Crashed today - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

12-07-2004, 08:35 PM

Riding home from work in the dark and hard rain at about 5:00 on a well paved,
wide shouldered, but busy road. Ran into a heavy roadsign tripod laying flat on
the ground, spread out on the shoulder of the road. Fell pretty hard, tore up my
rainpants, broke a spoke in the front wheel. <%$^@*#!. Fortunately, the bike was
still mobile, and the wheel is probably repairable. I plan to contact the
construction company to bitch at them anyway.

Be careful out there.

12-08-2004, 02:06 AM

"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...

I plan to contact the
> construction company to bitch at them anyway.

About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
theirs.

Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.

Cheto

12-08-2004, 02:06 AM

"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...

I plan to contact the
> construction company to bitch at them anyway.

About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
theirs.

Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.

Cheto

12-08-2004, 02:06 AM

"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...

I plan to contact the
> construction company to bitch at them anyway.

About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
theirs.

Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.

Cheto

12-08-2004, 02:06 AM

"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...

I plan to contact the
> construction company to bitch at them anyway.

About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
theirs.

Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.

Cheto

12-08-2004, 05:49 AM

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:06:56 -0800, "Cheto"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
>news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...
>
> I plan to contact the
>> construction company to bitch at them anyway.
>
>About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
>theirs.
>
>Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.
>
>Cheto
>

?? Leaving stuff lying around is irresponsible.

12-08-2004, 05:49 AM

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:06:56 -0800, "Cheto"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
>news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...
>
> I plan to contact the
>> construction company to bitch at them anyway.
>
>About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
>theirs.
>
>Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.
>
>Cheto
>

?? Leaving stuff lying around is irresponsible.

12-08-2004, 05:49 AM

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:06:56 -0800, "Cheto"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
>news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...
>
> I plan to contact the
>> construction company to bitch at them anyway.
>
>About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
>theirs.
>
>Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.
>
>Cheto
>

?? Leaving stuff lying around is irresponsible.

12-08-2004, 05:49 AM

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:06:56 -0800, "Cheto"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
>news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...
>
> I plan to contact the
>> construction company to bitch at them anyway.
>
>About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
>theirs.
>
>Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.
>
>Cheto
>

?? Leaving stuff lying around is irresponsible.

12-08-2004, 06:28 AM

"dgk" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:06:56 -0800, "Cheto"
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"cheg" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote in message
> >news:awvtd.530726$D%.505999@attbi_s51...
> >
> > I plan to contact the
> >> construction company to bitch at them anyway.
> >
> >About what? It's you're responsibility to watch where you're going, not
> >theirs.
> >
> >Just forget about it, fix your bike and get on with your life.
> >
>
> ?? Leaving stuff lying around is irresponsible.

I *hate* road construction signs that are placed on the bike lane/shoulder.
Is the trade-off of alerting motorists worth the hazard to me? I don't blame
cheg for being unhappy that they didn't pick up after themselves.

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