Re: Scaried moment on a bike?

[Dave Larrington]

[email protected] wrote:

> What about all of you?

Interesting one after dark on the Cheddar Gorge 300 the other week. A
single track lane, as beloved of Audax Organisators everywhere. I could see
the lights of an approaching motorcar from some distance away, but being on
the other side of a corner, he couldn't see mine. Natch we met right on the
corner, and of course it was a gert big 4x4. Up-the-bank moment ensues.

Getting my left pedal stuck inside the wheelarch of a Mercedes while
traffic-jamming down the A4 from Hammersmith towards Kensington was an
interesting experience too...

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[Rob Morley]

In article <[email protected]>
Dave Larrington <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > What about all of you?
>
> Interesting one after dark on the Cheddar Gorge 300 the other week. A
> single track lane, as beloved of Audax Organisators everywhere. I could see
> the lights of an approaching motorcar from some distance away, but being on
> the other side of a corner, he couldn't see mine. Natch we met right on the
> corner, and of course it was a gert big 4x4. Up-the-bank moment ensues.
>
> Getting my left pedal stuck inside the wheelarch of a Mercedes while
> traffic-jamming down the A4 from Hammersmith towards Kensington was an
> interesting experience too...
>
>
I have reason to be grateful for wheelarches - riding to college one day
on a borrowed monkeybike, I was in the process of overtaking a bus when
he decided to ignore me and speed up just as a large truck was coming
the other way. Had the bike been any larger I don't think I'd have been
able to squeeze into the front wheelarch of the bus to gain those extra
few inches of clearance that stopped me getting squashed - there again,
if the bike had been larger it would probably have managed to overtake
the bus a lot quicker.

 

[Rob Morley]

In article <[email protected]>
Dave Larrington <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > What about all of you?
>
> Interesting one after dark on the Cheddar Gorge 300 the other week. A
> single track lane, as beloved of Audax Organisators everywhere. I could see
> the lights of an approaching motorcar from some distance away, but being on
> the other side of a corner, he couldn't see mine. Natch we met right on the
> corner, and of course it was a gert big 4x4. Up-the-bank moment ensues.
>
I've done similar, in daylight at considerable speed, but fortunately
there was a strategically placed field gate, and it was open

 

[Danny Colyer]

Rob Morley wrote:
> I was in the process of overtaking a bus when
> he decided to ignore me and speed up just as a large truck was coming
> the other way.

Remarkably similar to my scariest moment. I was overtaking a coach in
Bath, having learnt many years previously that one does not remain
behind tourist buses or coaches if one wishes to make any progress in
the city. As I drew level with the driver, he accelerated to match my
speed. Then I saw a lorry coming the other way.

There was no way a bike could have fitted between the coach and the
lorry. I /think/ I managed to get back behind the coach before the
lorry reached me.

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