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[Closed] Lucky escape after being knocked off bike by a gypsy and dragged along the track

cheers_drive · 2018-06-19T22:02:55Z

This evening I was exploring some local tracks on my CX bike, was struggling along a broken concrete road when I came across a load of scrap cars by the track. Then I saw a couple of gypsy horses behind them, as a neared one of them (slowly, not like triathletes ;0) ) it stepped away, I saw a glint on the track and too late realised it was the horse's chain! The chain rose up across the track just in front of me. It knocked me off then the horse started walking away dragging bike and the bike down the track! After a being dragged a few meters I managed to lift the chain over my head and scrambled to unhook the bike. I then collapsed in shock, I'd lay there a few minutes barely conscious for a few minutes before the horses owner sauntered over, he briefly asked if I was ok, then he started eyeing up my bike, asking what it cost etc. Adrenalin kicked in again and I managed to get up and walk away with my bike, straightened it up and rode slowly home with only a few bruises and grazes. On reflection, the bloke was probably harmless but I was so close to being strangled by that chain. Sorry for the click bate headline,

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ransos

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Horse owner should be fetlocked up.

Posted : 20/06/2018 2:51 pm

zippykona

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That should be an automatic jail sentence.

A chain is as good as arrested.

Posted : 20/06/2018 3:11 pm

greencroft

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There seems to be very few on here hoof got much sympathy for the OP.

Posted : 20/06/2018 6:15 pm

senorj

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You should Dobbin the horses owner to the authorities. They won’t hesitate to pull the Trigger. Get an insurance claim in and you’ll be Champion.

Posted : 20/06/2018 10:20 pm

eddiebaby

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Clickbait.

One word, spelt as above.

Posted : 20/06/2018 10:39 pm

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