2010-05-21 - Rider Down (me), Chiswick High Road

Tootling along quite happily when what I think was a hatchback-type blue car heading the other way decided to turn right straight across my path. I've run through this in my head a lot since, it happened very fast, but I am certain the car moved very quickly without indicating rather than me not observing enough.

Anyway, slammed on the front brake and skidded like my life depended on it but it wasn't enough to stop me going over the handlebars. Maybe with a different technique I could have held it but whats done is done! Result = broken collarbone, few grazes. Shoulder took all the impact. Off the bike and no (strenuous) yoga for a month at least. Bum!

The car whizzed off, I wasn't able to get any details, was too busy writhing on the floor, and no witnesses. Will see if CCTV has anything to offer but not getting my hopes up. Wil have to hope the karma comes to find him/her.

I was fortunate enough that a very kind man checked if I was OK and called an ambulance. I was pretty shaken up and in a fair bit of pain; God bless people like him. Ambulance crew were ace and a good laugh (a few of them were impressed by my lightweight fixie machine, being bicycle paramedics).

Stay safe on the roads you lovely people - don't assume anything, keep your eyes open!

fuck, dude - GWS!

Very bad news. I am sorry to hear that.

Should have pretty good CCTV on CHR - heal up

Hit and run. A mark of character :/

^ yeah i hope so! police weren't optimistic (they were great otherwise though) but who knows.

Thanks fellas - typically this has happened just as 'summer' arrives, my fixed has been dolled up with all the new bits i wanted and i have a new road bike. Nothing to do about that but laugh and pop another painkiller ;-)

heal up dude

heal up well and fast ewen, shitty news.

i have been off the bike since being hit last wednesday. the plus side is you get to watch a lot of the Giro. take it easy dude.

Heal up BF. Whip round to pay for taxis to Wests as needed.

Bummer! Glad it wasn't worse.
GWS!

heal up well and fast ewen, shitty news.

i have been off the bike since being hit last wednesday. the plus side is you get to watch a lot of the Giro. take it easy dude.

same to you buddy - hope you're healing up alright

@Chris - was just going to catch a lift on Murtle's handlebars

Ooofph! Bad news, glad your (kinda) OK!
Very same thing happened to a friend of mine last week at Camberwell Green. These people need to be taken off the roads. He was lucky to have a cyclist behind him who stopped, helped him out the road, took reg details of the silly c**t car driver, and waited to give a statement. What a star.
He'd only just started cycling and hadn't spent a day off the bike since getting it. Hope it doesn't faze him too much. But yeah, do the thinking for these idiots, they're always out there.
Good luck with recovery and finding the person responsible. Blows me away that someone can be responsible for hitting another person and drive off. FFS, selfish shits.

Ouch, ouch, ouch ... heal up soon fella. x

Fuck me, sorry to hear this, E.

Heal up quickly and make sure you check your carbon fork for damage.

heal up dude

Thanks all. I didn't connect with the car (at least i don't think i did), just braked like thunder and splatted just in front/beside it as it turned right in front of me, so the bike and carbon forks are fine...phew hehe. did a kind of weird fast sidewards skid thing that ended with me going arse over tit. i find it hard to believe the driver didn't see me.

blimey ewan, hope you heal soon buddy.
cab to west's no problemo. x

Not cool. Heal up fast dude.

Sorry to hear this, Heal quick may be google brian simpson as a few motorbike guys swear that his work has decreased healing time.

Heal up soon E, you will be riding one handed in no time.
Hope the bastard didn't mess up your hair. ;)

get well soon

Heal soon dude.

BTW I was involved in a hit and run on Chiswick High Road two summers ago and there wasn't any CCTV then, and I'm pretty sure there still isn't any.

GWS.

If it was about lunchtime today, I was lying there too on a different road. Potholes all over the place, moved to avoid them and hit a patch of deep gravel. Went down uncannily like Beloki in the Tour but thankfully without his consequences.

What really got me though was that as I stood there on a very quiet, narrow road, shorts and top ripped to pieces, blood all down my left leg and arm, whacking my brake levers back into place, 4 (four!) cars passed me and all completely ignored me.

Sod it, it's only skin I suppose ...

get well dude,
hit and run's low.

Shit Ewen that sucks.
So you didn't even make contact with the car? the driver hasn't for a scratch to show for it! Damnit!

Heal quick man, as for the yoga, you only did that for the ladies and chicks dig wounded soldiers, looks like this play worked out alright ;)