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middleofnowhere
@Husy
Haven't had any oh shit moments, near misses or accidents for a long while now :)
Yesterday I had two!
I was cycling past regents park tube station in the morning drizzle on my Planet X (88mm deep carbon rims). As i'm accelerating a scooter swerves into the bus lane in front of a cab. Said cab then decided to turn into the kerb. Only Issue is it was overtaking me at that point so I kinda got squashed between the cab and kerb, failed bunnyhopping onto the high kerb, my back rim scratched along it making a horrible carbon on stone noise. My heart sank but after inspection it seems there isn't a single scratch on the rim. Very happy.
On my way down to collect some forks from @timbre with @badmanlongtime 's frame on my back. Going up the Kings X to Angel incline I get a weird feeling in my left foot. I immediately suspected loose cleats but it turns out my crank arm was loosening and it came off! Cycled into cycle surgery brakeless, one leg, with my crank arm attached to my left leg.
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