!@#$%$@!!

flyingdutch wrote:
Absent Husband Wrote:

FD - glad you're still breathing dude!!

So exactly how long did you have the new helmet for before it got
trashed in anotheraccident?? This MUST be a record... Will Limar
believe you when you claim your second half-price helmet in a week??

Seriously mate - very pleased you got out of this one... Hope that
bike
is back under your @rse again soon...

Absent Husband


actually, i was wearing my 'old' one that my daughter now wears (big
hair needs a big helmet). it came out fine, apart from a few scratches
and lot of car-coloured-paint on it. I think however the old @#$% can
pay for the Limar105 replacement instead. I hadnt got around to sending
it off to Syd for exchange yet and would have had to fork out $115 to do
so, so Mr Conformadore can pay it instead

On the bike front, the initial inspections by non-cycliists was WAY off
the mark!

The bars are totally rooted, bent in on the rightside.
Both ergo's look cactus too. levers fractured and covers shredded.
Headset is very loose. Im expecting there to be a big ding/indent in
the race/s if opened up.
There's something dodgy with the fork too. Its a Kinesis carbon w/Alu
steerer (1"). There seems to be a bend/fracture at the top of the
fork.
Front wheel seems OK(ish) but only after a quick glance.
Handlebar tape obviously shredded as is saddle (this is a combo of
race-spill and yesterday's effort but he dont know that )
I suspect there also be a small crimp in the frame under the downtube,
approaching the headtube. little bit of crumpled paintwork which is a
sure sign.

So looks like everybody's cheek about a new bike may not be that far
off the mark after all. Im a bit excited at that prospect but alot sad
too. Me and that bike been thru alot (gravel, windscreens, rainy RTBs,
AlpineClassics, My only win, many BR's, etc).
Cecil Walker shall be giving me a full lowdown soon so my voyeur fun
can begin.



Another 853 then?

--
Nick

"flyingdutch" wrote in
message ...

fark!

rolling thru noth balwyn shops this morning. driver makes righthand
turn into me. separated clavicle with all related tendons ripped
off(bone at top of shoulder). sticking up at avery wierd angle. very
sore. good drugs tho (mmmm nurses with drugs). looking at at least a
few weeks off the bike!@##$@! windtrainer isgettingaworkout, no doubt.
hurties . ambulance, cafe owners/witnesses and police were terrific.

sook. hurties. milkin it
off to watch my 'bmx bandits' DVD to make it feel better

F"She's got everything i need. pharmacy keys.
She acts just like a nurse, with all the other guys..."Dutch


--
flyingdutch


Owie, owie, OWIE!

Damn it...just like the accident I saw a few weeks ago. Hoping that all
those tendons can be tagged back onto where they need to be. The brain keeps
telling me to ask you to keep us posted, but I'm guessing that's redundant.

"flyingdutch" wrote in
message ...

fark!

rolling thru noth balwyn shops this morning. driver makes righthand
turn into me. separated clavicle with all related tendons ripped
off(bone at top of shoulder). sticking up at avery wierd angle. very
sore. good drugs tho (mmmm nurses with drugs). looking at at least a
few weeks off the bike!@##$@! windtrainer isgettingaworkout, no doubt.
hurties . ambulance, cafe owners/witnesses and police were terrific.

sook. hurties. milkin it
off to watch my 'bmx bandits' DVD to make it feel better

F"She's got everything i need. pharmacy keys.
She acts just like a nurse, with all the other guys..."Dutch


--
flyingdutch


Hey Dutchie, sorry to hear of your bad luck, hope you get well
soon.....can't keep a good man down eh!! I don't know ya like some of the
others but it's never good when someone gets knocked down, especially the
aus.bicycle regulars.

There was news today that the NSW Carr Government is passing a law in
Parliamant that raises the penalty for a pedestrian hit/runs from 15 months
sentence to a maximum 10 years (i wonder if they'll tell the magistrates
about it) especially if death is a result, which is really good news and it
goes with what the community is pushing for, but I and many of you guys
(yeah I know you are mostly from Vic) are wondering, if this will apply to
cyclists too?? oh well...at least it's a start in the right direction.

DJ

Resound Wrote:
"flyingdutch" wrot
in
message ...

fark!

rolling thru noth balwyn shops this morning. driver makes righthand
turn into me. separated clavicle with all related tendons ripped
off(bone at top of shoulder). sticking up at avery wierd angle. very
sore. good drugs tho (mmmm nurses with drugs). looking at at least a
few weeks off the bike!@##$@! windtrainer isgettingaworkout, n
doubt.
hurties . ambulance, cafe owners/witnesses and police were terrific.

sook. hurties. milkin it
..."Dutch






OUCH

Lots of empathy and wishes of a fast recovery. Dutchy ..... Gags

Whats happened down there. Has tha Bermuda Triangle moved to 37.
degrees south.

Will der new boik be green?

Cheers
Hugh

Who has the Flu but is putting it into perspective. Will do my 10
next week Dutch

--
HughMann

On Thu, 05 May 2005 at 10:26 GMT, flyingdutch (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Absent Husband Wrote:
FD - glad you're still breathing dude!!

So exactly how long did you have the new helmet for before it got
trashed in anotheraccident?? This MUST be a record... Will Limar
believe you when you claim your second half-price helmet in a week??

Seriously mate - very pleased you got out of this one... Hope that
bike
is back under your @rse again soon...

Absent Husband

actually, i was wearing my 'old' one that my daughter now wears (big
hair needs a big helmet). it came out fine

Um - it probably took an impact. I doubt it will come out fine - it
might *appear* supificially fine, but I wouldn't entrust it to *my*
head.

Front wheel seems OK(ish) but only after a quick glance.
Handlebar tape obviously shredded as is saddle (this is a combo of
race-spill and yesterday's effort but he dont know that )

Just a reminder, dutchy, that USENET is not entirely anonymous, so I'd
be careful about what I would say until the insurance was sorted, eh?

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
'Vegetarian' -- it's an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter'.
-- Red Green

Bugger Dutch.

Let me buy you one when you're next at Goat.

Watch out with the TAC, in my last dealings wit them I was up for
he first $500 of out-patient costs ie Physio/rehab.

Skewer.

If I catch you May catch you at gat
flyingdutch wrote:
fark!

rolling thru noth balwyn shops this morning. driver makes righthand
turn into me. separated clavicle with all related tendons ripped
off(bone at top of shoulder). sticking up at avery wierd angle. very
sore. good drugs tho (mmmm nurses with drugs). looking at at least a
few weeks off the bike!@##$@! windtrainer isgettingaworkout, no doubt.
hurties . ambulance, cafe owners/witnesses and police were terrific.

sook. hurties. milkin it
off to watch my 'bmx bandits' DVD to make it feel better

F"She's got everything i need. pharmacy keys.
She acts just like a nurse, with all the other guys..."Dutch

Dutch,

Bad new. Get well.

It all goes to prove my findings that Balwyn is the most dangerous
place to cycle. On my daily commute from CBD to Blackburn about 90% of
the near miss or hits have occured in Balwyn.

Something in the water there?

AC

On Thu, 05 May 2005 20:44:36 +1000, dave
wrote:

snip

Well it may go ok.. My neighbour who backed over orange motorbike paid
up without a wimper. Suprised the hell out of me I can tell you

The invisible day-glo orange stealth bike? Cor.

--
Regards.
Richard.

HughMann Wrote:
Whats happened down there. Has tha Bermuda Triangle moved to 37.
degrees south.

Nah, Hippy's departure has left a vacancy for the "Crash Bandicoot
title. So everyone's mounting their campaigns as we speak
(Indicentally, Hippy's off to compete in the International Cras
bandicoot awards, hence his departure).

In order to be a true Crash Bandicoot, you can't just crash once o
twice a year in races like everyone else, you have to it commuting on
fixieracing , on the track, in a decent sized bunch on Beach Rd, on tra
tracks (preferably whilst carrying a six pack in the Crumpler), on a S
mountain bike, in a really public place (Swanston St?) etc..

There's a reason why C grade at Glenvale is known as Crash grade

--
Shabby

Shabby Wrote:

There's a reason why C grade at Glenvale is known as Crash grade.

NOW you tell me!

the only bit of cgrade elevation i was looking forward to were th
elevation of skills over SCARY Dgrade

i dont WANT to be crash bandicoot, goddamitt!!!!

Some of us just seemed to be blessed with skills and circumstance
beyond our otherwise humble persona

and yes, Nick, 853 im thinkin. your black steed got me thinkin bu
there's either gonna be green on there too or Orange on there. oh, th
possibilities.

--
flyingdutch