Jaysus cycling! (2 Viewers)

[HMD]

i was quoted €85 to get the wheel rebuilt in Wolfe cycles, i think i'll buy a new one.

Thanks for all the advice bike peeps

 

[Jerry Twig]

You do something for 30+ years and accidents will happen

I've done it for 30+ years also, but not had that many accidents. However, I did get thrown over a car door and landed on my head, ended up concussed and in the back of an ambulance. They were worried for a few hours of serious damage. Do you know what I thought once I came around? 'I wish I'd been wearing a fucking helmet'.

 

[george mcfly]

A couple of years back I saw a guy who had so many lights on his bike and person that he looked like one of the UFOs Richard Dreyfuss runs into on the highway in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I've done it for 30+ years also, but not had that many accidents. However, I did get thrown over a car door and landed on my head, ended up concussed and in the back of an ambulance. They were worried for a few hours of serious damage. Do you know what I thought once I came around? 'I wish I'd been wearing a fucking helmet'.

I'm probably good for a serious accident every five years

This is how I ride

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[Jerry Twig]

I'm probably good for a serious accident every five years

This is how I ride

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What, with a camera on your head filming a boring cycle and listening to shit music?

 

[Space]

Are we bragging about gnarly accidents? Can I join in?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Are we bragging about gnarly accidents? Can I join in?

The theme seems to be that if you're a 'good cyclist' accidents won't happen.

I might be reading wrong though

 

[ann post]

The theme seems to be that if you're a 'good cyclist' accidents won't happen.

I might be reading wrong though

I think we should se up a rating system dependent on how much you've contributed to cycling threads online and how my accidents you've had and how impressive they were, only then can we really know who the good cyclists really are.

 

[Jerry Twig]

The theme seems to be that if you're a 'good cyclist' accidents won't happen.

I might be reading wrong though

Less likely to happen. Stands to reason, innit.
Brag away anyway Moose.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Less likely to happen. Stands to reason, innit.

The less you cycle, certainly.

Doesn't everyone bike just how they bike?

 

[rettucs]

Less likely to happen. Stands to reason, innit.
Brag away anyway Moose.

or moreso that they're more likely to be the fault of the other person

 

[Jerry Twig]

I have no lights either.

You're the right macho man, aren't you?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

You're the right macho man, aren't you?

What is your issue?

I live how I live.

 

[Jerry Twig]

I live how I live.

Selfishly? No lights makes you a danger to others. Are you just too lazy to stick a back light on your bike?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

My lights keep getting stolen. I asked about spoke lights earlier in the thread. I think they'd be less likely to be nicked.

You didn't respond to that, you chose to have a go.

 

[Jerry Twig]

My lights keep getting stolen. I asked about spoke lights earlier in the thread. I think they'd be less likely to be nicked.

You didn't respond to that, you chose to have a go.

Mea culpa - I didn't see that. Apologies.
Did you not have clip on lights?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I make about 6-8 bike journeys a day. I have tried to train myself to unclip the lights. It just seems that every time I forget, someone strokes them.
I hate myself for being this stupid, but I also wish humanity could be just that bit better.
Maybe I'd look like a twat with spoke lights. I don't know.

 

[rettucs]

I make about 6-8 bike journeys a day. I have tried to train myself to unclip the lights. It just seems that every time I forget, someone strokes them.
I hate myself for being this stupid, but I also wish humanity could be just that bit better.
Maybe I'd look like a twat with spoke lights. I don't know.

maybe lights that are worn on the person would suit you better?

do you wear a helmet? There are lights that attach to helmets. Failing that, something that clips into clothing might work either.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

That might be the way to go

 

[Lili Marlene]

wearing a helmet?