First bike crash in twenty years

[sparkyman]

Had a spectacular spill today. Riding home in the the lovely Blackpool sun (Rain lots of it) thoght i'd cycle down the prom, just crossing the tracks when i spied a rudy big puddle (no not the sea) reacted to avoid it without thinking and front wheel lined up nicley with a tram track and slipped in...not good went over the hanlebars going about 16MPH...

Both hands now hurt (yes even as i type) knee is looking like it needs its own post code, grazzed my butt and as fautunatly as i was wering my helmet head is only a little shaken (helmet has nice graze in the plasic)

BIke came off quite well had to realigne the handle bars, but one of my pannier bags is buggered tore it in several places (no idea how that happened)

and to top it off stupid Transport work (female) shouted "well you shouldn't of been on the tracks anyway..." (god some people)

to which i replied "how the **** am i supposed to cross over them then "

Hope thats the last crash for a while misses is none to happy as i broke my right leg in two places last april and wont let me skate anymore, dont want to give up the Bike as well...

Sparky the clumsy...

 

[magnatom]

Ouch! I've heard that tramlines are nasty, I'm glad there are none near me. Get well soon, and welcome to the forum!!

 

[gavintc]

Coming to city near you in a couple of years time - will go straight past my flat. I am not looking forward to it

 

[fossyant]

Oh fcuk.......not good riding over them things....!!!!!

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Welcome to the forum Sparkyman. Glad you've survived the tracks relatively unscathed.

 

[domtyler]

Were you out train-ing at the time?

 

[Jake]

gosh, what it is, crash day or something?

 

[HLaB]

Coming to city near you in a couple of years time - will go straight past my flat. I am not looking forward to it

Phase 1b goes past mine I am looking forward to it, if it ever goes ahead, daily crossing of slippery tracks could be an experience. I lived in Dublin when they built the LUAS and although I never crossed the tracks often I never had a problem when I did.

 

[cheadle hulme]

Unlucky Sparkyman, glad you're OK.

I had a similar fall courtesy of Manchesters trams last year. Horrible feeling for momentum to go one way yet bike goes the other!

Still, the proms not a bad commuting route is it?

 

[Andy 71]

It seems to be the season for it. First me and my minor stack last week, and now the sickening news about Gazzaput's hit and run.

What's the old saying 'Fall off your horse, and get back on"?. My ribs are better and my knee has healed, so I will probably ride the homeward leg tomorrow.

GavinTC - I think that the trams in most modern systems have segregated lanes, as Croydon does, so you should not come into contact. The Blackpool tram dates back to the Victorian era.

My dad recalls getting caught in few tramlines back in the 50s, commuting to work on his Raleigh 4-speed sportster.

 

[Keith Oates]

Bad luck sparkyman, hope you recover quickly. It does highlight not only tram line dangers but also the dangers of standing water hiding obstacles. Keeping away from puddles (large and small) is something we should all try to do and it's not to keep the feet dry or the bike clean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[hackbike 6]

Wow if you have only fallen off once in twenty years that is good going.