Are they on here, then? Because to post on a forum is to address the membership. Besides, I'm not sure the advice is significantly less patronizing or useless if directed at friends and acquaintances than at strangers.
Knocked off my bike in a cycle lane
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Are they on here, then? Because to post on a forum is to address the membership. Besides, I'm not sure the advice is significantly less patronizing or useless if directed at friends and acquaintances than at strangers.
numbnuts
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Get well soon
glenn forger
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Don't let anyone try to blame you, you were legally proceeding in your lane.
young Ed
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GWS!
i've already been in enough trouble for pointless posting and inappropriate posting and thread hijacking so here goes again!
if the helmet did anything it may have stopped a cracked head and potential head bleeding which i know several who have had and it's not fun and games
i wear a helmet and so far it has neither proved to be of help or hindrance in a crash but i do know some one who had a fatal crash whilst wearing a helmet but to be honest i don't think anything on earth could have saved her at that point
Cheers Ed
i've already been in enough trouble for pointless posting and inappropriate posting and thread hijacking so here goes again!
if the helmet did anything it may have stopped a cracked head and potential head bleeding which i know several who have had and it's not fun and games
i wear a helmet and so far it has neither proved to be of help or hindrance in a crash but i do know some one who had a fatal crash whilst wearing a helmet but to be honest i don't think anything on earth could have saved her at that point
Cheers Ed
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classic33
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Get down what you do know onto paper as soon as possible.
You'll then realise that some of what is written down is out of order. Use your time to get it into order.
Get the bike checked at two seperate bike shops. Unless a write-Off, two quotes will normally be required.
Get in touch with the witnesses and see if they'll supply you with their version of events. Good or bad.
You'll then realise that some of what is written down is out of order. Use your time to get it into order.
Get the bike checked at two seperate bike shops. Unless a write-Off, two quotes will normally be required.
Get in touch with the witnesses and see if they'll supply you with their version of events. Good or bad.
Crankarm
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^^^^^^ Wot he said. Make sure you use a PI solicitor whose used to dealing with cycling cases i.e. BC or CTC solicitors. It was good your helmet took the impact with the road and not your head else you might be dead.
Where in Cambridge were you knocked off?
GWS.
Where in Cambridge were you knocked off?
GWS.
young Ed
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agree with @classic33 the longer you leave things the more you forget and it doesn't look good if you have scribbled down some patchy notes in a few months time
Cheers Ed
Cheers Ed
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annirak
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Luckily, I had ipbike running, so I have a fairly accurate record of what happened, from a data collection standpoint, anyway. I will, of course, write out my recollection of events shortly, as soon as it is practical for me to do so.
classic33
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Get what you remember down on paper as soon as possible. You can work out the order of events in your own time.
Don't place to high a reliance on what may be recorded to provide it. It can't give you witness names & statements. And you might find it being ruled as inadmissable.
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annirak
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I have written everything down.
It looks like the repair cost for my bike will exceed the cost of the bike.
And at last assessment, I won't be able to ride one for 8 to 12 weeks.
It looks like the repair cost for my bike will exceed the cost of the bike.
And at last assessment, I won't be able to ride one for 8 to 12 weeks.
BRounsley
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I totally agree.
It’s like parading a snapped seatbelt while praising it for slowing you down as you went through the windscreen.
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annirak
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I take it you're not a fan of crumple zones in cars. Do you have an intimate knowledge of the technology that CatLike has put into their helmets? Maybe it was designed to do that.
At the very least, I didn't suffer any abrasions to my head. Sorry if I offended your sensibilities by praising the helmet that protected me. I'm not obligating you to read my thread.
BRounsley
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No I just apply a bit of scientific method to my judgment.
Car crumple zones have been repeatedly proven to reduce the energy in an impact to level that it can reduce injury.
Maybe you were using an experiment CatLike helmet, but I suspect it was expanded polystyrene. The limitations of which are well known and that’s why new TV are packed with thicker pieces than that are used in cycle helmets.
In a situation like yours emotion often comes into play and the phrase “My helmet probably saved my life” was used. I think it’s reasonable to questions this in the same way I’d question some who evangelised homeopathic medicine.
I read the thread because I saw someone was knocked off and was concerned for their wellbeing.
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