The Good, the Bad and the Embarrassing
JonClean
Posts: 133
The Good:
When I crashed this morning and wrote off my nice 631 frame, pretty much every single cyclist who passed me on the A40 while I was sitting waiting to be picked up, stopped to check if I was alright, to chat, to sympathise, to see if they could help. This was 13 or 14 separate people. What a great bunch cyclists are.
The Bad:
I crashed this morning and wrote off my nice Reynolds 631 frame.
The embarrassing:
I crashed this morning and wrote off my nice Reynolds 631 frame by cycling straight into the side of a bus shelter.
Okay, the ‘embarrassing’ part probably deserves a bit of explanation:
The cycle path down the A40 narrows where there are bus stops and the path goes round behind them. I had my drink in my hand (doh!). A moment’s inattention, then just as I looked and was about to pass the bus stop, there’s an oncoming cyclist on the narrow bit. It was spectacularly bad timing – the narrow bit must be all of 15 feet long. But there he is. Didn't have time to hit the brakes. A split second subconscious decision and I plough straight into the side of the bus stop rather than into him. Frame bent beyond repair. Neck a bit jarred. Pride severely damaged.
But thanks to the surprising flexibility of those big Perspex adverts on the sides of bus stops, the rest of me is okay.
I suppose if you’re going to crash and write your bike off, it’s better to do something embarrassing like that and walk away, than to go under a bus…
When I crashed this morning and wrote off my nice 631 frame, pretty much every single cyclist who passed me on the A40 while I was sitting waiting to be picked up, stopped to check if I was alright, to chat, to sympathise, to see if they could help. This was 13 or 14 separate people. What a great bunch cyclists are.
The Bad:
I crashed this morning and wrote off my nice Reynolds 631 frame.
The embarrassing:
I crashed this morning and wrote off my nice Reynolds 631 frame by cycling straight into the side of a bus shelter.
Okay, the ‘embarrassing’ part probably deserves a bit of explanation:
The cycle path down the A40 narrows where there are bus stops and the path goes round behind them. I had my drink in my hand (doh!). A moment’s inattention, then just as I looked and was about to pass the bus stop, there’s an oncoming cyclist on the narrow bit. It was spectacularly bad timing – the narrow bit must be all of 15 feet long. But there he is. Didn't have time to hit the brakes. A split second subconscious decision and I plough straight into the side of the bus stop rather than into him. Frame bent beyond repair. Neck a bit jarred. Pride severely damaged.
But thanks to the surprising flexibility of those big Perspex adverts on the sides of bus stops, the rest of me is okay.
I suppose if you’re going to crash and write your bike off, it’s better to do something embarrassing like that and walk away, than to go under a bus…
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Sympathies abound, but - dare I say it - go on then - that's why I ride in the road.
(A66 and A19 are not quite ones before you comment.)
Good to see your sense of humour still intact especially given the layout of your post.0 -
Devastating, had it been carbon or aluminium it would have been #### wrote off my £1000 frame.
Time to go looking for a new 631 frame.
And while I think of it, I'd be exactly the same if I destroyed my Dawes Sardar (old type) which is also 631 (I think)Do Nellyphants count?
Commuter: FCN 9
Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
Off Road: FCN 11
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plowmar wrote:Sympathies abound, but - dare I say it - go on then - that's why I ride in the road.
(A66 and A19 are not quite ones before you comment.)
Good to see your sense of humour still intact especially given the layout of your post.
Boll0x to riding a bike on the sections of the A40 that I have to drive on.
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