One thing I found out this morning.

[Kiwiavenger]

It's amazing how quickly you can stop from 40 mph when rounding a corner to be confronted with the back of a double decker!

On the plus note I managed to avoid hiting it however my new bib tights may need a wash (or an incinerator) and the new 105 calipers and Aztec blocks worked wonders! Am very impressed

Was a lovely commute though

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[gaz]

A wise man once told me. "You may know the road but do you know what is around the corner?"

 

[Hip Priest]

You can corner at 40 mph? Jesus.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

It was a longish corner but really shallow and downhill with a hedge on the side blocking my view. I was pedaling like a man posessed too! Lol.

Was a lovely ride in though, and very uneventful except the brown trouser moment!

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[Hip Priest]

Chapeau. You've got bigger balls than me. 34mph is my max. It's the bike's fault though, obviously.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Did this also at the weekend, going down a steep hill at full tilt ............ corner looks ok ........... OH S**T ................... managed to grab the brakes and pull into a parking space before I reached the transit van coming the otherway up the only part of the skinny road to have cars blocking one side of it

 

[CopperBrompton]

Fridge Theory. Always imagine a fridge has fallen off the back of a lorry just around the corner.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

A wise man once told me. "You may know the road but do you know what is around the corner?"

Im sure that wasCycling Mikey.

 

[Red Light]

Always cycle so as to be able to stop in the distance you can see to be clear.

 

[avsd]

A wise man once told me. "You may know the road but do you know what is around the corner?"

Being an unwise man going round a blind corner costed me 2-3 months off the bike and Mycyclelog target for 2012 Dislocated collarbone as I hit another cyclist coming the other direction on a cycle path. I had 105 brakes and was doing 15-20mph when I had the accident but obviously poorer reaction times. Be wise and be sate

 

[avsd]

PS - The other cyclist was OK just a little shaken up and stayed with me until International Rescue arrived.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Always cycle so as to be able to stop in the distance you can see to be clear.

I had an ambulance pull out on me this morning suddenly,he jumped the red but he had his lights on but no siren,so I don't think your comment is always possible...I managed to dodge not brake.

Checking camera footage,second time that has happened with an ambulance there.

 

[subaqua]

I had an ambulance pull out on me this morning suddenly,he jumped the red but he had his lights on but no siren,so I don't think your comment is always possible...I managed to dodge not brake.

Checking camera footage,second time that has happened with an ambulance there.

if it had happened once to me "there" i would have been treating "there" with caution

 

[Red Light]

I had an ambulance pull out on me this morning suddenly,he jumped the red but he had his lights on but no siren,so I don't think your comment is always possible...I managed to dodge not brake.

Checking camera footage,second time that has happened with an ambulance there.

There is a difference between going round a blind bend too fast when you don't know what is round the bend and having someone pull out in front of you. Mind you I agree with subaqua's comment if it has happened twice.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

if it had happened once to me "there" i would have been treating "there" with caution

One before since 1990 when I first started using the route to commute,although the second time in about two years,the last was on a bank holiday oddly enough...and it's on utube.

Dont think I can be expect silent red light jumping ambulances all the time.

Christ,it's so easy to be perfect on here.


View: http://youtu.be/JRRpKUjblm8


The original incident footage.doesn't work for me at the moment.

Although it doesn't seem to work I found out it happened on 30 Aug 2010 which makes me a bad cyclist as I didn't look out for a red light jumping ambulance with no sirens almost two years later.