Thieves have no standards!!

[Angelfishsolo]

They did indeed, My mate said on Saturday he was selling a Giant Agressor. It was going to be my n+1, but then an hour later the above mentioned 'prang' happend, so told #1 he could have the bike, as long as I could use it odd times to have a blast over the Downs. Am going to get the Giant later today, so would have been launching the BSO into the local tip on route

My arms have somehow managed to stay scar free - My knuckles & knees on the hand are crisscrossed with a childhood history of tree climbing & slagheap surfing!

I didn't scar that much as a child. Now I can't seem to stop

 

[apollo179]

Forgot about the front end damage...
On Saturday I returned from a little toodle to Brighton to find an ambulnace in my drive with the BSO propped aganist it - PANIC!!
#1 had hit a sunken drain & gone over the handlebars, bike landing on top of him - Luckily the ambulance pulled out the petrol station he had just passed so they scooped him up & brought him home Luckily no major injuries just a nasty gravel rash.....
The crash resulted in the handlebars being bent, the front brake lever twisted & the front wheel developing a wobble!
This was when I said I would buy him a new bike!

hows just how vulnerable cyclists are and how dangerous cycling is when something so seemingly mundane as a sunken drain can have such disasterous consequences.
Anyway thankfully no serious damage done and #1 is older , stronger and wiser.

 

[abo]

Luckily no major injuries just a nasty gravel rash.....

Ouch! How old is #1?

 

[funnymummy]

hows just how vulnerable cyclists are and how dangerous cycling is when something so seemingly mundane as a sunken drain can have such disasterous consequences.

I am thinking of putting in seroius complaint to the council, if it's the same drain I am thinking of (I had a near miss on same stretch of road) then I reported it a couple of months ago

Ouch! How old is #1?

He's 18

 

[abo]

I am thinking of putting in seroius complaint to the council, if it's the same drain I am thinking of (I had a near miss on same stretch of road) then I reported it a couple of months ago



He's 18

That gravel rash will give him a bit of pub-kudos amongst his mates then

 

[cloggsy]

That gravel rash will give him a bit of pub-kudos amongst his mates then

Chicks dig scars (apparently?)

 

[apollo179]

I am thinking of putting in seroius complaint to the council, if it's the same drain I am thinking of (I had a near miss on same stretch of road) then I reported it a couple of months ago

If you reported it previously then from any perspective the council are at fault.
Persue it - the least you should come away with is compensation commensurate with a new bike for #1 and a drink for yourself.
The council will likely settle informally especially if you show intent to engage professional help.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

If you reported it previously then from any perspective the council are at fault.
Persue it - the least you should come away with is compensation commensurate with a new bike for #1 and a drink for yourself.
The council will likely settle informally especially if you show intent to engage professional help.

Unless the hole has been reported previously then the chances of getting money from the LA are zero

 

[apollo179]

Unless the hole has been reported previously then the chances of getting money from the LA are zero

A blanket statement like that is misleading and incorrect.
I am familiar with many circumstances where local authorities have paid out informally. The determining factor seems to be the claimants resolution to persue the claim. The council relies on evasive pontification , fobbing off and the claimants lack of resolve to continue if the face of institutionalised beaurocratic incompetence. Where claimants do show the nessecary resolve councils often opt for appeasement (settling out of court).
In the case of funnymummy vs xcc we have reason to beleive that the council were advised of the matter prior to the actual incident.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

A blanket statement like that is misleading and incorrect.
I am familiar with many circumstances where local authorities have paid out informally. The determining factor seems to be the claimants resolution to persue the claim. The council relies on evasive pontification , fobbing off and the claimants lack of resolve to continue if the face of institutionalised beaurocratic incompetence. Where claimants do show the nessecary resolve councils often opt for appeasement (settling out of court).
In the case of funnymummy vs xcc we have reason to beleive that the council were advised of the matter prior to the actual incident.

There are numerious threads on this and other forums re this type of event. The result is always the same. That is why the CTC set up "Fill that hole". Once the LA is made aware of such a hole they then have a duty of care to fill it. If not it would take an extreme case of injury to get an LA to pay out.

 

[apollo179]

There are numerious threads on this and other forums re this type of event. The result is always the same. That is why the CTC set up "Fill that hole". Once the LA is made aware of such a hole they then have a duty of care to fill it. If not it would take an extreme case of injury to get an LA to pay out.

The local authority has a duty of care full stop. Introducing "fill that hole" dosnt releive them of their primary responsibility for road care.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

The local authority has a duty of care full stop. Introducing "fill that hole" dosnt releive them of their primary responsibility for road care.

Until a LA is made aware of a road issue the Law can not expect an LA to know the condition of every inch of its roads. Like I say do some research and see for yourself.

 

[wiggydiggy]

.....BSO stolen....

I posted a v.smiliar thing where my friends BSO was taken, but he saw it a week or later and robbed it back. As a slight update when I saw it last week I'm amazed anyone wanted it, although the BSO he'd took out of a skip to replace it (ancient generic road bike) was more rust than bike.

....CSO Stolen......

Same. My ex-housemates Nissan Primera made it all of 3/4 mile before being abandonned, the police recovery vehicle then towed it 6 miles accross town (and charged him £100ish) for the privilege

 

[apollo179]

I posted a v.smiliar thing where my friends BSO was taken, but he saw it a week or later and robbed it back. As a slight update when I saw it last week I'm amazed anyone wanted it, although the BSO he'd took out of a skip to replace it (ancient generic road bike) was more rust than bike.



Same. My ex-housemates Nissan Primera made it all of 3/4 mile before being abandonned, the police recovery vehicle then towed it 6 miles accross town (and charged him £100ish) for the privilege

Skip bikes rule

 

[funnymummy]

Chicks dig scars (apparently?)

and tattoo's

If you reported it previously then from any perspective the council are at fault.
Persue it - the least you should come away with is compensation commensurate with a new bike for #1 and a drink for yourself.
The council will likely settle informally especially if you show intent to engage professional help.

#1 has shown me the drain - It's not the same one I hit, but is less than 50yrds from it. I will report it though, shame the bike has now been nicked as really don't have any proof how badly it was damaged LOL!

They did indeed, My mate said on Saturday he was selling a Giant Agressor. It was going to be my n+1, but then an hour later the above mentioned 'prang' happend, so told #1 he could have the bike, as long as I could use it odd times to have a blast over the Downs.

No wonder i couldn't find the bike online to check it out..It's a GT Aggressor!