Re: Cyclist crashes in pothole

On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:59:36 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
wrote:

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 09:25:36 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

I don't know anything about this guy but he's lucky it
wasn't worse.
 
https://pagesix.com/2024/09/05/celebrity-news/gordon-ramsay-details-exactly-what-caused-his-scary-bike-accident-that-left-half-his-body-bruised/

 
There's a good reason to watch where you're going.
 
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C'est bon
Soloman
 

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Does depend on the bike and the pothole! My main commute bike within reason
I just roll though potholes, one short stretch of road next to an
industrial park with lot of Lorry’s always has a few potholes the two facts
are definitely connected!
>
The new cheap road/commuter bike even with 32mm I’d be a bit more careful.
As it’s a touch faster quite a bit less volume in the tires and so on.
>
And absolutely can happen with cars as well, see plenty of SUV which due to
driving incompetence and size of the SUV end up ripping tires in the Surrey
hills, one hill every winter someone manages to roll one as well which
takes some talent!
>
Roger Merriman

If I hit a restriction with one of my front wheels it could cause a
serious problem.

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C'est bon
Soloman