Once I was riding my brakeless bmx back home when it started to rain... I was taking it super easy but my foot-on-the-tyre brake refused to work and I splatted into the back of one of those Porsche 4x4s. There was a great big CRACK (the bumper I think) and the 4 people in the car all turned aghast at me. I smiled politely, shrugged, and pedalled away as fast as I could...
Sorry.
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Bl**dy cyclists!
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I've never hit a back of a car, but I've seen a few cyclists hit me in the rear view mirror (well it sound funny to me after a couple of drinks)
I've never gone into the back, but been caught a couple of times on the knee, both times whilst I was going down a twisty road,
crossing the on the white line.I"ve seen my mate, going down a steep hill, and then for no reason, drifts left into a park car, made a right mess of his knee cap... a little messy, but turned out okay
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someone 'was let out' of a road to turn right across two lanes of traffic. I (coming down the outside) couldn't see him
Presumably ctzn smith was in the outside lane so the car driver did not check a whole lane of traffic? 100% car in that case surely.Oh and can anyone clarify...
50/50 is i pay for mine driver pays for his, yeah?
so 80/20 would be he pays for all his and 30% of mine?Clipped the back of a car, taxi pulled out from the kerb I swerved into middle of road he got ahead, I cut back in behind him just as he slammed on anchors. My right bar end clipped his rear left wing, just managed to ride it out.
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I read it as dodging though stationary/slow moving traffic in the middle of the road between the lanes.
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Today I mostly' hit a fiesta with my side pannier bag oops.
They were not bothered and zoomed off as the lights changed.
Hmm and I mounted it on the right so cars kept their distance-looks I need to keep my distance from cars.
Doh!
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in april this year some muppet decided to turn left without indicating,normally not a problem but he was coming from behind so i couldnt see him, took me off my orange p7,i went over the car, the bike went under,witnesses present, his insurance paid up now i have a santa cruz chameleon, i'm a big fella wieghing in at 19st so pretty easy to spot if you looking where you are going, his excuse was "i did'nt see you".it was 4 in the afternoon on a sunny day!.
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i've never done it, but i met a guy working with a friend in a bar. he had bandages all over his forearms, so i asked him why. he had been riding his roadbike at high speed on a sunny day, and looked down to check a missed gear change, not noticing a car parked up ahead in the shade. went into the back of it and through the back window... ****ing ouch - loads of damage and subsequent stitches.
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Brand new planet x superlight in the very fetching pixie blue of a couple of years ago, car pulled out from being parked and I caught it a beauty, managed to scratch two panels, break the light cluster,oh and my new frame
took all the skin off both my hands, still, got a new bike which fitted me better. I still tuck my head into my shoulders cycling along the same road.
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Similar to AndyP for me, hit the back of a stationary vehicle (was young, flying along at full tilt with no hands and suddenly developed the sneezes) - hit the car, went right over the car leavign a trail of blood starting with the impact on the back window and landed on the road. Owner popped out and apologised for parking there (perfectly legal parking).
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