2008-04-23 - Rider Down, Another bike bites the dust

Shitting Christ!

I hope it all comes up good for you in the end. A full recovery and a full carbon full record colnago bicycle.

Jesus ! :(

Vinz, that is a horrible story - good luck with the healing. May I recommend tea, cake and the snooker World Championships as a recovery strategy?

Oh, interspersed with sueing the cunt.

+1 to all the above. Sounds awful. Get well soon.

+1 Get well. Get a good lawyer. Push to have the police press charges. Hit and run? Not on.

shite!! hope you heal soon man, and sue the arse off the fucker!

That's terrible Vinz. I agree with all of the calls for legal action, you deserve compensation for this.
Hope your injuries heal up quick.

Can't really add anything to all of the sentiments above, but I hope you heal quick and pursue due recompense. Terrible thing to happen.

Shitty news Vinz. As all have said above, sue the cunt. Driving away from the scene could have ended up with your death, even if the accident didn't. If they were prepared to do that in a built up area, with witnesses clearly around, then they would do the same in the countyside at night, when no fucker is around. That fuckfacedkiddybotherer needs to spend some time in prison, reflect on what they should have done and make some new 'friends'.

No real consolation for being battered and bruised but a hit an run driver could well be looking at jail time - best place for them.
Hope you're back on your bike again soon.

I've not used these people personally but have heard good reports on them (and anyone who has a picture of themselves with Sean Kelly on their home page has to be sound) so it's probably worth giving them a call;

http://www.bikeline.co.uk/index.htm

Get the fucker. All guns blazing both civil and criminal.
Leigh Day & Co. Human rights and they have a dedicated Cycle and Sports Injury chambers.

They are highly regarded and recommended.

http://www.leighday.co.uk/cat.asp?cat=905

Seriously hit them for all you can.
Best of luck and recover well.

a cyclist was killed in dalston on monday afternoon after a collision with a lorry.

f*ck that sucks, hope you recover quick vinz. Take him for every penny you can get

Vinz which hospital were you in? I was in Tooting on Tuesday night and there was a cyclist in there with what looked like a dislocated left shoulder and was dressed all in black.

Was that you?

Awful news mate, hope you heal up good and quick... Sounds like you've got the driver by the knackers, destroy him!

Best of luck mate, with the healing and catching the cunt! Driving away?!? WTF!!?

fuck that's nasty. after a near miss with a bus doing the same to me in camden i always have a quick look when going through those islands. but the cunt had one of those blue TFL stickers on the back!!

Go for attempted murder, I am being serious.

Absolutely fucking shocking - 184 stitches ! Where the fuck do you fit 184 stitches !!?

Fuck man, that's fucking horrible! :-(

Please read roxy's thread about what to do in an accident. Don't let this go. Fuck them up!
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread4213.html

Once you've found where they live you can begin poisoning their water supply. Lead is an interesting option causing insanity before death I believe.

+1 PLEASE don't let this c*nt get off scot-free. If you need any help or support or letters writing ASK US!
(-1 on the poisoning, at least til the legal action is over)

get well soon mate.

:( I feel so angry now.

...deffo take em to the cleaners - hope you get back on it soon!

This kind of shit makes me so angry. Do the driver to the max. Get well soon mate.

a cyclist was killed in dalston on monday afternoon after a collision with a lorry.

more on that http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23479658-details/Cyclist%20dies%20in%20red-light%20lorry%20crash/article.do

reported to be RLJ

It's definitely the hit and run aspect that gets the red mist coming on for me. Accidents, even ones caused by daft twats in "safer" boxy cars. But to know you've hit someone so hard there bikes still attached to your car and drive off. If they don't get serious bans (1 year +) or prison time, I'd be fucked off.

Hope you get better quick and follow up on both criminal and civil aspects...

+1 Evilmonkey