numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I wish I could go up hills at 30 mph 
glad your OK
If it wasn't for a helmet, I wouldn't be here right now.
- Thread starter montage
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I wish I could go up hills at 30 mph glad your OK
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
gdean said:
Perhaps, gdean you should actually understand something properly, and live a little.
You appear from this one to be either an old fart, that rides very slowly and hates to see kids putting a little bit of fun into cycling and think that cycling over 12.84mph is dangerous and shouldnt be done. Or your on a bit of a wind up. Or maybe you dont know about racing(i take it you were in a race Montage?) and if you think this is dangerous, do you watch the pros when they fall off and recommend they get advice from experienced cyclists.
Infact i bet you do. I think you will sit there and watched people in a pro bike race, and see them make a minor mistake, then you write a letter to their team advising them to get some advice from more experienced cyclists.
I presume, you are meaning montage should listen to you, because your a more experienced safer cyclist?
Go on then gdean, give us some advice. How does one sprint for something? How is it that Montage fell off?
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
montage said:
So it was a gentle rise then Montage?
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
montage said:I was on a club run, racing for a sign at the top of the hill
You failed then. Miserably.
Might of been foot unclip, but i went along with a foot down for abit(well i remeber looking down at my foot on the ground) then slid over.
Or, you could just be a complete panzy, sprinted off, the bike lent over to one side alot, you turned the bars and just went down. You know when i mean? When you power off but dont hold the bike up you can get the bike to lean right over on one side, then you can get it to lean right over on the other side. Maybe you did that and just fell over.
Joe24 said:
I was in control of the bike .... not as if I haven't sprinted before. I am pretty sure that the chain came off, which meant the next pedal stroke sent me flying due to the power being put down.
The good news is that I did a hilly 48ish miles without my kness playing up
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
gdean said:Wow!
I don't know how Montage fell off - neither does he it seems. I'm not sure if he was racing - was he? In any event, there are plenty of 3rd and 4th cats who could also learn to ride safely
Well yes, thats obvious, but just cming on and saying he wasnt riding safely and needs to get advice isnt that helpful is it?
The more dangerous thing is someone not holding their line and when they come up to a pot hole just flicking their bike out unexpectedly, or just moving from one side to the other.
Do you ride safely then? Do you know if i ride safely?
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
rich p said:
Its not personaly abusive, im just questioning someone
Glad to hear there is no serious injury Montage and you will soon be back in the saddle.
Interesting this helmet impasse, three years ago when I headbutted a car at 25mph then flew over the top landing head first on the other side, there were people on the old C+ forum who aggressively suggested that my helmet in no way contributed to the fact that I am still able to feed and dress myself.
Interesting this helmet impasse, three years ago when I headbutted a car at 25mph then flew over the top landing head first on the other side, there were people on the old C+ forum who aggressively suggested that my helmet in no way contributed to the fact that I am still able to feed and dress myself.
