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Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(

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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #60 on: July 17, 2014, 02:18:48 PM
Oh I agree that there's no substitute for proper training and experience. My son recently did his Bikeability and I was impressed with the level of coaching the kids got :)

He's 11 and has his off moments but is a pretty competent cyclist, certainly a lot better than most adults and motorists. I've told him the only way to be safe is to treat everyone like there an idiot, which is funnily enough what my dad told me all those years ago :D

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Reply #61 on: July 17, 2014, 02:36:00 PM
Oh I agree that there's no substitute for proper training and experience. My son recently did his Bikeability and I was impressed with the level of coaching the kids got :)

He's 11 and has his off moments but is a pretty competent cyclist, certainly a lot better than most adults and motorists. I've told him the only way to be safe is to treat everyone like there an idiot, which is funnily enough what my dad told me all those years ago :D

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As told the same mike  :D just a case that i met a few idiots that day  :D well friday im going to start getting my bike sorted  :tu: oh need to get a new helmet as well  :salute:


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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #62 on: July 17, 2014, 02:36:15 PM
Assume everyone else on the road is an idiot is damn good advice. :salute:
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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #63 on: July 17, 2014, 03:12:28 PM
Edinburgh got quite good about marking out cycle lanes on a lot of the busier roads, but have totally failed to enforce them so far to many drivers simply ignore the fact they exist.  Really hacks me off TBH. >:(
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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #64 on: July 17, 2014, 04:06:17 PM
Sadly i bet the girl who hit me never really thought about cyclists,bet she does now  ;)


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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #65 on: July 17, 2014, 04:29:51 PM
Assume everyone else on the road is an idiot is damn good advice. :salute:

This is great advice whether you are a cyclist, driver, pedestrian, on a motorbike, or whatever.   
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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #66 on: July 17, 2014, 04:32:13 PM
Assume everyone else on the road is an idiot is damn good advice. :salute:

This is great advice whether you are a cyclist, driver, pedestrian, on a motorbike, or whatever.
It is, and I was told the same when I started driving.


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Reply #67 on: July 17, 2014, 04:33:37 PM
bet she does every time she looks at the Zed shaped dent in her bonnet  :rofl:
hope you don't ache to much today mate?
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Reply #68 on: July 17, 2014, 05:03:24 PM
bet she does every time she looks at the Zed shaped dent in her bonnet  :rofl:
hope you don't ache to much today mate?
(men don't bounce as well as boys  :whistle:)

Lol your fight mate  :D im still amazed how little injury i got ,it was a unlucky day and lucky day rolled into one  :salute:


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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #69 on: July 17, 2014, 05:31:47 PM
Paul, hope you are all ok by now.  But judging from your good spirit and smiley, I felt I am reading a post from Wolverine himself, and I hear that song in my head:

"You got knock down, and you get up again..."


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Reply #70 on: July 17, 2014, 05:39:51 PM
Paul, hope you are all ok by now.  But judging from your good spirit and smiley, I felt I am reading a post from Wolverine himself, and I hear that song in my head:

"You got knock down, and you get up again..."


Wolverine  :D my youngest would love that  ;)  i was very lucky ,my gloves helped as well , :tu: im looking forward too sorting my bike out tommorow :salute:


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Reply #71 on: July 17, 2014, 06:16:56 PM
Paul I do have a confession, I found my mountain bike in the back of my lock up garage the other day. I say 'my mountain bike' , well  I brought it about 5 years ago at a bootfair thinking I could go out with the kids on a weekend etc. in a hope and dream of fitness, but I've not ridden it after the first day I got it.
then on Monday I did start going round the block 'with dog in tow', spurred on by your get fit campaign. so I'm watching this thread with interest.
will Zed *get back on the horse* so to speak ?
should a silly old chap, with limited coordination, like me, even attempt cycling?
should I get a helmet ? lol
and maybe knee pads ?


*fyi ten year old jack russells don't like running for long in the midday sun  :rofl:



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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #72 on: July 17, 2014, 06:55:30 PM
I'd just ride away from the main roads until you get your confidence up mate :)
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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #73 on: July 17, 2014, 07:48:06 PM
Agreed. The best thing is to get back up in the saddle right quick.

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Reply #74 on: July 17, 2014, 08:25:55 PM
Yes michael get out on your bike mate and plz get a helmet  :salute:
Oh ill be straight back on my bike  :salute: ive not been off a bike since aged 6 and this isnt the first time ive crashed or been hit ,i gave up bmx racing aged 38 as too many broken bones and metal plates,this shook me up more as didnt see it coming but nothing will keep me away from my beloved bikes  :salute:


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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #75 on: July 17, 2014, 08:48:38 PM
Well said that man :tu:
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Reply #76 on: July 17, 2014, 08:54:44 PM
Well said that man :tu:

We love our bikes mike  :salute: and my only form of transport  :tu:


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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #77 on: July 17, 2014, 11:06:47 PM
Same here mate, and its nice to see more and more people doing the same as us.

Maybe we're trend setters???  :D
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Reply #78 on: July 17, 2014, 11:12:58 PM
Same here mate, and its nice to see more and more people doing the same as us.

Maybe we're trend setters???  :D


Why not mike  :D even michael's ditching his taxi  :rofl:


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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #79 on: July 17, 2014, 11:33:23 PM
Same here mate, and its nice to see more and more people doing the same as us.

Maybe we're trend setters???  :D


Why not mike  :D even michael's ditching his taxi  :rofl:

No,he's not...the girls are going to balance on his handle bars!

It's going to make the trip up to the Meet interesting :whistle:
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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #80 on: July 17, 2014, 11:39:20 PM
can you ride a tandem Kirky mate ?


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Reply #81 on: July 17, 2014, 11:40:29 PM
can you ride a tandem Kirky mate ?

As long as your steering Michael >:D
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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #82 on: July 18, 2014, 08:52:09 AM
Feels like y'all should move to the Netherlands  :whistle:


No ban on locking blades, safer cycling, almost everyone speaks English anyway.. :whistle:
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Reply #83 on: July 18, 2014, 09:41:59 AM
I would honestly love to. Its as close to heaven as a cyclist can get :D
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Reply #84 on: July 18, 2014, 10:41:04 AM
I would honestly love to. Its as close to heaven as a cyclist can get :D


Sounds good too me  :salute:


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Reply #85 on: July 18, 2014, 11:47:36 AM
Feels like y'all should move to the Netherlands  :whistle:


No ban on locking blades, safer cycling, almost everyone speaks English anyway.. :whistle:
have you got room for us all Tom ? we'll bring tools  :D


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Reply #86 on: July 18, 2014, 11:52:14 AM
Feels like y'all should move to the Netherlands  :whistle:


No ban on locking blades, safer cycling, almost everyone speaks English anyway.. :whistle:
have you got room for us all Tom ? we'll bring tools  :D


Hmmmm, better ask my dad first...  :think: :think:
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Reply #87 on: July 18, 2014, 11:58:14 AM
I can't speak for the others but I could be packed and on a plane in under three hours  :D
could you PM me your credit card details for the ticket price  ::)


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Reply #88 on: July 18, 2014, 12:25:10 PM
I can't speak for the others but I could be packed and on a plane in under three hours  :D
could you PM me your credit card details for the ticket price  ::)


It's number 1234 5678 9876 5432 with the password thingy what's that called again 567  :whistle:
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Re: Now i feel like ive been hit by a car :-(
Reply #89 on: July 18, 2014, 12:28:51 PM
Feels like y'all should move to the Netherlands  :whistle:


No ban on locking blades, safer cycling, almost everyone speaks English anyway.. :whistle:
have you got room for us all Tom ? we'll bring tools  :D


Hmmmm, better ask my dad first...  :think: :think:
Now that I'm gone, you should have room in your basement.  :pok: :rofl:


 

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