Makes a change...

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twhincup
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Makes a change...

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.....for the cyclist to get it all wrong!

There I am at the end of my ride home from work (about 16 miles in). I get in to a small stage of tussle with a car or two over space, the road then bears left. The opposite direction is clear and the traffic my way stops. I decide to pull out and round - quite safely. Get to the end 't' junction, 1 car turning right, 1 car turning left so i go in the middle but I'm going too fast and almost end up in the next road and a car is coming from my right :shock:

So i swing left sharply (across the path of the car turning left :( ) and the approching car comments on my outstanding manouvre with a "u ffing idiot" and quite rightly so and i say nothing in response knowing i'm in the wrong, try to give an apologetic wave but the lose control of the steed. #

Now you many of you know that feeling of "it is definately going to crash but i'll try and save it any way" moment, but i managed to keep that up for about the longest 5 seconds in the world before ending up in a heap :oops: All this with an audience of about 20 cars 8)

No broken bones but the handlebars had twisted round, which i had to sort out before i could carry on ( with said audience :D )

God damn my knee is sore but hey ho, my fault, what a wally - 1 up for the motorist :mrgreen: :roll:
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ferrit worrier
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The person who never made a mistake never made anything :wink: As long as you dont try and repeat it! At least thankfully you appear to have walked away from it reasonably unscathed. And10/10 for having the bottle to hold your hands up and say "My fault"

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Mick F
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Great story, and thank you for sharing your embarrassment with us!

I remember some years back whizzing along in the traffic, and I went past a couple of mates walking along. I waved and said "Hi", but they were laughing their socks off at me.

They were laughing because they saw the car in front of me had done a sudden stop, and I was still whizzing along not looking where I was going! I saw nothing except the rear bumper and me hitting the rear window! :oops:

No damage to either the car or my bike (thankfully), but I was rather shaken and VERY embarrassed!
Mick F. Cornwall
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