Goodbye bike no 3
Ever since I came to Bristol, I have now lost 3 bikes. The third was this morning on the commute to work. My first bike was stolen, my second bike got destroyed in a crash stop trying not to kill a stupid pedestrian on Gloucester Rd (zebra crossings are there for a reason fool!) And the third bike is another write off due to a crash stop when a car suddenly pulled out in front of me in a pedestrian alley just before I got to work.
As far as bike crashes go, this one was low key but pretty darn spectacular. I was only doing about 10mph down a hill when suddenly a car backed out in front of me from a garage. I slammed on the brakes, but of course as I was going downhill, this meant I came over the handle bars. All was not lost however as I managed to land on my feet, with the bike crashing into the back of me, inches away from the car. An impressive bit of acrobatics if I do say so myself!
Anyway, back of the bike is bent and the back gear cogs are pretty screwed. It is repairable, but as I paid £10 for the whole bike I can’t really be bothered. There is another bike going for £10 at work so I may well just buy that. Despite the bike wreckages, it is still cheaper to commute that way!
As far as bike crashes go, this one was low key but pretty darn spectacular. I was only doing about 10mph down a hill when suddenly a car backed out in front of me from a garage. I slammed on the brakes, but of course as I was going downhill, this meant I came over the handle bars. All was not lost however as I managed to land on my feet, with the bike crashing into the back of me, inches away from the car. An impressive bit of acrobatics if I do say so myself!
Anyway, back of the bike is bent and the back gear cogs are pretty screwed. It is repairable, but as I paid £10 for the whole bike I can’t really be bothered. There is another bike going for £10 at work so I may well just buy that. Despite the bike wreckages, it is still cheaper to commute that way!