big off...with stoker on..all my fault..can't type/mouse but generally okay. thanks recombodna for picking us up (and getting bike off road). ow
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Posted 12 years ago #
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Ouch. I hope neither of you are put off by this. Commiserations to you and stoker.
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Eech, hope generally okay isn't too general.
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Hope all is (relatively) well.
As you say its inevitable but pretty scary when the little ones are on board.
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I'm just hoping none of the car drivers post on the EEN...
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No problemo just glad to help....Hope yer ok and it looked a lot worse than it was. I've never liked that sound of rider and bike sliding along the ground. Your stoker is VERY brave!!!
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Anyway, shoulder/arm becoming more usable, slowly, and big scrape on knee. otherwise okay. jeans filthy from knee to hip, which reveals what happened.
cycling in sun-shower...should've known better than to take corner too tight/too fast - road v. greasy (now all over my 'good' jeans). There was a car behind me, and I should've pulled over to kerb like Recombodna did, but instead I went for the turn...and splat.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Nasty. Hope you recover quickly.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I hope you are both okay! Get some antisceptic on those grazes!
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Ouch, I nearly did that at Balgreen roundabout the other day. Only
my mad mountain biking skillzdumb luck kept me upright.Posted 12 years ago # -
Ooh rotten luck. Sympathies to you and stoker and fingers crossed for quick recovery, now get back on it before you stiffen up! ;-)
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"get back on" urgh. have to go fetch stoker at noon. hope she is feeling better than me.
her main concern - after initial upset -- was broken mirror. "I know, maybe on mother's day, we can go see Laidback and see if he has a new one for you" :)
Posted 12 years ago # -
"...hope she is feeling better than me."
If she is, make her steer if your arms got bashed. Hope you experience reduced soreness shortly.
Posted 12 years ago # -
ouch. The roads were very greasy after that shower
I admit I was papping myself and cycling very gingerly!Posted 12 years ago # -
Commiserations SRD - I've managed an off on with littlest one too, and I don't think he even noticed...
In my case it was leaves covering gully, so slipped off the main path and hence lost steering.
If you want a substitute pilot for noon, drop me a PM and we'll sort you out.
Robert
Posted 12 years ago # -
"Get back on" said, of course, in a sympathetic way not a bolshie one! :-/ glad little ones main concern is the mirror, that's easily fixed :-)
Posted 12 years ago # -
Sorry to hear that - savlon and ibuprofen!!!!
I had something very similar on gritty slippy roads a month or so ago. Horrible.
Hope stoker feels better!
Posted 12 years ago # -
smudge - entirely understood. just dreading the backk and forth.
roibeard - thanks, we'll manage. mr srd stuck in the haymarket tailbacks. almost had to ask if you'd put a video on in dht for me, but have found someone :)
Posted 12 years ago # -
SRD - sorry to hear this. You are not having much luck on the bike/weather front. Take it easy out there.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Both times, my own fault for not taking more care/surfaces into consideration [possibly also something about the geometry of the helios front wheel that I need to be more wary of]. I'll learn my lesson!
Still after 3 years of no accidents, I suppose it comes out even if I get another 3 years without...
Posted 12 years ago # -
Get well soon SRD, and miniSRD!
I fell off my bike on a greasy left-turn, in about 1994. I lost my nerve for wet weather cornering until about, oh, this week, when I watched the Hairy Bikers goin' dead canny like on the mountain passes of their Norwegian tour. If they were taking it slowly, maybe I shouldn't feel so bad about it either.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Sorry to hear... should have a mirror for you.
Glad your co-pilot isn't discouraged. People drive to Glentress every weekend just to fall off their bikes! I know they don't have cars on the paths though..!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Hope you feel better soon - it's always a shock to be reminded how incredibly hard tarmac is.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Och, sorry to hear that SRD and hope the main damage is bruised ego and dirtied clothes. At least there wasn't a crowd of 12 people watchign you like my "clipless" moment during the photoshoot (I now have a row of little chainring scabs up the back of my right thigh!)
Posted 12 years ago # -
what no photo-montage?
Posted 12 years ago # -
If it's any consolation, I had a "failure to unclip" moment on the mtb whilst seeking out a geocache yesterday, having been reminded that my rusty mtb "skilz" aren't up to clipless pedals I reverted to flats on the mtb last night (blushes). Def no photos though :-D
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Posted 12 years ago # -
Just as well you were wearing jeans, much tougher than a lot of bike stuff. Cycle chic wins the day....
Posted 12 years ago # -
mmmm...not so chic, but...big hole gouged out of my knee - no damage to the jeans :)
Posted 12 years ago # -
oh ouch, only just seen this - hope you're recovering okay
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