

Old Lincolnian Coventry All posts by this member | 1 of 22 Fri 14th Jul 2017 5:57pm Member: Joined Sep 2012 Total posts:520 In contrast to all the bad news we read about Coventry people these days, I’d like to share this with you.
Yesterday morning cycling along Hipswell Highway I was hit by a car coming out of a side road. Immediately several people came over to ask me if I was alright and if I needed an ambulance calling. Fortunately my injuries were only superficial and when I said I was okay I was offered a lift home. One of them retrieved my bike and checked it over for damage which was only minor so I decided the best thing was to get back on my bike and cycle home. Three people stayed with me until I felt ready to continue my journey and when I set of one man got his bike out and insisted on accompanying me home.
Incidentally, the person who hit me hadn’t seen me (after all, I’m only 6ft plus on a bike and wearing bright colours). I know there is sometimes not a lot of love lost between motorists and cyclists but most of us do obey the Highway Code, so if you’re about to pull out please look twice for cyclists and if you do see one remember he/she is probably travelling faster than you think.
I’d like to say a big thank you to all the anonymous people who came to my assistance yesterday who helped to restore my faith in human nature. ![]() ![]() |
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PhilipInCoventry Holbrooks All posts by this member | 2 of 22 Fri 14th Jul 2017 8:49pm Moderator: Joined Apr 2010 Total posts:4236 Hello Old Lincolnian ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 3 of 22 Sat 15th Jul 2017 7:06am Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2619 A bad news good news there. ![]() |
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Old Lincolnian Coventry All posts by this member Thread starter | 4 of 22 Sun 16th Jul 2017 6:57pm Member: Joined Sep 2012 Total posts:520 Hi Philip, Dreamtime and Helen ![]() ![]() |
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matchle55 Coventry All posts by this member | 5 of 22 Sun 16th Jul 2017 9:48pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:242 Not wanting to steal Old Lincolnian's thunder, a similar thing happened to me 3 months ago.
On my way home from the NEC on my Norton Atlas I was driving along the country lanes near Maxstoke, after that I can remember nothing, I was found unconscious in the road by a passing motorist.
No one else was involved and damage to my bike was minimal, police seem to think that as it was sunny and early evening, about 5.30, I could have rounded a bend to be blinded by sunlight. I am sceptical about this.
I was attended by the air ambulance but for some reason I was transported by road to the Uni at Walsgrave, where I was found to have suffered a ruptured spleen and 5 fractured ribs. After a week I was allowed home and now consider myself fully fit and last week went out on my bike for the first time, albeit tentatively .
Now, I have been donating blood for nearly 40 years but, now, as a recipient I can no longer donate. ![]() ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 6 of 22 Sun 16th Jul 2017 10:22pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5608 ![]() ![]() |
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matchle55 Coventry All posts by this member | 10 of 22 Mon 17th Jul 2017 12:12pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:242 On 17th Jul 2017 10:12am, Norman Conquest said:
Even more pleasing is that matchle55 knows how to chose a decent bike. Rockers for ever.
As I say to my wife, you can never have too many bikes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Norman Conquest Allesley All posts by this member | 12 of 22 Tue 18th Jul 2017 1:35pm Member: Joined Oct 2014 Total posts:744 Hello sir. I have never owned a bike that came from foreign parts. I think that I knew my way around the engines of most British bikes pre 1970. Now, I just look in wonder at modern bike engines, wouldn't know how to start working on them. Just old and knackered |
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Not Local Bedworth All posts by this member | 13 of 22 Tue 18th Jul 2017 3:48pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:260 Norman - modern bikes are indeed highly complex bits of kit. I suspect that is why our unfortunate friend Matchle55 was grateful that it was one of his trusty old British bikes that he threw up the road. Had it been his 2016 Triumph he would have wrecked all the plastic components along one side and the bike would have had to go back to the dealer to be plugged into the computer so that they knew which other bits to change - all highly expensive. Matchle55 - I hope the aches and pains are getting better and that the Norton is also in fine fettle. |
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matchle55 Coventry All posts by this member | 14 of 22 Tue 18th Jul 2017 7:05pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:242 Not Local, you are exactly right, I shudder to think how much repairs to the new Triumph would have cost by comparison. As it was I repaired the Norton myself, cost about £300.
My healing ribs dictate that I cannot kickstart a bike yet but they will allow me to ride the new Triumph. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Not Local Bedworth All posts by this member | 15 of 22 Tue 18th Jul 2017 7:52pm Member: Joined Feb 2014 Total posts:260 Matchle55 - glad to hear you are on the mend. The old bikes bounce back just as well as ever, but unfortunately as we get older the ability to bounce back takes a bit longer.
Old Lincolnian - I hope you are on the mend as well.
Lots of us have bounced down the road after parting company with either a motorbike or a bicycle. Just thinking about it brings back the memories of the pain and discomfort. I once fell off an office chair, that was a bit painful but was more embarrassing given that it was in the middle of a very serious conversation.
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