaving me flying over the bonnet. Somehow I miraculously landed back onto my feet the other side of the car.
Somehow no permanent damage was done to my bike! it just needed the brakes readjusting really. Lucky he crashed into a pacifist and only some harsh words were thrown at him, not the bike.