I fell in the canal with my bike!

Wow, what a miracle that she wasn't hurt--she must have fallen off just before the railings begin? I hope the person who took it comes forward.

When I was a 16 was bombing along Nottingham canal to work, there was a bridge and lose gravel gave way to wet cobble stones, A lady was walking in the opposite direction, touched brakes front wheel locked up and off I went. I slid along the cobbles my bike went into the canal! Somehow my bike managed to come to rest inupright and my handlebars and saddle was poking up out the water!

^^^ post to "Stolen bikes" for more exposure?

OK, a river, not a canal, but ...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cyclist-who-saved-rider-from-drowning-in-river-lea-i-didnt-think-twice-about-diving-in-10266000.html

Ok, pushed, not fell… http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/female-cyclist-shoved-into-canal-by-gang-of-youths-while-cycling-on-east-london-towpath-10270356.html

Anecdotally, that seems to be the most frequent scenario. It's happened to two friends of mine.

Oh wait, totally what happened to me too....

The River (not a canal) Lea again:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hero-passerby-dives-into-river-lea-to-rescue-elderly-female-cyclist-a3277526.html

Hope she recovers, and carries on cycling. It is a bit of a slalom course on that section.

She was helped by the local jewish community so more of a shalom course.

Thank you Oliver for remembering that it's a river.

But was it the Lee or the Lea that she fell into.

8/10

I was walking by the canal today, somewhere after kingsland road (Hackney) towards Islington, when I heard a bell near behind me, straight after some kind of bike steering sound, add to that a short exclamation, and a girl on a bike just went by me on the water side, she barely touched me, fell in front of me and splashed into the water. I don't know why but I kept my cool, kneeled down she extended one hand and we got hold of each other, then she extended the other. By now other cyclists arrived and helped get her bike out from beneath her, with little effort I pulled her out as much as to be able to sit on the pathway. I remember whispering "you're OK now..." She was able to stand up but in a bit of a shock; she was soaked to the bone. I remember she apologized twice while in the water and once when she was out as if she was sorry to inconvenience me, but I asked her not to apologize, I said "I" feel sorry for what happened to you! I asked her if there was someone with her but before she was able to answer a guy appeared saying don't worry I'll take care of her. So that was it, It must've been a relative or boyfriend. It happened today 08/09/2016 around 3pm and thought I'd share it with you.
:)

This could be a start of a good love story if that other guy had not appeared

She could've been my daughter... lol

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/15/manchester-pusher-fears-revived-after-man-hurled-into-canal

Despite the denials of the 'legend' of the 'Manchester pusher', this is all a bit worrying:

At least 76 bodies have been discovered in the waters of Greater Manchester since 2007. Seventeen of the deaths are classed as “unexplained”, meaning neither the police nor a coroner were able to determine how the person died.

My brother had a downhill MTB race with a mate, he was smugly winning but didn't realise at the top of the last embankment was a canal. Splash. "Get the bike!" his mate shouted, My brother shouted back "f**k the bike, get ME!"