Oops! Ouch! Tam's first high speed crash...

[dtmeister]

Duncan <[email protected]> wrote:
> which is interesting.. I'm not convinced about silica, given that all
> car tyres are moving towards silica compounds..
>
> Also see: http://tinyurl.com/ak9to
>

Well, that post from Jobst is a bit old (1996) so who knows. We could
ask him what he thinks now in rec.bicycles, but you'll need your flame
proof underwear.

> duncan (who thinks the whole coloured-tyre thing is just marketing
> anyway)

Of course....but they sometimes look good, just like having a paint
scheme on your bike frame.


--
..dt
1996 Diamond Back 'Expert Tg' Roadie (7spd DT shifters, favourite bike!)
2004 Trek 2300 Roadie (9spd Ultegra)
2003 DiamondBack 'Criterium' Roadie (8spd Sora, rain bike)

 

[Shabby]

Look on the bright side, Dutchy can feel safer now that someone has taken over the crash bandicoot mantle.

Can't believe no one stopped.

Be glad that you didn't break the alcohol, sticky liqueur through your bag would have been horrendous.

I'm sure you could make some sort of perpetual motion machine out of bike rider carrying alcohol on their race bike. Aaaahh, can;t break the alcohol must land on the bike, nooo, can;t break the bike, must land on the alcohol.

Don't worry Tam, chicks dig scars.....

I think the Crash Bandicoot is a bit like the Iron chef, with a challenger taking on the title. Whose crash will reign supreme.....

Iron Bandicoot Hippy - currently perfecting the right hand side of the road crashes in Europe.

Iron Bandicoot Dutchy - a specialist in fixie crashes, yet versatile enough to crash in both C and D grade as well as commuting.

Iron bandicoot Tamyka - the young challenger, taking on wet weather at speed.

Iron Bandicoot PiledHigher - a specialist in the Victorian art of tram trackkery.

 

[flyingdutch]

... flew over the bars -
you're right, one thinks *very* fast when that happens!

"Drop shoulder, try to ro" *CRASH*

Guess it was head first, and not much of a roll ....

That's pretty much my Glenvale stack too.
I was 'so' sure i was fine when i grounded the pedal ,and popped upright in the corner. split second of realising momentum thought otherwise, then the next vision is the marshall's shoes in front of my nose and wondering why the road is running up my cheek...

Same with the looly-pop dude,
and the drunk-driver,
and that baseball incident,
and, and,

who needs to drink? i can achieve 'semi-consciousness' way easy

i dont like that feeling of losing time...

 

[flyingdutch]

I'm sure you could make some sort of perpetual motion machine out of bike rider carrying alcohol on their race bike. Aaaahh, can;t break the alcohol must land on the bike, nooo, can;t break the bike, must land on the alcohol.

Don't worry Tam, chicks dig scars.....

bwahahahahahahahah

I think the Crash Bandicoot is a bit like the Iron chef, with a challenger taking on the title. Whose crash will reign supreme.....

hehe. Blah has been known to share his IronChef trivia-knowledge at the BR-caf

Iron Bandicoot Hippy - currently perfecting the right hand side of the road crashes in Europe.

Too easy! I pick HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Iron Bandicoot Dutchy - a specialist in fixie crashes, yet versatile enough to crash in both C and D grade as well as commuting.

Oi!!! I ahvent had a spill on the fixie (go figure!). Nor D-Grade.
I prefer the 'expect-the-unexpected' approach

Iron bandicoot Tamyka - the young challenger, taking on wet weather at speed.

Too easy! Where's the challenge, weenie puppy?

Iron Bandicoot PiledHigher - a specialist in the Victorian art of tram trackkery.

'Tram-Trackery'. Favourite quote of the day...

 

[hemyd]

"Tamyka Bell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Morning ladies, gents and cyclists. I had my first high-speed stack
> today, in the wet. How exciting! As usual, I flew down my hill at
> 60km/h. As usual, I braked
> lightly as I rolled up to the corner, down to 40-45-ish. As
> usual, I turned into the corner, along the edge of the slip lane, and

Three months ago I mounted a small rock on the backroads in the bush and
fell off my bike heavily onto the gravel track. Mashed my nose, with bad
grazes on my arms, hand and leg; buggered arm - torn ligament and bashed
elbow. Visit to Ballarat ER; X-rays; one 'graze' was really a gash. Despite
cleaning it got infected - celulitis, moving up my arm; another couple of
inches and it could have killed me. More ER; lots of doctors visits - lots
of anti-biotics. Knocked me out of riding for most of three weeks (although
foolishly I did hop on my bike a day after the accident). My arm is still
partly buggered - slight difficulty in getting dressed. hasn't stopped me
from commuting to work on my bike though.

Aaah, the joys of being 57...

Henry (doing about 130km per week on my bike)

 

[hemyd]

"Tamyka Bell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> adam85 wrote:
> <snip Tam's sob story>
>>
>> Bugger Tam! Hope it's not too sore. I saw you go past the other way on
>> the bikeway this morning but you were past before i recognised you.
>> Look on the bright side - at least you saved the booze, it'll come in
>> handy! It sucks crashing in your favourite gear too.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> --
>> adam85
>
> Oh, I should've said g'day but I was completely out of it. I was only
> looking for cars! I think that, for the first time this year, my average
> commute speed was below 25 km/h, I was a bit shaken, then I started to
> stiffen up. My fave gear is not destroyed, so it's all good.
>
> Bike is currently in the care of uni bike shop, who are checking my
> Dozer over. They commented on my new ugly colour scheme, and pointed out
> that yellow tyres in the wet aren't as good as black ones. Yeah, that's
> true, but the fact is, I didn't have any probs in the wet last night,
> this stack was all my own fault, I was an idiot.
>
> Tam

The bike I fell off from has these red spots on the frame - 'natural'
red.....

Henry.

 

[hippy]

Don't worry Tam, chicks dig scars.....

I think the Crash Bandicoot is a bit like the Iron chef, with a challenger taking on the title. Whose crash will reign supreme.....

Iron Bandicoot Hippy - currently perfecting the right hand side of the road crashes in Europe.

Iron Bandicoot Dutchy - a specialist in fixie crashes, yet versatile enough to crash in both C and D grade as well as commuting.

Iron bandicoot Tamyka - the young challenger, taking on wet weather at speed.

Iron Bandicoot PiledHigher - a specialist in the Victorian art of tram trackkery.

LMAO!!! hahahaha

I've had a few close calls but so far have only managed to drop the bike when I'm stationary - panniers and bar bag make more an unstable two-wheeler!

Now, having said that, you will next hear from me in a Dutch or German hospital.. "over here nurseykins!"

hippy

 

[flyingdutch]

LMAO!!! hahahaha

I've had a few close calls but so far have only managed to drop the bike when I'm stationary - panniers and bar bag make more an unstable two-wheeler!

Now, having said that, you will next hear from me in a Dutch or German hospital.. "over here nurseykins!"

hippy

"She's got everythin i need,
Pharmacy keys...

 

[Random Data]

suzyj wrote:

> I nearly pranged in exactly the same way on the weekend, on the descent
> into Bobbin Head (3km at 5%). The very last hairpin is a 35km/h one,
> which I usually do at 45 odd.

That's why I prefer to do the out and back, coming down from the
Turramurra side first. That way you know how wet that corner is, and
can actually use brakes. Of course, there's the fun one about 1km down
on the Turramurra side, but you can at least see the worst of that one.

Not that I'm admitting to riding on the road though.

Dave - who isn't going to be challenging the really fast cycle2max guys
any time soon

 

[TimC]

On 2005-07-21, hippy (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
> Shabby Wrote:
>> Iron Bandicoot PiledHigher - a specialist in the Victorian art of tram
>> trackkery.
>
> LMAO!!! hahahaha
>
> I've had a few close calls but so far have only managed to drop the
> bike when I'm stationary - panniers and bar bag make more an unstable
> two-wheeler!

I had another funny stack tonight.


Coming up to a red, clip out, but then the other lights turn amber, so
I roll along very slowly, and attempt to clip back in. I am leaning
forward, and just as I press down, my front wheel hits a tiny little
hole, but because I am leaning forward, standing, my back wheel goes
up enough such that it spins with the pressure I am putting on the
peddle to try to clip in. I fall to the side, now succesffully
clipped in, and hit my knee on the ground. The lights turn green, and
the taxi in my lane patiently waits for me to get back up, and the car
in the other lane doesn't move either, until he sees me succesfully
ride off (no laughter anywhere, WTF?!). And somehow, my knee doesn't
hurt all that much despite landing on the asphelt.

--
TimC
I'm not a procrastinator! I'm temporally challenged! --unknown

 

[HUMBUG]

On 21/07/05 at 09:12:55 Tamyka Bell somehow managed to type:

> Morning ladies, gents and cyclists. I had my first high-speed stack
> today, in the wet. How exciting! As usual, I flew down my hill at

Bad to hear about the crash. Good to hear that you, and bike and
luggage, are relatively undamaged.

I don't suppose you've got video[1] - nah I thought not.. Pics of
bruises ???


[1] Old skydiving adage - if it's not on video it didn't happen...

--
Humbug

 

[LotteBum]

Tam, sorry I wasn't around to sympathise yesterday... glad you're OK.

To everyone else: I will inspect Tam's injuries this weekend and report back with my findings.

LotteBum

 

[Tamyka Bell]

TimC wrote:
>
> On 2005-07-21, hippy (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> >
> > Shabby Wrote:
> >> Iron Bandicoot PiledHigher - a specialist in the Victorian art of tram
> >> trackkery.
> >
> > LMAO!!! hahahaha
> >
> > I've had a few close calls but so far have only managed to drop the
> > bike when I'm stationary - panniers and bar bag make more an unstable
> > two-wheeler!
>
> I had another funny stack tonight.
>
> Coming up to a red, clip out, but then the other lights turn amber, so
> I roll along very slowly, and attempt to clip back in. I am leaning
> forward, and just as I press down, my front wheel hits a tiny little
> hole, but because I am leaning forward, standing, my back wheel goes
> up enough such that it spins with the pressure I am putting on the
> peddle to try to clip in. I fall to the side, now succesffully
> clipped in, and hit my knee on the ground. The lights turn green, and
> the taxi in my lane patiently waits for me to get back up, and the car
> in the other lane doesn't move either, until he sees me succesfully
> ride off (no laughter anywhere, WTF?!). And somehow, my knee doesn't
> hurt all that much despite landing on the asphelt.
>
> --
> TimC
> I'm not a procrastinator! I'm temporally challenged! --unknown

TimC, you're almost as much of a gumby as me! It's nice that they
waited, perhaps they were cyclists.

My mates all gave me **** about my fall, but this morning, heading off
after le tour drink fest (hence me carrying alcohol yesterday), they
were VERY concerned, and even made me wear my NYJ. Hideous. (Yeah it
rained again.)

Tam

 

[Tamyka Bell]

HUMBUG wrote:
>
> On 21/07/05 at 09:12:55 Tamyka Bell somehow managed to type:
>
> > Morning ladies, gents and cyclists. I had my first high-speed stack
> > today, in the wet. How exciting! As usual, I flew down my hill at
>
> Bad to hear about the crash. Good to hear that you, and bike and
> luggage, are relatively undamaged.
>
> I don't suppose you've got video[1] - nah I thought not.. Pics of
> bruises ???
>
> [1] Old skydiving adage - if it's not on video it didn't happen...
>
> --
> Humbug

No digicam at uni, so you'll have to wait until the film gets developed,
or I end up at MY home, instead of the home of "whoever has the grog".

Tam *mmmm burgers, beer*

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Shabby wrote:
>
> PiledHigher Wrote:
> > Look on the bright side, Dutchy can feel safer now that someone has
> > taken over the crash bandicoot mantle.
> >
> > Can't believe no one stopped.
> >
> > Be glad that you didn't break the alcohol, sticky liqueur through your
> > bag would have been horrendous.
>
> I'm sure you could make some sort of perpetual motion machine out of
> bike rider carrying alcohol on their race bike. Aaaahh, can;t break the
> alcohol must land on the bike, nooo, can;t break the bike, must land on
> the alcohol.

The boys liked that. They told me that I'd do better to drink Wankerade,
rather than Toffee Apple Liquer, when training. I pointed out that I was
not training, just commuting.

> Don't worry Tam, chicks dig scars.....
<snip the rest>

Lotte's gonna love me then.

Tam

 

[flyingdutch]

... The lights turn green, and
the taxi in my lane patiently waits for me to get back up, and the car
in the other lane doesn't move either, until he sees me succesfully
ride off (no laughter anywhere, WTF?!)...

'Witness™' was there, and he/she laughed

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[Bean Long]

"Tamyka Bell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The boys liked that. They told me that I'd do better to drink Wankerade,
> rather than Toffee Apple Liquer, when training. I pointed out that I was
> not training, just commuting.

I think you mean "Pajero-ade"

--
Bean

Remove "yourfinger" before replying

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Bean Long wrote:
>
> "Tamyka Bell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > The boys liked that. They told me that I'd do better to drink Wankerade,
> > rather than Toffee Apple Liquer, when training. I pointed out that I was
> > not training, just commuting.
>
> I think you mean "Pajero-ade"
>

Nice catch.

Tam

 

[hippy]

To everyone else: I will inspect Tam's injuries this weekend and report back with my findings.

Kinky. You ARE good friends!

hippy

 

[hippy]

TimC, you're almost as much of a gumby as me! It's nice that they
waited, perhaps they were cyclists.

I make a point of STAYING on the road if the cars are stopped. If they run me over like that, it's murder. Take your time moving off the road - you might be dizzy and fall over (again). You are more likely to get sympathy if you stagger off in front of them.. and if they start something and you smack the **** out of them.. well.. you were concussed, obviously..

hippy