My new Secteur is ruined*

[redjedi]

Glad your alright Ian, sorry about your bike.

I would demote that one to the pub bike, and go and buy yourself a new commuter.

Retail therapy

 

[ianrauk]

Hey Luke, I like your ideas mate.. *hmmm...looks in direction of LBS couple hundred yards away*

Glad your alright Ian, sorry about your bike.

I would demote that one to the pub bike, and go and buy yourself a new commuter.

Retail therapy

 

[hackbike 666]

Flitering through heavy traffic.. it's part & parcel of commuting in London.

True,true.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

*hmmm...looks in direction of LBS couple hundred yards away*

Move away from the credit card ...

 

[tdr1nka]

Glad you're in one piece M8.
It is OK to call you M8 today?

Motons seem to be functioning on minimum brain power this week!

 

[peanut]

Sorry to hear about this.

I get very upset by the use of the word "mate". I almost take it as an insult if used by anyone but a close friend. My reason being that it's a word mostly used without any friendly meeting, usually when people are trying to get their own way in some regard. Australians are exempt due to cultural differences

I know....i'm a caustic sod. Honestly. I'm not having a bad day

Tollers

cockneys should also be exempt they use the term from birth in the same way you might use dude or chap or chum or pal or whatever. Cockneys are not suggesting that you are necessarily their friend
ie olritemait? (are you ok)

 

[BentMikey]

Tollers, mate, stoppit!

 

[potsy]

Glad the bikes' not badly damaged,after reading the headline was expecting a pic of a wrecked looking secteur,do you southerners exagerate everything?

 

[tdr1nka]

Glad the bikes' not badly damaged,after reading the headline was expecting a pic of a wrecked looking secteur,do you southerners exagerate everything?

That would be a 'non-secteur'.

 

[bad boy]

Glad your ok fella, thats not a nice thing to happen at all.

 

[arallsopp]

Be careful mate. You never can tell with bar-tape. Best to get a new bike.

 

[beastie]

You can't always cycle out of the door zone can you?

Why post this now anyway?...The OP has had a traumatic incident and you come out with this.

I didn't mean to offend or imply fault with the OP or upset him in any way (apologies if this was the case)Only that although it was the driver at fault more defensive riding must be a good starting point when commuting.

Shame about the Secteur - I am currently saving for the Sport.

 

[ianrauk]

Not upset at all, and as I posted earlier, filtering past parked cars is par the course for a London commute. Otherwise you will get nowhere.

Being an experienced commuter, 'dooring' is one of the things I am always aware of and looking out for. It could have been a lot worse then it actually was.

I didn't mean to offend or imply fault with the OP or upset him in any way (apologies if this was the case)Only that although it was the driver at fault more defensive riding must be a good starting point when commuting.

Shame about the Secteur - I am currently saving for the Sport.

 

[mike e]

Glad your ok Ian and that your bike isn't badly damaged.

From your northern "mate"...

 

[fossyant]

Glad the bikes' not badly damaged,after reading the headline was expecting a pic of a wrecked looking secteur,do you southerners exagerate everything?

They do...HTFU...mate (as they say down there....)

PS glad I read the decals on Potsy's bike at the weekend....just have this name "Secateurs" in my head...can't think why.........Why name a bike after gardening scissors..... doh.......