Alex 4.o ([info]b0rken) wrote,
@ 2007-10-29 23:46:00
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accident
hit a car thursday before last. or did she hit me. anyway.

smashed windscreen with L hip, went over the roof, spun [DO A BARREL ROLL] and then hit the ground. hugged the driver and then walked to hospital. three stitches L shin wham bam thankyou ma'm public hospitals rock.

just posting to see if my cycling-literate stalker still gives a shit ;)

xo

yes still riding 52/17 fixed. 19 free flipflop while the knee and shin recuperate!

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(Anonymous)
2007-10-29 01:34 pm UTC (link)
You would most certainly have avoided this injury if were to use a more sensible gear (like my 33/20), a freewheel and brakes. It's disgraceful that other road users have to surround themselves in a tonne of steel for protection from you brakeless menaces to society.

p.s. Say "Hi" to skinnygirlflab for me.
p.p.s. Motor Finance Wizard says "Yes".

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Protection from you brakeless menaces
[info]bignose.whitetree.org
2007-10-30 10:30 pm UTC (link)
I saw the diagram drawn in pancake sugar. Brakes on the bike would not have helped.

I take it easy on the road, so I get to my destination in one piece. But then ain't nobody hiring me as a bicycle courier.

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(Anonymous)
2007-10-29 02:18 pm UTC (link)
I wasn't on my fixie. I was on a cursed shimano 600 with both brakes intact. Biopace too :) email me at alex4point0 at gmail dot com.

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Standing and breathing == "all right"
[info]bignose.whitetree.org
2007-10-30 10:33 pm UTC (link)
The part that stunned me was the driver telling the police "yes, he's all right". Frickin' apathetic bastards. (Decide for yourself to whom this epithet applies.)

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Re: Standing and breathing == "all right"
[info]b0rken
2007-11-01 12:27 pm UTC (link)
Well I think we were both in shock, and the driver either wasn't talking to the cops at all, and it was all a con, or they failed to mention the broken windscreen part. Either way, there's a report in the system now and I can get the ball rolling, finally, on the workcover claim.

Mind you, once I explained the accident to the cops, 'I turned right because the road looked clear' ... 'and then they hit me', they warned me that if I filed the report they'd have to book me for failing to give way. I pressed ahead - but now the insurance companies will be able to lay fault. Fuck.

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[info]goshling
2007-11-10 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Oh dear. Glad to hear you're still alive. I'm still alive too!

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(Anonymous)
2007-11-16 12:46 pm UTC (link)
One cannot kill

what does not live.

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