Hit and Run - Page 9 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

06-02-2004, 12:12 AM

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 03:00:01 GMT, <Robvc.34783$js4.2013@attbi_s51>,
"Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>"Frank Krygowski" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>news:40bd2612$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].edu...
>> Chris wrote:
>>
>> > This sure does sound like a lot of people getting whacked by cars.
>Let's
>> > here the others. Bring your tales.
>>
>> Let's also hear the "NOT getting whacked by cars" tales. There are two
>> sides to the story, no?
>
>Hey, I've been riding for 35 years (not continuously, you comedians) or so,
>and this is the first time I've had a bike/car collision.

It's a well established rumour that a close call every six months
keeps you alive.

My one and only truck/bike collision happened within the first two
months of owning my first "ten speed" at age 21.

Last week on Georgia Street I was presented the perfect opportunity to
take out a brat in a SAAB. She right hooked me but I saw setting up,
weighed the options and made a decision to not throw a hip check into
her rear quarter panel and start screaming for my lawyer.

She deserved it but I was on a different mission.
--
zk

06-02-2004, 01:06 AM

Claire Petersky wrote:

> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>

I'm sorry to hear about your accident. It sounds like you handled it impeccably
and avoided what could have been much worse - alert, perfectly controled,
reactive. And good for you for getting the doofus' license number!

> When I went to get my bike to ride home, I had pangs of irrational panic.

Well, I wouldn't call it irrational!

> But my life is structured on using the
> bike to get home, so I got on.

Great spirit. Much more than your life being structured on using a bike to get
home, I have the impression that your joy is physically intricated with the
sensation of biking. You even dream about it as the symbol of incarnate life
itself. There are plenty other ways to get home, but the joy, that harmonious
spirit-body link, is not so easily replaced, and needs to be retained. When I
fell off my bike this winter (a far more trivial accident than yours), I had
panic for many weeks afterwards. But I was driven to carry on by the memory of
how much I had enjoyed biking in the previous summer, and what a pity it would
be to lose such a source of endorphins in my life.

> Then, I was sure to ride through the same
> intersection as the accident, just to affirm that I was not going to be all
> freaked out, and it was okay.

You're an example to us all.

EFR
Ile de France

06-02-2004, 01:06 AM

Claire Petersky wrote:

> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>

I'm sorry to hear about your accident. It sounds like you handled it impeccably
and avoided what could have been much worse - alert, perfectly controled,
reactive. And good for you for getting the doofus' license number!

> When I went to get my bike to ride home, I had pangs of irrational panic.

Well, I wouldn't call it irrational!

> But my life is structured on using the
> bike to get home, so I got on.

Great spirit. Much more than your life being structured on using a bike to get
home, I have the impression that your joy is physically intricated with the
sensation of biking. You even dream about it as the symbol of incarnate life
itself. There are plenty other ways to get home, but the joy, that harmonious
spirit-body link, is not so easily replaced, and needs to be retained. When I
fell off my bike this winter (a far more trivial accident than yours), I had
panic for many weeks afterwards. But I was driven to carry on by the memory of
how much I had enjoyed biking in the previous summer, and what a pity it would
be to lose such a source of endorphins in my life.

> Then, I was sure to ride through the same
> intersection as the accident, just to affirm that I was not going to be all
> freaked out, and it was okay.

You're an example to us all.

EFR
Ile de France

06-02-2004, 01:06 AM

Claire Petersky wrote:

> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>

I'm sorry to hear about your accident. It sounds like you handled it impeccably
and avoided what could have been much worse - alert, perfectly controled,
reactive. And good for you for getting the doofus' license number!

> When I went to get my bike to ride home, I had pangs of irrational panic.

Well, I wouldn't call it irrational!

> But my life is structured on using the
> bike to get home, so I got on.

Great spirit. Much more than your life being structured on using a bike to get
home, I have the impression that your joy is physically intricated with the
sensation of biking. You even dream about it as the symbol of incarnate life
itself. There are plenty other ways to get home, but the joy, that harmonious
spirit-body link, is not so easily replaced, and needs to be retained. When I
fell off my bike this winter (a far more trivial accident than yours), I had
panic for many weeks afterwards. But I was driven to carry on by the memory of
how much I had enjoyed biking in the previous summer, and what a pity it would
be to lose such a source of endorphins in my life.

> Then, I was sure to ride through the same
> intersection as the accident, just to affirm that I was not going to be all
> freaked out, and it was okay.

You're an example to us all.

EFR
Ile de France

06-02-2004, 01:06 AM

Claire Petersky wrote:

> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>

I'm sorry to hear about your accident. It sounds like you handled it impeccably
and avoided what could have been much worse - alert, perfectly controled,
reactive. And good for you for getting the doofus' license number!

> When I went to get my bike to ride home, I had pangs of irrational panic.

Well, I wouldn't call it irrational!

> But my life is structured on using the
> bike to get home, so I got on.

Great spirit. Much more than your life being structured on using a bike to get
home, I have the impression that your joy is physically intricated with the
sensation of biking. You even dream about it as the symbol of incarnate life
itself. There are plenty other ways to get home, but the joy, that harmonious
spirit-body link, is not so easily replaced, and needs to be retained. When I
fell off my bike this winter (a far more trivial accident than yours), I had
panic for many weeks afterwards. But I was driven to carry on by the memory of
how much I had enjoyed biking in the previous summer, and what a pity it would
be to lose such a source of endorphins in my life.

> Then, I was sure to ride through the same
> intersection as the accident, just to affirm that I was not going to be all
> freaked out, and it was okay.

You're an example to us all.

EFR
Ile de France

06-02-2004, 01:06 AM

Claire Petersky wrote:

> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>

I'm sorry to hear about your accident. It sounds like you handled it impeccably
and avoided what could have been much worse - alert, perfectly controled,
reactive. And good for you for getting the doofus' license number!

> When I went to get my bike to ride home, I had pangs of irrational panic.

Well, I wouldn't call it irrational!

> But my life is structured on using the
> bike to get home, so I got on.

Great spirit. Much more than your life being structured on using a bike to get
home, I have the impression that your joy is physically intricated with the
sensation of biking. You even dream about it as the symbol of incarnate life
itself. There are plenty other ways to get home, but the joy, that harmonious
spirit-body link, is not so easily replaced, and needs to be retained. When I
fell off my bike this winter (a far more trivial accident than yours), I had
panic for many weeks afterwards. But I was driven to carry on by the memory of
how much I had enjoyed biking in the previous summer, and what a pity it would
be to lose such a source of endorphins in my life.

> Then, I was sure to ride through the same
> intersection as the accident, just to affirm that I was not going to be all
> freaked out, and it was okay.

You're an example to us all.

EFR
Ile de France

06-02-2004, 01:09 AM

Glad to hear you aren't seriously hurt, Claire. I hope plod (UK slang for the
police) has the idiot driver up in court before too long.

Cheers, helen s

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06-02-2004, 01:09 AM

Glad to hear you aren't seriously hurt, Claire. I hope plod (UK slang for the
police) has the idiot driver up in court before too long.

Cheers, helen s

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06-02-2004, 01:09 AM

Glad to hear you aren't seriously hurt, Claire. I hope plod (UK slang for the
police) has the idiot driver up in court before too long.

Cheers, helen s

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06-02-2004, 01:09 AM

Glad to hear you aren't seriously hurt, Claire. I hope plod (UK slang for the
police) has the idiot driver up in court before too long.

Cheers, helen s

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