Posts Tagged ‘ crash ’

There’s no doubt about it, the car industry is very successful at marketing. It sells us a dream of driving along the open road… The Dream: The Reality: The Alternate Reality (do watch this one ’till the end!): They tell us about the sporty playfulness to be had in towns and cities: The Dream: The Reality: The Alternate Reality: The tell...
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I don’t normally hold with look-no-brakes fixed gear riding on public streets. But this, via The Foot Down (and on Twitter via a Splendid Chap In Darlington) is local, quite nicely shot, and just the right length to be interesting rather than tedious: In case you were wondering why I don’t hold with brakeless riding...
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Doesn’t look like it to me: Top tip for spectators: Stand on the inside of the bend - you’re a whole lot less likely to be hit by flying bicycle / rider debris.
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Except . . . This is a low-life recumbent rider. Everyone* hates ‘bent riders - even other ‘bents. The crash is caused by a bee-sting distracting the rider . . . . . . but they to get a nice soft landing. . . . . . into stinging nettles. Ouch. That’s going to need a bucket of...
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Do you trust the occupants of a parked car to look before they fling a door open? And How wide does a car door open? But it’s not all one sided - sometimes I see riders doing things that are just plain asking for trouble. A good example of this is filtering through traffic -...
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