Comments on: Losing my bike crash virginity http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/losing-my-bike-crash-virginity/ Thu, 09 May 2013 16:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dwighttowers http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/losing-my-bike-crash-virginity/#comment-3535 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:39:18 +0000 http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/?p=4775#comment-3535 I shall pass that on to Mrs Towers, whom I believe you’ve met… :)

]]> By: vivmcwaters http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/losing-my-bike-crash-virginity/#comment-3534 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:10:18 +0000 http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/?p=4775#comment-3534 The man sitting beside me on the couch, whom of course, you have met, would most likely not be here if it are not for bicycle helmets. At last count he’s destroyed three of them. Better bicycle helmets than skulls.

]]> By: Forrest http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/losing-my-bike-crash-virginity/#comment-3504 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:14:22 +0000 http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/?p=4775#comment-3504 Sigh. I was hit about ten years ago, coming (straight) through a green light, when somebody in a minivan wanted to make a left turn but didn’t want to wait for me. I remember making eye-contact with the driver before he hit me. My steel frame was bent in the impact, and I broke a few ribs.

I’m glad your crash experience was better than mine. But it pains me to read about other cyclists getting hit for the same reason I did – because some driver didn’t want to wait a few seconds. :(

]]> By: dwighttowers http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/losing-my-bike-crash-virginity/#comment-3502 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:18:42 +0000 http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/?p=4775#comment-3502 Hi Forrest,
I have taken it to the bike shop. I suspect it’s going to be ok without major surgery- the fork was massively rotated, but the spokes and wheel generally looked ok, frame not buckled etc. Fortunately I was only doing about 15 or 20, and the taxi that hit me had been stationary – he was pulling out from a queue because he couldn’t wait the extra few seconds behind a car turning right across the flow of traffic. And couldn’t be bothered to look in his mirror before he pulled into the cycle lane. Too busy fishing for a tip from his passenger, perhaps. (He admitted at the scene that he’d been talking to her).

]]> By: Forrest http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/losing-my-bike-crash-virginity/#comment-3501 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:14:05 +0000 http://dwighttowers.wordpress.com/?p=4775#comment-3501 Soft tissue damage beats broken bones any day of the week. How badly did your bike do in the crash?

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