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Ahha, a golden rule perhaps?
It probably was a little too much force for a couple of 1inch contact points to keep a grip with -
3:1 at 48t,16 and 79.1", goes lovely once at speed, but knees want to explode up hills and could be faster when on a mission or downhill :(
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Everything was looking rosy this morning, sun was out, bike was lubed, tyres pumped, silent running.
I see a pretty woman walking to work with her skirt tucked into her panties, I quietly ride along side the pavement, cough and make eye contact with her as I let her know about the wardrobe malfunction, she blushes, thanks me and re-arranges herself as I ride on, karma++.
Then, as I coast around a corner a few roads along my commute it all goes wrong, I spot an oncoming car a little late and lose the back wheel under me, land hard on my hip and forearm and bike lock goes scooting into the middle of the junction as two cars stop and stare at me like I'm a total mong.
I pick myself up and collect my shit, and on I go after apologising and assuring the cars I'm 'ok, was just going a little too fast'.
Five minutes later I mysteriously manage to fall off again after clearing a straight-over-junction, I get up having almost styled it out and landing on one wrist, only to completely stack it again in front of a ped who decides to stand right in front of me.
This time about five peds are looking on wondering how a cyclist can fall over whilst going in a straight line, lots of sympathetic looks and "are you ok?" (mentally?).Bit worried about the ride home tonight, and not likely to get any PB's on Strava for a while.
A cosmic reminder that a bit of due care and attention goes a long way....
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RIP.
Since the sun came out a while back I've seen the number of riders (commuters mainly) double on my way to and from work, almost all of them jump red lights, some even wearing headphones?!, and almost always cars, motorbikes and mopeds are stopped in (or actively pull into when the lights are red) the advance stop box area.
Be careful out there everyone, it's just so sad to see these black logo days :(
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There's a few Garry Meakin's on twitter, etc..
Yes, there are aren't there : https://twitter.com/glmeakin/status/266215015730794496/photo/1
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I was only just given notification by DC Hughes of the verdict.
I'm unaware of why the jury reached this decision but its a travesty, Meakin is a lucky guy, I feel so sorry for the victim to have waited almost a year to see his attacker eventually go unpunished. I'm also so worried for other cyclists out there who may not be so nimble as to leap from a bike being crushed by a white van lunatic, in this case the victim narrowly escaped horrendous injury. -
Jury decides Garry Meakin not guilty on both charges.
I'm a little sick I lost two days pay attending court for this total injustice, what an f'ing joke.
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