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Paul Oter
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> When did you last fall off your bike?
A couple of years ago, riding across Granchester Meadows in Cambridge.
The path here has a succession of narrow cattle grids expressly
installed for cyclists. It was raining and I took one of them at a
funny angle, probably changing direction slightly as I rode over the
grid.
I slipped right over, catching my rear mech in the grid and wrecking
the rear-drop-out. I wasn't even bruised, but I had to send the bike
away to Bob Jackson in Leeds to have a new drop-out fitted.
I believe Cambridge City Council have since started replacing the bars
on the cattle grids within their area with new ones which have a
threaded pattern to reduce the risk of skidding. Not sure whether
Grantchester Meadows is within the City boundary, though, so these may
remain as hazardous as ever
PaulO
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> When did you last fall off your bike?
A couple of years ago, riding across Granchester Meadows in Cambridge.
The path here has a succession of narrow cattle grids expressly
installed for cyclists. It was raining and I took one of them at a
funny angle, probably changing direction slightly as I rode over the
grid.
I slipped right over, catching my rear mech in the grid and wrecking
the rear-drop-out. I wasn't even bruised, but I had to send the bike
away to Bob Jackson in Leeds to have a new drop-out fitted.
I believe Cambridge City Council have since started replacing the bars
on the cattle grids within their area with new ones which have a
threaded pattern to reduce the risk of skidding. Not sure whether
Grantchester Meadows is within the City boundary, though, so these may
remain as hazardous as ever
PaulO