Shit - I've been wondering about this since yesterday but haven't found anything about it online until now. Poor guy. Was lapping in the opposite direction (clockwise) at the same time, as I was going past Pembroke Lodge for some reason the idea of checking out the sight line to St Pauls occurred and I pulled off. Just after that there was some sort of commotion up ahead and in the next few mins sirens all over the place. I rode by maybe 10 mins later and was expecting to see the remnants of an accident with a deer (they were very close to the road that afternoon), unfortunately not. Spoke to the Police, but got a non-committal response - fair enough, but have had a bad feeling about it since. It was on the flat/slightly up-hill straight stretch a couple of hundred meters along from Richmond Gate, difficult to know what could have happened without anything else being involved, its not a fast stretch - slightly up hill and you've usually lost all your speed on the roundabout. Lots of cars about though so there must have been witnesses. Am pretty sure it was a geared Monoc, although there were a couple of fixed lapping as well.
Two minutes later got into a massive row with some guy tailgating me on the way down towards Roehampton gate - he then did some insane piece of overtaking before having to slam on the brakes thanks to the very obvious traffic jam immediately ahead. As I pulled alongside to overtake the window came down and his opening gambit was to call me a 'four eyed bastard' - absolutely wound up to the hilt. Given the events half a mile back I wasn't in the most stable frame of mind either and a heated exchange ensued before I eventually rode off.
Started out as a beautiful afternoon with Richmond park looking at it best - one hour later... Condolences to the Monoc rider.
Took it very easy going across town today, but still got buzzed by a souped up Astra full of chavs in Essex on the way back from the folks place tonight - same kind of thing; tailgated, this time they pull alongside, and you get called a 'fucking cunt'. Very unnerving. Its a minority sure, but there are a lot of pricks on the road.
Shit - I've been wondering about this since yesterday but haven't found anything about it online until now. Poor guy. Was lapping in the opposite direction (clockwise) at the same time, as I was going past Pembroke Lodge for some reason the idea of checking out the sight line to St Pauls occurred and I pulled off. Just after that there was some sort of commotion up ahead and in the next few mins sirens all over the place. I rode by maybe 10 mins later and was expecting to see the remnants of an accident with a deer (they were very close to the road that afternoon), unfortunately not. Spoke to the Police, but got a non-committal response - fair enough, but have had a bad feeling about it since. It was on the flat/slightly up-hill straight stretch a couple of hundred meters along from Richmond Gate, difficult to know what could have happened without anything else being involved, its not a fast stretch - slightly up hill and you've usually lost all your speed on the roundabout. Lots of cars about though so there must have been witnesses. Am pretty sure it was a geared Monoc, although there were a couple of fixed lapping as well.
Two minutes later got into a massive row with some guy tailgating me on the way down towards Roehampton gate - he then did some insane piece of overtaking before having to slam on the brakes thanks to the very obvious traffic jam immediately ahead. As I pulled alongside to overtake the window came down and his opening gambit was to call me a 'four eyed bastard' - absolutely wound up to the hilt. Given the events half a mile back I wasn't in the most stable frame of mind either and a heated exchange ensued before I eventually rode off.
Started out as a beautiful afternoon with Richmond park looking at it best - one hour later... Condolences to the Monoc rider.
Took it very easy going across town today, but still got buzzed by a souped up Astra full of chavs in Essex on the way back from the folks place tonight - same kind of thing; tailgated, this time they pull alongside, and you get called a 'fucking cunt'. Very unnerving. Its a minority sure, but there are a lot of pricks on the road.