Cyclist Becky James' mother breaks pelvis in bike knock

apreading
apreading Posts: 4,535
edited May 2017 in Road general
The mother of a Welsh Olympic medal-winning cyclist has been knocked over while cycling, breaking her pelvis.

Olympian Becky James, 25, pleaded with people to "think bike" after her mother Christine James was hit.

The 55-year-old, from Abergavenny, tweeted a picture of herself wearing a neck brace after the incident in Monmouthshire on Thursday afternoon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-sout ... s-39980810

Get well soon...!

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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,916
    Very grim :-(
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Same thing happened to her sister in mid week:

    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/driver-arrested-after-hitting-becky-james-sister-ffion-in-wales-495379

    Not quite the full story regarding the driver...
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    I have a student with the same name Ffion James... I was disappointed to find out she isn't "the real thing".

    It's obviously sad when someone gets knocked off their bike, but is it thread-worthy? In other words, is there anything worth discussing? Shxt happens...
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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    edited April 2021
    It's obviously sad when someone gets knocked off their bike, but is it thread-worthy? In other words, is there anything worth discussing? Shxt happens...

    this. its like that time when someone posted that that lady off breakfast tv was "hot" because "she rode a bike" and she wasn't and so what?
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,054
    I'd say something being threadworthy on a cycling forum should be a pretty low bar. Hopefully all recover well in both incidents.
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028

    I have a student with the same name Ffion James... I was disappointed to find out she isn't "the real thing".

    I'm sure Ffion feels exactly the same way about you...