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@C.B.
rider down... me
on the harrow road going south on the hill just before the turning for scrubs lane
riding my fixed bike with front brake
i am going down the right hand side of stattic traffic. A women coming from a junction on my left, she was cutting through the stoped traffic, pokes her nose out into the centre of the road
the nature of the hill is steep enough to make it hard to see a gap in traffic or a car pulling out from the left.
so the first i see is of her poking her nose out right in my path i am about 2 meters away i lock my legs and my front brake, but unfrotunatly end up with my front wheel in her wheel arch and me over her bonet
i was not breaking the spead limit i run 44, 16 and was not spinning out so i must have been going below 30
no helmet but i am absolutoly fine brusied jaw and shoulder but my frame now has a bent top tube and down tube and the wheel base is now shortened by an inch or so.
I have the womens number and have contacted her about the broken frame and told her i want to claim it on her insurance.
I also damaged her wheel arch or rim, not sure what she meant was broken over the phone. Can she claim against me, i have no insurance.
Her only witness is her passenger and my only witness is the guy i was riding with.
Was in a bit of a daze so didnt get numbers of passers by etc.
what is the process i go through and was i in the right or the wrong in this situation?
also WANTED NEW FRAME (will be checking classifieds soon)