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Bike Crash!!!

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  • 24-10-2015 7:32pm
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    watercarrier
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 78 ✭✭


    Hey- anyone here ever have a bad bike crash? I had one a couple of days ago where I hit a parked car believe it or not! I smacked straight into him on me MB cause I was hammering so hard for the w/o. Pretty sure I'm just gonna tell my mates that I got hit by some d£%khead in a moving car cause I'm pretty embarrassed.

    Anywho. it hurt. Got to work on handling skills!


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    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    watercarrier wrote: »
    Hey- anyone here ever have a bad bike crash? I had one a couple of days ago where I hit a parked car believe it or not! I smacked straight into him on me MB cause I was hammering so hard for the w/o. Pretty sure I'm just gonna tell my mates that I got hit by some d£%khead in a moving car cause I'm pretty embarrassed.

    Anywho. it hurt. Got to work on handling skills!

    If you can't see a car, you need an eye test as you obviously have a problem.

    Don't tell me, you damaged the car and cycled off without informing the owner!


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    watercarrier
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 78 ✭✭watercarrier


    Faye Fluffy Shelter wrote: »
    If you can't see a car, you need an eye test as you obviously have a problem.

    Don't tell me, you damaged the car and cycled off without informing the owner!

    Nono I wouldn't ever do that. I'm straight up and honest to a fault and wouldn't dream of doing the car owner over. I do however think there really isn't a problem w/ me over dramatising the story to my mates and making it sound like I was chased by some mad boy racers who ran me down. Makes for a better story- keeps my rep as a bit of hard man intact.


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    watercarrier wrote: »
    Nono I wouldn't ever do that. I'm straight up and honest to a fault and wouldn't dream of doing the car owner over. I do however think there really isn't a problem w/ me over dramatising the story to my mates and making it sound like I was chased by some mad boy racers who ran me down. Makes for a better story- keeps my rep as a bit of hard man intact.
    I imagine you weren't as hard as the car!


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    Ceepo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭Ceepo


    watercarrier wrote: »
    Hey- anyone here ever have a bad bike crash? I had one a couple of days ago where I hit a parked car believe it or not! I smacked straight into him on me MB cause I was hammering so hard for the w/o. Pretty sure I'm just gonna tell my mates that I got hit by some d£%khead in a moving car cause I'm pretty embarrassed.

    Anywho. it hurt. Got to work on handling skills!

    Might want to read this,


    www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/cyclist-convicted-of-careless-driving-after-hitting-car-in-co-clare/


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    Seanie_H
    Registered Users Posts: 392 ✭✭Seanie_H


    watercarrier wrote: »
    Hey- anyone here ever have a bad bike crash? I had one a couple of days ago where I hit a parked car believe it or not! I smacked straight into him on me MB cause I was hammering so hard for the w/o.

    Reckon it's only a matter of time I do the same. At least you walked from it.


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    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Ceepo wrote: »
    Might want to read this,


    www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/cyclist-convicted-of-careless-driving-after-hitting-car-in-co-clare/

    When I read that earlier in the week I wondered why the car was stopped there.

    I know a guy who did same in Phoenix Park, hit the back of a car and went through the back windscreen. Ouch. Ended up in the Mater...with no recollection of who he was, who his family where or how to contact them. Actually worked in James', if they'd brought him there they'd have known who he was and saved his poor wife hours of worry. :)


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    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users Posts: 6,372 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    Ceepo wrote: »
    Might want to read this,


    www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/cyclist-convicted-of-careless-driving-after-hitting-car-in-co-clare/

    Also read this: (If you're squeamish don't look at the pics)

    http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/photos-reveal-full-extent-of-injuries-that-halted-race-reader-discretion-advised/

    Cars are best avoided at all costs whether moving or not.


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    mossym
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    well wasn't me,but me and my mates albert and Chris had a months cycling planned in france last year. our other mate Brad was supposed to make it too but he couldn't get the green light from home and wasn't allowed.

    won't go into too many details, but Chris had a bad crash early on, came down on a really bad road surface. Tried to keep going but just couldn't. We thought about packing it, but Albert has a competitive streak in him and no way was he giving up on his month cycling. so we soldiered on. Fate didn't like his decision though, turns out Albert ended up crashing too. served him right.

    felt bad for Chris, but crashes are part and parcel of time on the bike.


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    mossym wrote: »
    well wasn't me,but me and my mates albert and Chris had a months cycling planned in france last year. our other mate Brad was supposed to make it too but he couldn't get the green light from home and wasn't allowed.

    won't go into too many details, but Chris had a bad crash early on, came down on a really bad road surface. Tried to keep going but just couldn't. We thought about packing it, but Albert has a competitive streak in him and no way was he giving up on his month cycling. so we soldiered on. Fate didn't like his decision though, turns out Albert ended up crashing too. served him right.

    felt bad for Chris, but crashes are part and parcel of time on the bike.

    If the crash is due to not looking were you are going then they are completely avoidable.


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    mossym
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    Chris tends to cycle with his head down alright but this wasn't the problem here


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    tunney
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    mossym wrote: »
    Chris tends to cycle with his head down alright but this wasn't the problem here

    Alot of people spend too much time looking at bike computers and power metres. Often a distraction.


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    tunney wrote: »
    Alot of people spend too much time looking at bike computers and power metres. Often a distraction.

    Don't worry,Paul Murphy will ban these vestiges of capitalistic extravagance when he's in government.


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    mossym
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    tunney wrote: »
    Alot of people spend too much time looking at bike computers and power metres. Often a distraction.

    may as well be staring at his stem as be looking at the power meter output, fe*&ing edjit uses a stages


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    tunney
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    mossym wrote: »
    may as well be staring at his stem as be looking at the power meter output, fe*&ing edjit uses a stages

    Oh right, those things aren't the best. The sky is the limit as to how off they can be.


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    zico10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭zico10


    tunney wrote: »
    Alot of people spend too much time looking at bike computers and power metres. Often a distraction.

    I suspected as much.


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    #17
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    tunney wrote: »
    Oh right, those things aren't the best. The sky is the limit as to how off they can be.

    not convinced by them at all.any gains have to be marginal at best.


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    tunney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,583 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    mossym wrote: »
    not convinced by them at all.any gains have to be marginal at best.

    Given that everyone seems to have one now they are practically dogma


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