2010-07-24 - Dunwich Dynamo DD18

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yeah. there wasn't a lot of warning or thought about cars approaching from behind.

and lots of people meandering all over the road.

i remember passing an ambulance that was attending an accident, cyclist appeared to be sitting up.
I also heard talk of the guy at the feed station who probably had concussion. given that it was a night ride and given the distance, i'm gladdened that there were so few incidents.

We found the guy at the feed stop around 12.
He'd hit a big pothole right before it and had clearly face planted and smashed his wheel:-(
I managed to get his wheel straight enough to ride while my friends fed him him sweet tea and Neurophen...
By the time I'd finished (many thanks to the people holding torches by the way) and looked up, his face had swelled up really badly so called for a cab to take him to A&E and that was the end of his night.
He was a real trooper though, he was more worried that he had a date on Tuesday and he'd have a big scar...
Our friend Sally told him ladies liked scars so he'd probably do okay which seemed to perk him up until a wit said it was more likely to be a big scab for date night!

Other mates got caught behind the ambulance a bit later too.

Given the scenario and some inexperienced riders combined with a few predictable twats leaving pubs I'm relieved to hear how well it went generally.

Oh and we saw 'tack lady' but we were there before she'd got her box out.
She was just dishing out grief, which felt weird given all the people we'd seen outside their houses earlier cheering us on...