I too was ‘taken out’ out on 5th Jan, white van man didn’t see me, stopped at jucntion then pulled out with just enough time for me to do a rolling stoppie into the drivers door, fortunately i joined Brtish Cycling purely so i was covered by their lawyers whilst commuting, I must say they have been spot on. Bike wasn’t too bad as I overtook it so 300 quid damage to a £2500 bike and £300 quids worth of cloting trashed. What you can’t put a price on in my mind is the fact I have missed out on playing with my kids and changing nappies/bathing them etc as well as 3 months of training and longer term problems which could mean this year is a write off as far as competing goes. Defo keep a diary, i did and when i went for the medical this monday i could clearly pass on my problems.
Although i suffered no broken bones both knees took a twatting along with head/neck aches, dead arms etc. I thought I was getting over it and getting back into training when my right knee flared up last Monday, another week off sick and a week of desk duties (I’m a chef)and loads of greif from work!! My knee is still like a tennis ball so with next week off the bike as well I’m gonna miss more North East and National events meaning I won’t score at enough events to qualify for league points and any chance of getting the title i won in 2009 is well and truely gone…..What is a fair ammount of compo for that??
Rant over.
(I too was happy to not be badly injured at the time but as the injuries go on I want to hurt that man more!!!)
Keep a dairy
Get a good specialist solicitor
Join British Cycling ASAP
Good Luck