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• #52
Four pieces, thanks I'll check the link
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• #53
3 times this year.
1st was when it was outrageously wet and was thrown over the handlebars as hit a random pothole awaiting to be fixed by elephant. Was cut to shreds and am still scared today, no hospital but saw a nurse to treat the wounds.
2nd, hit a guys staffie on Camberwell road by cycle ps. Ran out onto the road as wasn't on a lead, saw it coming so wasn't to quick but was more traumatic for me.
3rd Stupid Addison Lee taxi cut across and stopped by London bridge, dodged the big hit but shoulder connected his tail light and broke it.. Sorry not sorry -
• #54
awaiting to be fixed by elephant
London boroughs pushing the envelope equal opportunties wise, what next, lamas fixing routers?
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• #55
Top, well there are sniffer and blind dogs so maybe that could be the next step
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• #56
I haven't crashed on the road since, oooh, Christmas 2010 I think? Hit a patch of icy snowy stuff and lost the front wheel.
I crash my mountain bike about twice a week. I count a crash as anything that makes me stop. Crashing into something and recovering doesn't count, I do that a lot too. I don't have very good coordination.
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• #57
I've found the perfect cure for crashes, self-employment, you can't afford time off! Also the cowardice of age limits descending faux pas.
My last big one was worth having, six ribs through the right lung, a broken shoulderblade and five days in Intensive Care (almost worth it for the morphine on demand).
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• #58
I've found the perfect cure for crashes, self-employment
This so much
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• #59
Also,crashed in France on a gravel corner at l'anjou vintage ride,got back on and finished,French bods were ace,giving colnago shout outs
And crashed on me first lfgss ride,think was a mixture of drukeness and over excitement ,pulled front brake on a manhole cover and stacked it,no real drama though -
• #60
+1
Not racing is better than having a boss, mind.
Notable crashes of mine include a broken a collar bone at HHV last Spring, drunkenly face-planting a parked cab on Rotten Row, and a jar of Lloyd Grossman sauce in the spokes (and a broken collar bone) a few years ago. I now have panniers and stay sober. Which I'm sure has had a positive effect on my statistics.
once crashed and banged head on the way to a mates a few years back, got back on bike and found my way to mates as concussion kicked in, was asking "where am i?"
got caught in a tram rail back in the 'Dam also, was one my just built master, managed to avoid total wipe out but nearly lost a bollock in the process, think i over self medicated at the coffee shop
crashed last autumn on my cx on wimbledon common, just at start, carried on with cut knee, but got some nice little scars now