Slight rant..
I've had a coupla close calls over the years, mainly as a paperboy but I do ride quite a bit on country roads nowadays and they can be scary... however today was the first time I thought WTF!
I was cycling back from the creche with the nipper in the bright blue/yellow trailer concentrating on making sure I didn't get too close to the kerb but not so far out that I'd be a nuisence - either way I was only moving 6" (if that) from the line I had taken on the kerb when I realised I could reach out and touch the side of a van... yes it was roughly travelling at the same speed as me (car in front was turning right, van wanted to undertake), but the trailer is a double width job... it must have been half an inch from the wheels of the buggy.
I've read on here about people hitting cars etc and always though "how the bollcoks do you do that" until today when I put 2 very respectable punches into the side of the van leaving big indents of my right hand. I did see the van driver give me evils as I gave them the univeral **** sign (not that common in ireland, but all the more effective for that), but in the heat of the moment forgot to take the the details (it was some independnet electical fella)...
please cheer me up by telling me he needs to spend 3-400 quid to get it fixed, it's obvious that it's punch marks - if not from what source.
On the bright side, the nipper and I got home safe and she didn't appear to have noticed. Can't tell the wife because she'd ban me picking the kid up with the bike.
