Driver down - Wimbledon.

I have a bizarre altercation with a particular car on a chilly Wimbledon morning when I was taking my cheap heavy dutch bike out to get some groceries.

As you know not long ago the road were pretty sketchy with ice and snow but still perfectly ridable, there is a section of road in Wimbledon Village that was covered in ice near the junction, the driver behind me was somewhat annoyed that I was in front of him cycling at a moderate speed on a very narrow road where even a bus couldn't go through, there's no way I can let him through with the width of my handlebar, he kept edging closer and closer to me as if he's trying to push me off the road.

While approaching the junction, he must've been so impatient, the silly little twit did not notice the large patch of ice in front of him, and the inevitable happen; he rear-ended me enough to lift the front end of my bike doing a short wheelie.

Fortunately I managed to stay upright, and before I gave him a good bollocking with his own testicle, I notice that the front end of his car is damaged, the grill has been pushed back so far, it broke both the headlight, and already liquid coming out of what I presumed, the radiator grill, I simply cannot imaging the cost of that alone, especially near Christmas where he might need the car to bring relative over to his cousin's, I gave him a smile, quick wave and bugger off back home.

The damaged of my bike?

Broken rear dynamo light, broken reflector (on rack), twisted mudguard that came off the support (twisted back in place), flat tyres (but no puncture), and a slightly out of true wheel that's has been trued on the spot.

other than that it's fine;

should have got his details*, he fucked up his car and your bike!

*i am not one to talk

my bike's fine, the only proper damage was the dynamo light which only cost a fiver or so.

yes I normally reported incident, but frankly he let himself goes.

Radiator on my car is approx £250.

Man, coming back last night i realized that the real danger, more than the road surface was drivers skidding sideways into you.... on the OKR i had bike, van, 2 cars nearly sideswipe meez! jeez.
Good too see you is ok tho! TBH i wouldn't have given a jot about me light after seeing car get smashed hehehehe ;)

Radiator on my car is approx £250.

and the rest ... after labor and fitting

True. One also has to obtain new water to put in it and everything.

Changing tack somewhat- Ed I'd have got the fucker to pay for the damage to your bike.

Fuck him and his radiator damage- he hit you.

Taxi driver drove into me last night, however I was otherwise engaged and he buggered off- regret it now.

the front grill is damaged, the bonnet a bit, the two headlight cracked (glass on floor), the bumper look cracked too.

frankly, I think he learnt enough lesson front that experience alone, I never used the rear plastic dynamo light anyhow, not bright enough, it's only a fiver!

was this car made of polystyrene?

You're a hard man, Ed Scoble.

Scoble eats cars.

scobblescobblescobble

Don't wear it out sweetie.

i won't honey, when you coming home? your dinner's in the micro.

Lucky your Ok. Cool that a old dutch bike takes out car though. You must feel just a little smug. I think by not making him pay you may have at least made one driver think twice.

All unreported car > bicycle incidents just pass it on to the next unfortunate fucker.

This silly cunt was lucky that he risked the life of someone so unphased about the whole 'being rammed from behind by a car' thing, but I would normally recommend calling the police in these situations, or, depending on the scenario, give the driver a load of shit about trying to kill a fellow human because they had upset their schedule a little bit.

Dutch bikes = Tanks.

Dutch Bikes=The Volvo of Bikes

I'm still loving the notion of your Villier being the Hip Hop Dutch Bike.

Ah eggscoble and mini eggscoble bromance right there!

Although(t) Im glad you're alright Ed x

Dutch bikes = Tanks.

+1

In one week I saw three car crashes.. just in Melbourne. I fucking told you these cunts can't drive and they don't have the 'excuse' of road ice.

Dutch Bikes=The Volvo of Bikes

Ha!

New bike for Dammit.

Solid rear mudguards FTW. If someone rear ends you it still allows the wheel to turn. I've heard a few stories where the mudguard has saved a stack caused by a car from behind. Had your bike not had one you could have been toast.

Generally I've noticed most drivers taking it easy but some people just don't make the connection that*** ice is slippery and cars are heavy*** - it's not a difficult concept, fucktards!! Witnessed an accident up in oxfordshire the other day, a golf was simply going too fast to get around a corner and slid straight into a landrover who had pulled over to get another silly twat out of a ditch on the same corner.

Taxi driver drove into me last night, however I was otherwise engaged and he buggered off- regret it now.

say waht?