Off :(

[John the Monkey]

Hope the bike's not too badly hurt either

Got back from the LBS - RH shifter had been rotated inwards and loosened, and my stem was slightly off centre - they took a good look over wheels and frame too, and that was all they could find. They fixed it up, and agreed that I'd probably saved the bike by cleverly using myself as a crumple zone

 

[stephenb]

I made a complaint back then about a close pass by a traffic island.

cor, imagine if that had hit you!

pleased you're OK BTW!!

 

[goo_mason]

Got back from the LBS - RH shifter had been rotated inwards and loosened, and my stem was slightly off centre - they took a good look over wheels and frame too, and that was all they could find. They fixed it up, and agreed that I'd probably saved the bike by cleverly using myself as a crumple zone

Ach well, we heal up but a bike can't. Good thinking that, sacrificing yourself to protect your lovely SCR2 !

Seriously though, glad you're OK. Rest up and look after yourself.

 

[Keith Oates]

Bad luck John, but glad you appear to be relatively injury free, but the road rash may linger a bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Aperitif]

Hope you are feeling ok - probably the right time to buy a new bike to help the recovery process John...

 

[fossyant]

Ouch - just read this - Oxford Road by chance ? - Europe's busiest bus route (official) - glad the bike is OK - assume you've got to ride home then ?

Going to be a CTC solicitor job to sort this one - sounds tricky. The cycle lane there is no good for anything over a brisk walking pace - shared use for those that don't know the area, full of students with IPODS on !

 

[4F]

Sorry to hear that John. Have a virtual pint from me

 

[HLaB]

Ouch John; I'm glad you are still around to tell the tale. Have another virtual pint on me.

 

[Panter]

I'd probably saved the bike by cleverly using myself as a crumple zone

Good man, thats what I would've done too

Best wishes, hope you feel better soon.

 

[John the Monkey]

Thanks all.

Rode home tonight (pouring rain) and didn't feel too bad tbh. Missus cleaned up the road rash, which hurt like a bugger - the elbow is worse than the knee and seems to still have some road in it. Overall I don't feel too bad - back's a bit stiff, as if the thigh on the side I came down on. Wrist was a bit sore (thank god for the different hand options on drops though).

Every close pass felt *VERY* close on the way back, although my "move over" gesture to the white skoda passing me too close by the traffic islands on Manchester Road elicited a single finger from the driver[1], so things are reassuringly back to normal

[1] He ended up sat waiting at the same set of lights as me, so the dodgy overtake gained him *tons* of time.

 

[goo_mason]

Every close pass felt *VERY* close on the way back, although my "move over" gesture to the white skoda passing me too close by the traffic islands on Manchester Road elicited a single finger from the driver[1], so things are reassuringly back to normal

[1] He ended up sat waiting at the same set of lights as me, so the dodgy overtake gained him *tons* of time.

After a wee while with no really close passes, I had loads on the way home tonight. Once again, they were the ones who skimmed by my elbow, yet by the time they got a couple of hundred yards up the road they were sitting towards the centre line, leaving about three bike-widths of space free. I don't get that - other than they're deliberately buzzing cyclists for a cheap thrill.

You're a brave man John - riding again whilst still suffering from your war wounds. I salute you !

 

[yenrod]

Rest and take care of yourself John.

 

[fossyant]

How you feeling today ? Bit like you've done the 1600rpm spin in the washing machine ?

 

[John the Monkey]

How you feeling today ?

Like I've been hit by a bus

Thigh is stiff, rash is a bit sore (elbow is the worst, but the missus did a good job of redressing it last night). My knee and wrist feel bruised (no sign of that on the surface of the skin though). Took it nice and easy coming in, and chickened out & used the cyclepath instead of the road where I was hit. I think I'm going to forget about my averages on the commute (at least for a while) and concentrate on recovering and staying out of the way of the traffic!

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

...concentrate on recovering and staying out of the way of the traffic!

Don't you do this normally???