oh well at least i'm alright

[hardingjosh]

I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. I was just on my way home this evening from a friend’s house, taking it easy riding through the center of Edinburgh as the roads where wet and it was spitting a bit. Riding up to the traffic lights at about 15mph I lightly touched the brake and WHAM the bike went from under me and I was left riding fresh air watching my bike slide to a stop at the line. I hit the ground shouting a slow mo 'noooo' as if watching my co star get shot in some American action movie. As I ran to my bike (again in slow mo with the rain coming down a bit harder now) some very kind and shocked looking pedestrians helped me get the bike up and to the side.
No damage to me, Kevlar jeans looking good if a bit damp on the knee. R&G crash bungs worth their weight in gold, right side bung took the entire slide and there’s a tiny scratch in the can and a small scratch on the bikini fairing. But apart form that the bike is in good working order.

Had a quick scout around the traffic lights and found a lovely long rainbow of deasal all the way up to the lights. Can only assume this was what caused the spill.

First spill of my biking career and I’m glad It wasn’t more serious!

[on yer bike]

First spill of my biking career
Glad you're alright.
You're now officially a biker, just don't go making a habbit out of it like I did. My last one was a write off for the bike and almost a write off for me (over five weeks later and I managed to walk three wierd looking steps without crutches today!), be careful on these roads, especially with it getting wetter and the leaves appearing.

[on yer bike]

Just realised you're the guy that is sometimes about hw uni, be careful at hermiston roundabout where the park n ride is, its a haven for diesel!

[hardingjosh]

cheers for that will keep an eye out next time i'm along there, came off just before the traffic lights beside charlotte sq going away from princes street so keep your eyes peeled there!!! quite lucky there was nothing really on the road could have been much more painful/embarassing!!

[hardingjosh]

glad your starting walk with out crutches, last time i was on crutches was post rugby injury in the winter walked out of a building onto an icy pavment and the crutches went every which way and i fell flat on my back! didn't hurt myself to bad and some very good looking ladys came and checked i was ok!

winter is evil it'll make you fall off your bike then when your on the road to recovery it'll trip you up and make sure your not fit till the summer!!!

[Pedro68]

at least you're ok ... and at least the crash bungs saved your bike from even worse damage :)

[Beenz]

Any fall is bad news, put it down to experience. At least you are OK. Sounds like the bike got off light as well.

[Pedrosa]

Man that sucks.Glad your ok though.

[metalmonkey]

Glad to hear your okay and that bike came good out of it as well.....this will be my first winter on the bike, i will be taking it easy no rush to work is there!:smt077

[yorkie_chris]

Unlucky, but lucky too, we all fall off at some point and nothing you could have done about that one.
Glad everythings still in working order

[galaxystar]

glad to hear you are okay, ive still got to replace some bits on my sv, but almost there.

[walkaboutandy]

Just realised you're the guy that is sometimes about hw uni, be careful at hermiston roundabout where the park n ride is, its a haven for diesel!
That must be from Buses then? Just compounds my hatred for public transport, unreliable, expensive and now dangerous too!

Glad to hear you and your bike are OK!

[northwind]

Yeah, in Edinburgh be careful around where buses hang out- Charlotte Square, Heriot Watt/Park and Ride, Longstone, the Gyle. It's not that they drop a lot of diesel, it's that there's millions of them so it adds up. They're VERY good for cleaning it up, I reported a big spill one day that I'd found on the way to work (funnily enough, at the big heriot watt roundabout) and by 5pm it was gone. That's about all they can do really...

Glad to hear you're OK though. I think Scooby Drew stacked his SV in the exact same place once... Then he moved onto bigger and more spectacular crashes :cool:

[-Ralph-]

Glad your OK and the bike got off lightly.

and nothing you could have done about that one.

Maybe, maybe not. When you walked back you saw the diesel, could you gave seen it on approach and avoided the spill?

I'm not critising or having a go in the slightest, far from it. Just pointing out that from every spill there maybe something positive to be learned from the bad experience.

[ujoni08]

So many things to watch out for: car drivers changing lanes or pulling out of side roads, kamikaze pedestrians, mad cyclists, pheasants darting across, manhole covers, potholes, white lines, diesel, etc. It's a wonder we don't have more wipe-outs. Glad you're okay. Can you make a claim against the council for the repairs?
Jon.