Re: Cyclist crashes in pothole

On 9/6/2024 3:26 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 9/6/2024 2:07 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 9/6/2024 10:25 AM, AMuzi wrote:

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

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As usual, he advises everyone to wear a helmet. As usual, he doesn't advise anyone to watch the road surface; but road surface problems are the top cause of bike crashes.
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 While we all rationally agree we ought to observe road surface, traffic, potential interference (car stopped at cross street, door which may open, pedestrian between cars, suicides falling from above* and so on) and crap on roadway surface (water, snow, slush, sand, gravel, glass, leaves, other debris) while riding, who among us has not dumped the bike with a moment's inattention? I know I have.

I had one crash that way, at near-walking speed, maybe 20 years ago. It was one of my three moving on-road crashes since 1972.
Nothing is perfect, but paying attention minimizes those. It would be more valuable safety advice than the plastic hat fixation.
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- Frank Krygowski