Mortiroloboy
New Member
A helmet, I know it's a lifestyle choice and all that, and I ride with plenty of guys who choose not to wear a lid, but I'm certainly glad that I do.
Cycling down to the New Forest on Saturday, a couple of miles from the YHA hostel in Burley, my cycling companion had a mechanical with his R/D, I was in his wheel, we both had panniers on, which added a bit more weight at the back end, he slowed momentarily, I braked, but due to the extra weight it wasn't sufficient, I clipped his back wheel, the panniers spun me around, as the front was light, I ended up on the deck, nasty gravel rash on left elbow, hip and knee, as shoulder went into the tarmac, head whiplashed onto the road, cracked my helmet, pretty dazed and shaken up, but got to my feet, cleaned the wounds and carried on to the hostel.
I don't even want to think what would have happened had I not been wearing a lid, but I don't think I'd have been sleeping in the hostel Saturday night, I'd probably have been sleeping in Bournemouth General.
Just ordered a replacement Catlike Kompact Pro, like the one I was wearing, from Prendas Ciclisimo, who gave me £20 off as a crash replacement, which they offer to exisiting customers. Catlike don't actually offer a crash replacement scheme like Bell, Giro and Specialized do.
Scuffed my pedal and shoe, banged my ergo's and tore my 'bar tape. Bugger.
Oh yeah, and to add insult to injury I rolled in a pile of Pony poo, which doesn't smell very nice BTW!
Cycling down to the New Forest on Saturday, a couple of miles from the YHA hostel in Burley, my cycling companion had a mechanical with his R/D, I was in his wheel, we both had panniers on, which added a bit more weight at the back end, he slowed momentarily, I braked, but due to the extra weight it wasn't sufficient, I clipped his back wheel, the panniers spun me around, as the front was light, I ended up on the deck, nasty gravel rash on left elbow, hip and knee, as shoulder went into the tarmac, head whiplashed onto the road, cracked my helmet, pretty dazed and shaken up, but got to my feet, cleaned the wounds and carried on to the hostel.
I don't even want to think what would have happened had I not been wearing a lid, but I don't think I'd have been sleeping in the hostel Saturday night, I'd probably have been sleeping in Bournemouth General.
Just ordered a replacement Catlike Kompact Pro, like the one I was wearing, from Prendas Ciclisimo, who gave me £20 off as a crash replacement, which they offer to exisiting customers. Catlike don't actually offer a crash replacement scheme like Bell, Giro and Specialized do.
Scuffed my pedal and shoe, banged my ergo's and tore my 'bar tape. Bugger.
Oh yeah, and to add insult to injury I rolled in a pile of Pony poo, which doesn't smell very nice BTW!
I was in his wheel, but when you're cycling 65 miles and want to arrive before you need lights, you have to ride bit and bit, and to get any benefit from that you need to stay close to the wheel in front of you.
looking at this guy's face and then thinking "Shite, i'm supposed to be on my bike" and then he said "are you with us love? we're just gonna check your neck and board you". 
Straight into the back of Mrs.Crackles wheel and wump into the ditch with the contents of my handlebar bag tipped all over me 
Luckily I didn't hit my head and landed in a soft ditch but it's easy done.
