Cyclists an easy target.

[Venod]

A local guy was doing a night ride a few week ago when he passed a gang of lads in their 20's one of them drop kicked him as he passed, he ended up with road rash, torn clothing but fortunately nothing broken.
He has been on wafarin for a long time so could bleed out if he gets a serious cut.

Now I read of this guys bad luck because of idiots, whats wrong with them ?

http://road.cc/content/news/219417-police-seek-cheltenham-races-reveller-who-rugby-tackled-cyclist

 

[Mrs M]

Poor guy, riding along minding his own business.
Broken pelvis is a horrible injury.
Hope they catch the perp' and the victim makes a good recovery.

 

[Vantage]

I wouldn't say cyclists are an easy target.
Any pedestrians could easily have suffered the same outcomes as the 2 cyclists you mention...and I'm sure many across the country do.
The advantage we have over peds of being on a bike is that even I as a slow 10mph avg speed cyclist can outpace an a**hole on my worst days.
I'd say you'd have to be either stupid or sure of yourself to pass a gang of 20 year olds though whether on wheels or feet.

 

[Slick]

Both stories are disgusting, who knows why idiots do what they do. I hope both guys make a speedy recovery, although a broken pelvis sounds particularly nasty.

 

[Venod]

I'd say you'd have to be either stupid or sure of yourself to pass a gang of 20 year olds though whether on wheels or feet.

Its a sad state of affairs when a risk assessment is required to pass people, I think they appeared out of a side street as he was passing, he didn't even have time to swerve out of the way, he did say they ran off like naughty schoolboys.

 

[Drago]

Nasty, very nasty.

 

[snorri]

I had to leap on to the grass verge last week while walking homewards in the dark, as a car approached the driver made no effort to deviate and avoid me. Suddenly self preservation was more important than identifying the vehicle which had carried on before I could see the registration.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I had to leap on to the grass verge last week as a car approached in the dark and made no effort to deviate and avoid me. Suddenly self preservation was more important than identifying the vehicle which had carried on before I could see the registration.

On the bike or on foot? Did you get hurt?

 

[snorri]

On the bike or on foot? Did you get hurt?

On foot, not hurt, just annoyed!
Thanks Pat, I have edited my post.

 

[Johnno260]

It's hopefully not another new craze like the stupid one punch thing that went around for a while, as hitting someone who is totally unaware is the height of bravery..

 

[Globalti]

At school it used to be thought funny to take a big book and wallop somebody on the head. Amazed nobody was hurt.

 

[Pale Rider]

At school it used to be thought funny to take a big book and wallop somebody on the head. Amazed nobody was hurt.

Or pull a chair from behind someone as he was going to sit down.

That happened at my school to a lad who was badly injured and spent best part of a year mostly in a wheelchair.

Happily, he made a more or less full recovery, but it took a long time.

 

[Venod]

Not wanting to alarm anybody, but recently a a van passed a local cyclist and flagged him down, they knocked him out and made of with his Cervelo, never to be seen again.

 

[Drago]

I remember some years ago a bobby in the West Mids thought it would be hilarious fun to undo the seat QR on a lady officers work bicycle. It's was funny until she was taken to hospital with career ending spinal injuries, and he was fingered for GBH and sacked.

 

[classic33]

At school it used to be thought funny to take a big book and wallop somebody on the head. Amazed nobody was hurt.

Done once to me, and the person who did it got a quick and instant clout.