Had a couple of close calls, nothing too serious, but the funniest has got to be - Back last year I KO'd a kitesurfer!!
Riding home along seafront cyclepath one fine autumn evening, there is a 1/4 mile stretch that runs by the beachuts, Bollards & clear white dividing lines - one side for bipods, the other for bicycles.. So come round the corner to the nice open straight, not a pedestrian, dog walker, electric scooter in sight - I hunched over the drops, flicked a few gears & went for it... glanced at me little gizmo.. Ooo 22mph...bit more effort...25mph...Oooo Lovely - looked up in time to see a wetsuit clad blokey come dashing out the huts right accross my path, I managed a garbled "Oigetoutatheway" He stopped dead - I will never ever forget the look of sheer horror in his eyes! I slammed on my brakes only for the back cable to promptly snap & catapult me head first over the bars!
I remember hitting the shingles on my shoulder, doing a sort of flop & whcaking my legs down - completing winding me, then it was all blurry for a few mins!
Opened my eyes, to see faces staring down at me, someone telling me an ambulance was on it's way, tried to sit up... Not a good move - a few mins later heard the sirens & finaly managed to get to my feet, asking what had happened to the bloke..
Poor chap... Turns out as i'd gone over the bars he'd tried to dodge out the way only to get clobbered round the head by the legs & slammed to the ground - He spent 24 hours in hospital & still insisted on paying for repairs to my bikes as it was all his fault - What a gent!!