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BIKE CRASH
Hi all
Just wanted to make sure all you night riders are packing good lights , I had a major incident off road last night, hit a furrow edge of a field , over the bars , landed on big frozen lump of mud, thought broken back , cant walk now . SO moral of the story slow down more than you think you need to at night , ride in groups, and carry a phone Take care S |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:22:56 GMT someone who may be "Gooty"
wrote this:- SO moral of the story slow down more than you think you need to at night , ride in groups, and carry a phone Many people need to ride at night. It is called getting to and from work, the shops, the library and so on. Hopefully this does not involve many of them in crashing into furrows in fields. -- David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK government prevents me by using the RIP Act 2000. |
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Gooty wrote:
Hi all Just wanted to make sure all you night riders are packing good lights , I had a major incident off road last night, hit a furrow edge of a field , over the bars , landed on big frozen lump of mud, thought broken back , cant walk now . SO moral of the story slow down more than you think you need to at night , ride in groups, and carry a phone Take care S I am afraid it isn't possible for me to ride in group on the way home from work. |
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Gooty wrote:
slow down more than you think you need to at night , ride in groups, and carry a phone Good advice but where I am the phones don't work when you're away from the villages ... All the best Dan Gregory |
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Gooty whizzed past me shouting
Just wanted to make sure all you night riders are packing good lights , Yeah, but they're still not as good as daylight. The light comes from a source fairly close to your head, so you see the lit side of everything, no shadows, no contrast. So it's easy to miss something. I had a major incident off road last night, hit a furrow edge of a field , over the bars , landed on big frozen lump of mud, thought broken back , cant walk now . Bummer. Off-road and falls do go together though. Has a doctor seen it? It sounds like a sick note job, so you'll need to. It's a lot of waiting about, but they'll give you some pro-strength painkillers. Get a repeat prescription so there are spare painkillers for next time. SO moral of the story slow down more than you think you need to at night , ride in groups, and carry a phone Riding slower means more falls, and then you land on the phone and squash it, but someone else in the group can call an ambulance - to the wrong place, as they'll panic when asked for the location. Nobody in the group will have anything effective to keep you warm, and an injured person can't wriggle into lycra. So carry a couple of binbags yourself - they're dead useful in emergencies. -- Sue ];( What goes down must come up again - Confucius' Law of Mountain Biking |
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Sue White advised:
Nobody in the group will have anything effective to keep you warm, and an injured person can't wriggle into lycra. So carry a couple of binbags yourself - they're dead useful in emergencies. The small first aid kit that lives in my pannier includes a foil blanket. There have been times when I've been really glad to have it, just in case. Come to think of it, I believe I *have* slept in binbags when touring. -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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Danny Colyer wrote:
Come to think of it, I believe I *have* slept in binbags when touring. And I spent a month sleeping in orange bivi bags in the Dolomites. Interesting time, you learn a lot about what you do and don't need. ...d |
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