Alaskan Rob
New Member
Hi,
Riding in Kent yesterday, on the Eynsford Road toward Crockenhill at 4.18pm on Sunday 30th May.
Black, Mitsubishi L200 pick-up truck, with a 'H' in the registration.
Was out cycling with a mate, and we had just joined this road. It's a wide, good quality 'B' road with very light traffic. Riding downhill on a very gentle bend at about 18mph, when I'm suddenly aware a vehicle is incredible close and I'm suddenly accelerating forward much faster. The pick-up truck then shoots past, not stopping. I carry on forward for a few more metres but now doing about 25mph and wobbling I lose control and go up the kerb, and deep into some bushes and trees at the side of the road.
Now I thought I had been clipped accidently by his wing mirror, but this is where it gets more sinister as my mate (who was cycling about 20 metres behind me) said they had passed him incredibly close and that he felt they'd tried to do something to him, but then he actually saw the passengers arm come out and push me from behind.
Lots of cuts and bruises, very sore wrist, knee and neck this morning. Very shaken up* - could have been so much worse, falling off totally out of control at that speed is a lottery. Called Police - and ambulance came to - but they said unlikely to be able to do anything as no CCTV and not enough of a description.
I've googled and read that in recent years there have been a few similar cases in this area, so be careful out there.
* Sadly this is only the second time I've started a thread. The other time was 2 years ago when I actually got hit from behind by a car in central London. That was just incompetence / distraction, this feels a lot worse. I'd only just got the confidence to get back on a bike in recent months after that one, and decided never to cycle in central London again, so had started to cycle more in the country as I didn't want to give up cycling as i had always loved it. But feel especially shaken from yesterday as it literally brought back flash backs and panic attack of the one from 2 years ago
Riding in Kent yesterday, on the Eynsford Road toward Crockenhill at 4.18pm on Sunday 30th May.
Black, Mitsubishi L200 pick-up truck, with a 'H' in the registration.
Was out cycling with a mate, and we had just joined this road. It's a wide, good quality 'B' road with very light traffic. Riding downhill on a very gentle bend at about 18mph, when I'm suddenly aware a vehicle is incredible close and I'm suddenly accelerating forward much faster. The pick-up truck then shoots past, not stopping. I carry on forward for a few more metres but now doing about 25mph and wobbling I lose control and go up the kerb, and deep into some bushes and trees at the side of the road.
Now I thought I had been clipped accidently by his wing mirror, but this is where it gets more sinister as my mate (who was cycling about 20 metres behind me) said they had passed him incredibly close and that he felt they'd tried to do something to him, but then he actually saw the passengers arm come out and push me from behind.
Lots of cuts and bruises, very sore wrist, knee and neck this morning. Very shaken up* - could have been so much worse, falling off totally out of control at that speed is a lottery. Called Police - and ambulance came to - but they said unlikely to be able to do anything as no CCTV and not enough of a description.
I've googled and read that in recent years there have been a few similar cases in this area, so be careful out there.
* Sadly this is only the second time I've started a thread. The other time was 2 years ago when I actually got hit from behind by a car in central London. That was just incompetence / distraction, this feels a lot worse. I'd only just got the confidence to get back on a bike in recent months after that one, and decided never to cycle in central London again, so had started to cycle more in the country as I didn't want to give up cycling as i had always loved it. But feel especially shaken from yesterday as it literally brought back flash backs and panic attack of the one from 2 years ago