Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
There i was out riding yesterday when my cycle computer pinged off the handlebars. As usual,by the time you've stopped about 20 yards down the road and gone back to try and rescue it it's been crushed. Yesterday i hadn't even managed to stop when i heard that familiar crunching sound. This has happened to me about 5 times over the years. I think i've only managed to save a couple from the wheels of a car. The thing is, why do the cars always manage to run over the computer? I worked out the width of one side of the road. It was around 17 feet wide. Car tyres must be around 10 inches wide,so times that by two and you have 20 inches of tyre touching 17 feet of road. yet nearly every time a computer falls off it gets crushed by a car following immediately behind. Is this bad luck or sod's law?