Aaargh.....I did it again!

[Gerry Attrick]

Wouldn't you think that after riding clipless for several years now that I would not try a sharp uphill turn from stationary whilst one foot is still clipped in?

That's what I did yesterday and predictably went apex over base onto my right side. Now my bike is sporting scratches to the right hand hood and lever and scars to the rear mech and me. Worst thing is though I went down with much weight on my right foot and it smarts like hell even now.

So now, after the inevitable extracting of the waters by you chaps, couls I please request a little sympathy from the gentler sex?

 

[montage]

scars to rear mech...You checked the hanger isnt bent? (spin it round on largest cog).
Anyway, at least you have personalised the paintwork!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Oh no Gerry, not the Cannondale or the Dave Yates?

Hope you feel better soon.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Thanks chaps. The hanger is fine, and it was the Cannondale.

 

[Arch]

So now, after the inevitable extracting of the waters by you chaps, couls I please request a little sympathy from the gentler sex?

Oh, there there, you poor poor thing. Let me mop your brow a little.

Is that the sort of thing?

 

[Crackle]

A hill in Lincolnshire? You've made this up to get some sympathy from the gentler sex, go on admit it?

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Thanks Arch, that's exactly the sort of thing I am looking for.

As for hills in Lincolnshire, please don't set me off again.

 

[Cubist]

You call that a hill, etc etc,
Love,
The Pennine Contingent.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Look, you doubters, this was a hill in my village which is where the local post box is situated. I was posting a letter, after which I tried to push off from a standing start up said hill. It is a well-known fact that the Post Office situate their facilities only in the most inconvenient places for all their customers, but particularly cyclists. In addition, the tarmac had only just been re-laid, so if I took it upon myself to (closely) inspect the quality of the new covering, why should you lot have any problem with it?

As it happens, the new surface is extremely grippy, i.e. abrasive, and if you doubters insist upon er....doubting this fact, then I may well be forced to publish the unpleasant evidence of my assertions.

In the meantime, I will take comfort in the kind ministrations of Arch.

Thank you.

 

[Arch]

In the meantime, I will take comfort in the kind ministrations of Arch.

Thank you.

How's that brow doing? Any more mopping needed? Are you feverish at all? Would you like a cup of tea?

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Thanks Arch, but a pint of Tom Woods bitter would be all that I could manage right now, but I'll try to work up to tea in the fullness of time.

 

[Arch]

Hang on, I'll nip out and get you that pint...

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Thanks, but I like only the straight sided glasses.

 

[Arch]

My capacity for ministration has its limits. You'll have whatever glass I get....

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Ok, but for maximum restorative powers, the beer must be served at precisely 13 degrees Centigrade. Any other temperature may well be fatal in my condition.

Oh, and could I please have a packet of nuts?