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  • Rider down
  • oldgit
    Free Member

    Pootling along at 20 mph
    Car has overtaken and turned left…..boom!
    Smashed Ultegra STIs
    Broken Carbon bars
    Shorts have no arse
    Giro Atmos split in two
    Cuts to both arms, both legs, back, shoulders,hand,
    One shoe broken

    Driver of dark grey Civic floored it towards Milton Keynes at 7.23pm

    Reported to police, but local station shut.

    Nothing I can do is there? that’s lots of ££££££ down the pan.

    racefaceec90
    Full Member

    jeeeze 😯 i hope you are ok. hopefully someone will have witnessed the incident (taken the numberplate) good luck.

    crikey
    Free Member

    10 speed STIs?
    ..and what size feet have you got?

    …oh yes, Ouch, sorry to hear you got biffed.

    I’ve got some newish Ultegra STIs, and some nice shoes to find a home for.

    neilsonwheels
    Free Member

    W****r.

    kilo
    Full Member

    http://www.mib.org.uk/Submit+a+Claim/en/Default.htm

    may be able to get some recompense.

    report it to police lots of photos of damage to you, kit and bike and don’t throw any of the broken kit away in case they argue about value

    project
    Free Member

    Grey Honda civic with an obviously dented passenger side, should be easy enough to track down, if it stays local or isnt incinerated.

    Thankfully your pretty well ok, and not dead or left for dead.

    stumpy01
    Full Member

    Oh No! Sorry to hear that!

    I’d have thought it would be worth waiting around for an evening or two on that corner & keeping an eye out.

    Any cctv around?

    allthepies
    Free Member

    Grey Honda civic with an obviously dented passenger side,

    Back of motor could have just clipped front wheel, plenty enough for a man-down scenario with zero car damage.

    1freezingpenguin
    Free Member

    As you said thats a lot of money 🙁 Hope you not to badly hurt.

    project
    Free Member

    Left turning after overtaking motorists are becoming so annoying and so dangerous lately.

    oldgit
    Free Member

    I’m alright, just a headache.

    Hit his front wing, and I think my bike hooked up because it ended up about twenty metres away

    BigJohn
    Full Member

    I guess that answers the “last time you cried” question.

    Take that job!

    bullheart
    Free Member

    Just glad you’re okay fella.

    crikey
    Free Member

    Send me an email about coming up; I’m sure we can get you back out again soon. 😉

    oldgit
    Free Member

    Cheers my dears.

    That’s my second worst off in all the years I’ve been riding. Not too bad in 37 years of serious riding and a lot of miles.
    Angry and gutted about my pride and joy

    oldgit
    Free Member

    Send me an email about coming up; I’m sure we can get you back out again soon

    Thinking of coming up actually, with my big southern flatland gears.

    Training resumes Thursday.

    Elfinsafety
    Free Member

    Nasty. What an utter **** for driving off. Hope they get caught.

    Look on the bright side mate; as least you’re still alive, and can come on STW and read all those wonderful posts of mine keep you enlightened and entertained! 🙂

    theotherjonv
    Full Member

    +1 for getting it reported. Maybe CCTV somewhere on the route to ID the car, not stopping at the scene of an accident, stake out the junction for witnesses, etc.

    crikey
    Free Member

    Good effort, hope to see you soonish.

    RealMan
    Free Member

    may be able to get some recompense.

    Was really disappointed to see that link had nothing to do with these two..

    Unlucky about the incident, sounds like a right dick. Hope it gets sorted.

    oldgit
    Free Member

    Latest casualities;

    Road Morph it no more 😥
    Outer chainring has five teeth ground down to glistening puppy teeth
    Inner tube ripped up, but jersey pocket okay?

    jonb
    Free Member

    Kit can be replaced, hope you mend well.

    What about chasing through your own insurers? Contents may cover it? Also check with the police that there isn’t a process to help (although that may just be the link above).

    I do hope they catch a driver but I wouldn’t hold your breath.

    angryratio
    Free Member

    Probably a good job the tosser did’nt stop. you might have lamped him and gained an assualt charge

    Heal fast.

    midlifecrashes
    Full Member

    Bummer. Glad you’re still here to tell us about it.

    Blurboy
    Free Member

    Sorry to here that mate – glad you are OK. Where abouts did it happen?

    oldgit
    Free Member

    On the road from Wing, just about to go across the roundabout to Leighton.
    The driver tried to overtake before the roundabout to turn left but didn’t make it. Though he could have gone round the roundabout then took his turning

    nbt
    Full Member

    🙁

    But you walked away, which is good

    remove the <angle brackets> from those links

    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.90587,-0.691012&spn=0.001916,0.004823&z=18&vpsrc=6

    PJM1974
    Free Member

    🙁

    That absolutely sucks, hope that the driver is a local.

    Good luck tracking him down.

    HermanShake
    Free Member

    I thought the worse when I read the topic, at least you’ll heal fast and can continue riding.

    What a awful person! 👿

    Sorry so much kit has gone down the pan, I’d be furious. He’ll get his, you can’t carry on like that without getting your karma!

    oldgit
    Free Member

    Only evidence I have is the bronze/grey paint all down my shoes 😐

    higthepig
    Free Member

    That absolutely sucks

    +1

    Do you know anybody in the local press? Get them round to take a picture of battered you/bike and do a bit about the driver failing to stop etc, might provoke the Police into positive action.

    senorj
    Full Member

    glad you are ok +1.

    pedalhead
    Free Member

    Bloody hell it boggles the mind how someone can drive away from something like that. Glad there’s no permanent damage to you. Keep us updated once the police are involved.

    spooky_b329
    Full Member

    Another vote for the local rag…sounds like the car will have at least some minor paint damage. Time, location, where the car came from and where he was going.

    Could also call round some repair places in case the car turns up for a quick repair to cover his tracks.

    Finally, stake out the roundabout at the appropriate time in case its a regular route 🙂

    oldgit
    Free Member

    Reported to police today.
    Advised Cycle Claims who I’ve seen in Cycling Weeekly. They seem to know their stuff, right down to types of components.
    They warned me that the bike might be a write off due to the excessive damage the other parts recieved?
    Sit back and see now.

    xcgb
    Free Member

    One shoe broken

    😯

    anotherdeadhero
    Free Member

    Bad luck oldgit. Same thing happened to me last week, but thankfully at lower speed and the chap stopped.

    will
    Free Member

    Unlucky fella! Good that your as well as can be!

    Similar thing happened to me, and the chap just drove off! Mine wasn’t as bad as yours though! It really annoys me how people just drive off!

    Hope you get it all sorted!

    oldgit
    Free Member

    Apparently someone called in an accident at the same place but at just gone midnight the same day?
    So the police are coming round at 7pm today to go through what happened, and due to the fact I was injured.

    Good old helmets, hate to think what state I’d have been in if I wasn’t wearing one.

    oldgit
    Free Member

    The lady that ran me down called it in at 00.16am that night, baring in mind she only lives a little way down the road it took her five hours to do it?

    Anyway I now have to talk to her.

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