Berties
Fast and careful!
Look at his tweet,don't take a psychiatrist to see he's down about something does it!
but as he's now on the way to California now to ride I'm sure he will be as happy as can be,
famous cyclist runs into back of car.
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but as he's now on the way to California now to ride I'm sure he will be as happy as can be,
addictfreak
Guru
- Location
- Boldon, Tyne and Wear
Why let the truth spoil a good story?
Ah, okay Bertie, an amateur then
johnr
Über Member
- Location
- Grand depart 2014 county (east)
thom
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- Location
- The Borough
tigger
Über Member
Why did you take the stabilisers off ?
Hey I want sympathy, can't you tell that was a cry for help! (Nice bike though, I dream of a bike with tiger stripes!)
thom
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Boris Bajic
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It was Twitter. This medium has improved my life beyond measure. Without it I would know even less than I do now (barely possible) and have even fewer opinions.
I had no idea until Twitter spread to the ranks of true celebrity that people had such difficulty selecting a breakfast cereal.
But on the serious issue of training on the roads, it does make me slightly nervous at times that people do it. I do it (alone and with my middle child - who races). When you are head-down and working hard, there is a marginal increase in the risks being taken. I do not think it significant enough to stop me doing it - a tiny incremental risk added to an already-tiny one. But there is a greater risk.
There was a stupido-massimo post many months ago on this forum from a member who'd been on another rider's wheel in a chain gang and had swerved when the rider in front braked heavily. He was asking advice about seeking compensation from the council, as he's swerved into a drain cover and crashed.
I thought at first it was a comedy post... but no. Worse still, he was being advised to go for all he could get.
Such people are in a tiny minority, but while they are out in chain gangs, there will always be a slightly spiked risk in training out on the public highway.
I had no idea until Twitter spread to the ranks of true celebrity that people had such difficulty selecting a breakfast cereal.
But on the serious issue of training on the roads, it does make me slightly nervous at times that people do it. I do it (alone and with my middle child - who races). When you are head-down and working hard, there is a marginal increase in the risks being taken. I do not think it significant enough to stop me doing it - a tiny incremental risk added to an already-tiny one. But there is a greater risk.
There was a stupido-massimo post many months ago on this forum from a member who'd been on another rider's wheel in a chain gang and had swerved when the rider in front braked heavily. He was asking advice about seeking compensation from the council, as he's swerved into a drain cover and crashed.
I thought at first it was a comedy post... but no. Worse still, he was being advised to go for all he could get.
Such people are in a tiny minority, but while they are out in chain gangs, there will always be a slightly spiked risk in training out on the public highway.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
If only he hadn't made such a mess of the Olympics....
There are other sports that suffer the same challenges (well at least one, but am sure there are plenty) - rowing, for example. This was particularly true before they built the GB national centre near Caversham. I think it was Cracknell or Pinsent who commented, with regards to having to do their training on the Thames at Henley and compete with other crews, leisure craft etc. that it was like David Beckham lining up a free kick in training and having someone walking their dog across his path. But even now most of the GB rowers can be found training at various locations along the Thames, be it the Tideway or further upstream.
I don't think it's such a bad thing, so long as it doesn't become ridiculous.
I don't think it's such a bad thing, so long as it doesn't become ridiculous.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
SMIDSY.
Was his bike ok?
Was his bike ok?
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
