On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 10:00:59 PM UTC+1, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 10:56:27 AM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 5:12:21 PM UTC+1, jbeattie wrote:
What is the solution? A bike ride -- in the rain with my pals. We're hard men!
Exactly. Let other people make a mess. We said goodby today to the owner of our favorite coffee stop in Germany today in the pouring rain on the way back. She retired. Great lady. Always has a saying on a sign at the door.. Todays saying 'In diesem Leben its jeder mutig der nicht aufgibt'. Was my first club ride after my crash 3,5 weeks ago: broken collarbone, two broken ribs and a dislocated finger. ****ing idiot that entered the bike path out of the bushes in the dark.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QG9bAQ9ALkwUHBQ86
Get well soon! I didn't know you could ride with a broken collar bone just 3.5 weeks post-injury. Did you have it surgically repaired?
Many years ago, I was riding with a friend on a loop through the hills that is a popular route for runners and riders. On a descent, a runner launched into the lane without looking for traffic, and my friend hit him. The impact ruined my friend's bike. He got scratched up, but the runner got a broken arm. The runner's insurance company paid for a new bike -- a beautiful Richard Sachs frame (this was in the steel days). There are rules of the road, and people who don't pay attention should pay money. I don't know the law in the NL, but the dope you hit should pay.
My ride today ended up with little rain but lots of flats. I don't now what happened -- three rear flats. I blew through my spares and my CO2 and had to borrow. I found some minuscule glass shards that may have fretted through the casing (old ProRace Endurance), but no obvious offenders. One of the spares may have been bad, but I don't know, and this was so annoying that I'm throwing them away and starting over. The tire was ready for replacement anyway. CO2 is great -- a waste of resources with the metal cylinders, but so much better than pumping. All three flats didn't cause that much delay.
-- Jay Beattie
Thanks Jay. I think I was some kind of lucky. The fracture is close to my shoulder and my ribs are broken under my armpit. I was uncomfortable for a week but no real pain. The scary part is that I can't remember anything. I came to my senses in the hospital 3 hours later were they made already made an Xray, a scan of my head and organs, put my finger back and were busy stitching a cut above my eyebrow. The strange thing is that I didn't pass out, because I mentioned my name, my address and my pincode of my phone and was telling the same story over and over again until I snapped into reality. I just can't remember anything. Weird. Yes also in NL people a liable and have to pay for the damage (bike and medical costs) . Liability assurance is mandatory here. My bike is examined now at my LBS.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dvGPvbyq7aGUyZVs6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XZ7wrWDHYKsnfsqR9
I was riding this bike path:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RPLCUnAwSYZNx3XZ9
and this woman come from this unofficial dirt path:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/m1jzRmuw2rRs22U58
The liability question is obvious according to my legal aid.
Funny thing is that my Garmin was recording the whole time:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3HYDCrubibvMxB9G6
also the last part where the police took my bike home ;-)
I'm good and we didn't have any flats today.
Nice holidays to you all.
Lou