OneArmedBandit
Active Member
Hi all,
Thank you for your posts and sorry for the delay in replying. I looked and couldn't find my thread earlier.
Some great ideas. I may get shot down but I'm not amazingly concerned about road legal, as long as it's safe. I tended to use the front brake for 99.9% (too much Sheldon perhaps) of my braking anyway so if I put them on one lever it would be front brake heavy anyway.
Enjoyed reading through Mickle's site and he has PMed me his number so will give him a bell... not tomorrow evening! But this week.
They are funding private physio but it is painstakingly slow. I am just an impatient sod and hate using a car every day.
With the police it's all a bit unclear, I can't remember anything at the scene because was doubled over in pain with bits of bone floating around in my arm until the ambulance crew knocked me out. My understanding was he told people at the scene that he wasn't involved and proceeded to move his car, my bike and (unsuccessfully) me out the road. I can only think the police didn't pursue him because they thought he was an useless witness. In fact I suspect if it hadn't been for the CCTV that would be the accepted version of events, after all a cyclist who remembers little of the incident vs motorist... only one outcome.
In the video it looks like I am flying along but the distance between edge of frame and the chiane is about 50m. Also in the original footage it's clearer than I stop short of the chicane and he still tries to floor it through impacts my side - hence why my bike is only scraped but my wrist is ruined.
With the police they have assigned it to a civvie investigator who seems polite but I don't really get much hope from, he told me that my injuries were civil and separate from any criminal charges. I think he will just say I have the insurance details and that is enough. Maybe I'm wrong.
I'm just frustrated because the driver knows I broke my wrist and texted me to ask me for... my insurance details, because he wanted to claim for damage to his car (before his insurance accepted liability). No checking how I am, no sorry. It sticks in the throat because if it wasn't for the tiny chance the CCTV was there he would be getting away with everything.
Thank you for your posts and sorry for the delay in replying. I looked and couldn't find my thread earlier.
Some great ideas. I may get shot down but I'm not amazingly concerned about road legal, as long as it's safe. I tended to use the front brake for 99.9% (too much Sheldon perhaps) of my braking anyway so if I put them on one lever it would be front brake heavy anyway.
Enjoyed reading through Mickle's site and he has PMed me his number so will give him a bell... not tomorrow evening! But this week.
They are funding private physio but it is painstakingly slow. I am just an impatient sod and hate using a car every day.
With the police it's all a bit unclear, I can't remember anything at the scene because was doubled over in pain with bits of bone floating around in my arm until the ambulance crew knocked me out. My understanding was he told people at the scene that he wasn't involved and proceeded to move his car, my bike and (unsuccessfully) me out the road. I can only think the police didn't pursue him because they thought he was an useless witness. In fact I suspect if it hadn't been for the CCTV that would be the accepted version of events, after all a cyclist who remembers little of the incident vs motorist... only one outcome.
In the video it looks like I am flying along but the distance between edge of frame and the chiane is about 50m. Also in the original footage it's clearer than I stop short of the chicane and he still tries to floor it through impacts my side - hence why my bike is only scraped but my wrist is ruined.
With the police they have assigned it to a civvie investigator who seems polite but I don't really get much hope from, he told me that my injuries were civil and separate from any criminal charges. I think he will just say I have the insurance details and that is enough. Maybe I'm wrong.
I'm just frustrated because the driver knows I broke my wrist and texted me to ask me for... my insurance details, because he wanted to claim for damage to his car (before his insurance accepted liability). No checking how I am, no sorry. It sticks in the throat because if it wasn't for the tiny chance the CCTV was there he would be getting away with everything.