Hooray I'm home. Now I can ditch that extra chainset ;-)
Had a minor tumble yesterday between Burton-upon-Trent and
Lichfield when I rode too close to the high grass verge on
my left and caught my front pannier.
Damage:
1) Slightly out-of-true front wheel - the brakes rub but I
don't think the wheel is very bent at all. I'll find a
LBS to check it over
2) Very bent left side of front rack. The rack rotated
around the forks and plunged the pannier into my spokes.
Will replace with one that has a hoop over the wheel for
lateral stability.
3) Bruise to right elbow.
Many thanks to the uninvolved car driver who stopped to
check I was ok. Two fingers up to the the one that
didn't bother.
I continued cycling to Lichfield and then got picked up
by car. I have cycled from Lichfield to home many many
times before so I'm not going to worry about omitting
this section.
I'm planning to set off again on Friday morning.
(Having sat down at my proper PC I have seen how awful the
formatting on my posts has been - very long lines - Sorry,
I'll try and sort it).
A few random pics are now at www.artybee.net/jogle including
a very confusing sign on a cyclepath running parallel to the
A38 near Burton-Upon-Trent
Many many thanks too for the offers of accomodation, and for
cyclists generally being a bunch of friendly people!
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Young Musician of the Year 2004 was a fiddle