2 riders down in Hathersage

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2 riders down in Hathersage
rogerthecat
Free Member

Spotted this from Edale Mountain Rescue – anyone know them and if they’re ok?

“While fundraising in Hathersage this morning the team went to the aid of two cyclist that had been involved in a road collision. One had a fracture to his collar bone while his mate had a suspect head injury. Both casuslties were taken to NGH in separate ambulances.”

It’s at the pinch point by the chemists,

Posted 10 years ago

crazy-legs
Full Member

I rode through there yesterday. Not a good section of road, it’s very narrow, traffic light controlled but when you get some dozy tourist dithering through and pissing off the local farmer who decides to jump the lights anyway…

Best wishes to the two riders, hope they’re both OK.

Posted 10 years ago

rogerthecat
Free Member

Chris, there’s no traffic lights on that bit, the lights are on the crossing opposite the bus stop, it just adds to the problem of frustrated drivers going up hill.

Had so many hear misses driving through there, would hate to do it on a bike.

Posted 10 years ago

jeffm
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I’m sure they’ll love you rubbernecking and posting pictures of them online.

Posted 10 years ago

carbonfibreismadebyaliens
Free Member

I’m sure they’ll love you rubbernecking and posting pictures of them online.

Spotted this from Edale Mountain Rescue

Posted 10 years ago

martinhutch
Full Member

I’m sure they’ll love you rubbernecking and posting pictures of them online.

Which might be approaching a valid point if the pic wasn’t from Edale MRT’s facebook page rather than the OP. I’m sure they got appropriate consent.

Posted 10 years ago

Jamie
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I’m sure they’ll love you rubbernecking and posting pictures of them online.

…and this is why we always read the OP, kids.

Posted 10 years ago

rob-jackson
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Did they crash into each other or was a car involved

Posted 10 years ago

matt_outandabout
Full Member

^ what Rob asked, and hope they heal quick.

Posted 10 years ago

thepodge
Free Member

While fundraising in Hathersage this morning the team went to the aid of two cyclist that had been involved in a road collision. One had a fracture to his collar bone while his mate had a suspect head injury. Both casuslties were taken to NGH in separate ambulances.

Posted 10 years ago

rob-jackson
Free Member

Podge that’s in the op mate, says nothing about how it happened and if a car was involved

Posted 10 years ago

Northwind
Full Member

Says they were mates so presumably not a 2-bike crash.

Posted 10 years ago

hora
Free Member

You lot are both combative and creative.

..probably a young female driver, powered by fairy dust ‘had’ to squeeze past..

Posted 10 years ago

MrNice
Free Member

last time I had a near one at that point it was a bloke in a hyoooge bentley who couldn’t wait 20 seconds for the road to widen. He gave me plenty of room but the chap in a car coming the other way had very little clearance between a bentley one side and a stone wall the other.

EDIT: independent of any specific incident, it’s a bloody awful bit of road that I’m always happy to leave behind

Posted 10 years ago

thepodge
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It’s “probably” any number of reasons. Could easily be descending too fast, one looses control and takes out the other

Since we all love to blame cars, horses and off road bikes how about a car swerved round a horse that had been spooked by a loud motor bike? Obviously the car was an expensive 4×4 driven by a woman, who was on the phone and lives in London who was off to waitrose instead of the local shops to fill their second home pricing out people from the village. The horse rider was one of them anti cycling lot who love to churn up bridleways and wears a polite jacket to look like the police and the motorbiker had just come from riding cheeky trails because they are more fun than legal stuff and that’s ALL been sanitised any way.

Have I missed any wild speculation and stereotyping?

Posted 10 years ago

Gary_C
Full Member

Have I missed any wild speculation and stereotyping?

Yes.

They were taken out by an Audi S3 that was being driven too fast…

Posted 10 years ago

centralscrutinizer
Free Member

I suppose it’s a given that the Audi was drien by an IT consultant and had a pair of Orange 5’s on the roof.

Posted 10 years ago

FunkyDunc
Free Member

Its truly awful when will these deaths stop !

I blame baked beans

Posted 10 years ago