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Jock
Guest
The other weekend (Sun N) I was driving down the Pacific Hwy Turramurra
after dusk, say 6.15 pmish, and there was this bloke charging down the L
lane at around 55-60k's + and there was something that stuck out or rather,
didn't. He was sans his right leg. This fella had a jersey, sort of
Olympic / Aussie colours on and was magnetically adhering to his saddle
somehow.
My point is that here is a bloke with one leg doing better than most
completely legged folk and the traffic was staying away from him like the
plague. Perhaps we all need a disability so we can get some space from cars
& stuff - not to the extent of a limb though.
One thing made me wonder how he lost a leg though. Not a reflector on his
bike, not a blinky rear or front and he was not trying to be visible. Was
he feeling as though it could be no worse???
If he reads this or if anybody knows him, I want to let him know he's gotta
light up - not all people see too well and he may not want to be racing in a
wheelchair as a result of not being seen.
Well done to be so fast on only one leg all the same. Very ballsy.
Jock
after dusk, say 6.15 pmish, and there was this bloke charging down the L
lane at around 55-60k's + and there was something that stuck out or rather,
didn't. He was sans his right leg. This fella had a jersey, sort of
Olympic / Aussie colours on and was magnetically adhering to his saddle
somehow.
My point is that here is a bloke with one leg doing better than most
completely legged folk and the traffic was staying away from him like the
plague. Perhaps we all need a disability so we can get some space from cars
& stuff - not to the extent of a limb though.
One thing made me wonder how he lost a leg though. Not a reflector on his
bike, not a blinky rear or front and he was not trying to be visible. Was
he feeling as though it could be no worse???
If he reads this or if anybody knows him, I want to let him know he's gotta
light up - not all people see too well and he may not want to be racing in a
wheelchair as a result of not being seen.
Well done to be so fast on only one leg all the same. Very ballsy.
Jock