Step, yes. Leap, much less commonly.
Smashed into a stationary car and broke off wing mirror. Ouch,ouch,ouch
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CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
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Most of us here are very experienced cyclists who know how to stay out of other people's accidents, but that doesn't change the fact that pedestrians can and do cause collisions.
jefmcg
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years and years and years ago I remember a comedy rant by an American, about Japanese cars with their crumple zones and fuel economy, and reminiscing about the big american cars, with their huge engines and fins:
"You crash one of those, they hose you off the dashboard and pass the car on to its next owner"
"You crash one of those, they hose you off the dashboard and pass the car on to its next owner"
What a strange conclusion to come to.
My point exactly. The pedestrian was moving at, what, 3mph?
Foghat
Freight-train-groove-rider
tudles old girl, surely it's a good thing that at least part of a car's perimeter is a fragile item vulnerable to costly consequences when driving too close to cyclists.
Your Bentley's rear-view Riedels ought to be specified on all cars.
tudles old girl, surely it's a good thing that at least part of a car's perimeter is a fragile item vulnerable to costly consequences when driving too close to cyclists.
Your Bentley's rear-view Riedels ought to be specified on all cars.
Ah, Foggers! There you are. Fragile is fine by me. Expensiveness does not appear, at least on casual observation, to produce better driver behaviour. I am not arguing for tougher cars - I am suggesting that their owners ought to either adopt a less precious approach to minor damage, or keep them somewhere where they won't come into contact with other people.
KneesUp
Guru
Evans - to give one example - sells a gear hanger that is £60. For a tiny bit of funny shaped metal with no moving parts.
There are a few of those in a mirror, as well as motors in some, heaters, wiring, a few types of precision moulded plastic and a temperature sensor in others. As well as a precision cut piece of mirror.
If they were priced like gear hangers they'd be about a grand.
Drifting slightly OT: The Girl bought a bike from Evans. Some time later she spanged the gear hanger, so I went to the shop to get a new one. The young feller me lad behind the counter informed me that a spare would have been shipped with the bike, tucked in that natty green folder full of important documents that no one reads.
400bhp
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The mirror is £280.
Some peeps have a strange idea of what is expensive.
Lots of people's cycling tops are more than that.
The mirrors on my previous car were £600 each.
Replace car with cyclist and a bike part was hit. Many bike parts are "expensive".
Peeps have lots of stuff hanging off them that's "expensive", be that an item of clothing, a camcorder, mobile phone or whatever. If someone caused damage to one of them then generally you'd expect to be put right.
It's called living in a capitalist society. Whether we like it or not, private posessions are in some ways "public goods".
Some peeps have a strange idea of what is expensive.
Lots of people's cycling tops are more than that.
The mirrors on my previous car were £600 each.
Replace car with cyclist and a bike part was hit. Many bike parts are "expensive".
Peeps have lots of stuff hanging off them that's "expensive", be that an item of clothing, a camcorder, mobile phone or whatever. If someone caused damage to one of them then generally you'd expect to be put right.
It's called living in a capitalist society. Whether we like it or not, private posessions are in some ways "public goods".
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CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
Well, yes, pedestrians rarely do 200mph. They do, however, do dumb shoot like that.
KneesUp
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My previous whole car was £700. I went crazy with this one and spent as much as two of your mirrors
Price, cost and value are strange concepts!
CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
Not strange, just personal. There are plenty of car drivers who can't believe the idea of spending £3k+ on a bicycle.
So does that make you smarter? I am yet to meet a honest person who would not like a better car.My previous whole car was £700. I went crazy with this one and spent as much as two of your mirrors
Price, cost and value are strange concepts!
