Arjimlad
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Sorry to read this, I hope things work out OK for you and that you are able to rediscover the joys of cycling !
3rd time knocked down by a car. This is starting to get old
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vickster
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It's still generous.On a bike with only 1 gear
<joke> I mean, you'll be down to only 3 or 4.</joke>
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One of those jokes founded in reality
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Which stats are they? KSI per million kilometres?
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Thats awesome, good to see cyclechatters coming together
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We have been riding together for at least 5 years
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Sorry to hear about your off.
Most importantly, I'm glad to hear that you're physically okay. I guess confidence is another matter. It is natural, and to be expected, that your confidence will have taken a knock - you wouldn't be human otherwise.
I can understand that you're probably wondering how to mitigate against some chump who doesn't bother looking. The answer is you probably can't, not all the time - all you can do is to persuade yourself that this sort of incident is actually a rare occurrence. While I, and countless other people, can reel statistics off at you until the cows come home the best way to do that would be to enjoy more incident-free miles on a bike and experience the rarity.
This is the thing: it;s a random stochastic process. There is no pattern. It could happen again tomorrow - but given the frequency, that is extremely unlikely. Or it could never happen again. You certainly won't be due another after 17,000 km. But this I do know: your minds are very good at seeing patterns where there are none. Such clusters are actually quite common, more so than most people realise. I'd be very suspicious if there were no such clustering - though that's unlikely to be of much comfort to you!
There's been a couple of people who've commented that they've been knocked off more than once. To add to that anecdata, I'll just say that in the 40,000+ miles I've done in the last 10 years, I've never been knocked off, for what that's worth.
Most importantly, I'm glad to hear that you're physically okay. I guess confidence is another matter. It is natural, and to be expected, that your confidence will have taken a knock - you wouldn't be human otherwise.
I can understand that you're probably wondering how to mitigate against some chump who doesn't bother looking. The answer is you probably can't, not all the time - all you can do is to persuade yourself that this sort of incident is actually a rare occurrence. While I, and countless other people, can reel statistics off at you until the cows come home the best way to do that would be to enjoy more incident-free miles on a bike and experience the rarity.
This is the thing: it;s a random stochastic process. There is no pattern. It could happen again tomorrow - but given the frequency, that is extremely unlikely. Or it could never happen again. You certainly won't be due another after 17,000 km. But this I do know: your minds are very good at seeing patterns where there are none. Such clusters are actually quite common, more so than most people realise. I'd be very suspicious if there were no such clustering - though that's unlikely to be of much comfort to you!
There's been a couple of people who've commented that they've been knocked off more than once. To add to that anecdata, I'll just say that in the 40,000+ miles I've done in the last 10 years, I've never been knocked off, for what that's worth.
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Now I think about it, only you've given me one gear, and you still have 60+ for yourself. Makes you look pretty selfish.On a bike with only 1 gear
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I'll come off to borrow a few more gears if that's ok.Weeellllll if that’s your attitude....What time should I be in this evening for you to return it
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