I'd thought a fellow biker might at least have apologised?

No, c*nts ride bikes too.

I know. Normally, would just have though t**t and moved on but the car's leased, one week old and it will come out of my pocket. Ah well, moan over.

happened to me at cwmcarn, I think there are a greater proportion of **** among the mountain biking community than the rest of society.

"I think there are a greater proportion of **** among the mountain biking community than the rest of society."
Ain't that the truth.

A note apprently found on a car windscreen..

I have crashed into your car, there are lots of witnesses, they all think I'm leaving my details but I'm not. Sorry.

never understood the concept that ownership of a bike made you a decent person.

wasnt me by the way.

never understood the concept that ownership of a bike made you a decent person.

it hasn't worked for me 🙁

Im with you brother. (see my thread) annoyed for you.

Cheers and commiserations guido. May their seatposts snap and their scaffolding collapse.

Shit happens, & today it happened to you.
I know how you feel though, cos it's happened to me as well. (a few times!)

presume you're reporting it to the plod?
never know, somone might have witnessed it, or the person whodid it might have reported it themselves ( v unlikely i know, but you never know ).
leaving the scene of an accident is an automatic ban these days. if they report within 24hrs though all is well, and the insurance can just sort out the metal.

If the car park is private property then plod will not even bother and auto ban does not apply either, sorry.

Shit thing to happen but might not be an mtber. Plenty of non mtbers stop there to use the cafe whilst passing or going for a walk.

Failing to stop or report an accident – Road Traffic Act 1988, s. 170(4)
Triable summarily. Six months imprisonment and/or fine. DISCRETIONARY disqualification.

They also have to report it as soon as REASONABLY PRACTICABLE and in any case within 24 hours. Which is different to having 24 hours to report.

It is likely that the car park is a ‘public place’ under the definition of the Road Traffic Act. In order to prove that a place is in fact a ‘public place’ it must be shown that those people admitted to the place in question are members of the public and are admitted as such, not as members of some special group and those people are so admitted with the permission of the land owner . If so it's a public place and subject to the Road Traffic Act.

Sorry, studying this section at the moment for my Sergeant’s exam!

All the best.

Maybe they didn't notice. How bads the dent? bad enough to drive away eh?

One if the reasons I didn't buy a new car is the feckers keep denting my bike mobile.

Don't get too attached to objects and have good insurance!

I came back from a ride to find some little tosser (late teens) standing on the roof of my camper van! After nearly blowing my top at him I asked what he was doing and he said looking for his mates. Upon looking at the roof he had put 4 large dents on it, needless to say the red mist appeared and said a few profanities, I then put his bike in the van and said he can get it back when he pays for the damage. I exchanged details with him and said I would be in touch with the repair bill. It took around 3 weeks to sort it out but I got paid £480 and he got his bike back, although it was mummy and daddy that paid and moaned about it.

Yeah, it has happened to me on 4 occasions in the last few years, my car looks a mess. MTBers are made up of the general population and most people will just drive off given half the chance.

Cheers all – at least being on here makes you feel better. At the endo of the day it's only a car.