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He's ok just got out of hospital now only bruising not sure re bike waiting to hear x funny enough he bumped into deb too she was in hospital too not sure why x

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So he has defective spider senses then.

hope he is not suffering too much. Or will you have to kiss them bruises better.

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Oh's noes! Poor Spidey!! Glad it's only bruising, but still, it's going to smart!

Hope the bike is fixable. Keep us informed Verna

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Oh will be nursing him very muchly later for sure x x

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as I found earlier on facebook, at least nothing's broken, bikes can be fixed, a few sore days no doubt but glad it was no worse.

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Glad he's OK, hope the bike isn't too badly damaged.

Keith.

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awwwww could not fling his sticky spidy web to fling him out of danger :( poor fella, hope nursey is looking after him well ;)

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Thats a sh***er.Glad you are more or less OK.
So what happened?

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hope your ok spidey, maybe compare some brusieys and bike damage:)

steve

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An excuse for you to don that pvc nurse outfit in earnest in your wardrobe now eh BB? Hehe. Hope poor Spidey's receiving much TLC. What happened if you don't mind me asking?

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Oof! GWS Spidey.

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Big hugs to you and Zig.

Can you all please try and end up in the same hospital in future - it makes visiting so much easier.

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Tell him he's a tw@ from me :)

GWS Spiderdude

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:grouphug: + lots from me

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Oh no, hope he gets better.

Sending him Stig cuddles

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And GG cuddles. GG cuddles for you too gorgeous, look after him and very glad it's only bruising x

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get well soon spidey, glad you didnt get squished

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Hope Mr Webby gets better soon. Hope the bike isn't too badly hurt either.....fond memories of that there motorcycle!!! :-(

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Hope you're OK Zig and that you're back on two wheels soon. I keep meaning to get down to Frith to catch up, but that demon life keeps getting in the way.

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Ar$e! Big Treacle hugs to you both. X

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The lengths that boy will go to to get extra attention from BBC! Mind you, it's perfectly understandable, she is very lovely ;)

Glad there's no major damage, and hope the bike is OK as well
:grouphug:

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Doh! That was rather silly of you Mr. spiderzig. Get well soon.

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ah you gotta love cyclists dont you? Well when i say love i mean detest and when i say detest i mean throw your bike at em to stop em escaping after causing me to come off!!!

So basically this is what occurred. Theres me, riding along like i do every morning on this bit of road, cresting over westminster bridge toward parliament square and im in the middle lane, cyclist ahead in the lane on my left decides to stick his arm out and swerve into my lane, all in one motion. I pull the brake and front locks up and down we go.
As i'm sliding along giving the tarmac a close up inspection i happen to see my bike slam into the side of his bicycle and take him down too, Strike!!!!

So i roll about in a bit of pain but sit up and shout at the cyclist, things such as "you're riding leaves a lot to be desired my good man" and " gracious me, you'd have thought you'd look before you changed lanes and caused me to disembark from my ride, old chap, no?"

Another cyclist went thru all the shock questions and checked me over as did the man with the big gun. I was a little worried when i had my lid off and the man-with-the-gun asked me where he knew my face from. Thankfully it transpires that i'm not a highly wanted super-criminal on the run but rather the man-with-the-gun works outside the embassy that i walk past twice a day on the way to get lunch and he said "oh make sure you come say hi next time im there, my names xxxx" which is far better than what men-with-guns can say to people, so a big phew there.

Quick ambo trip back over the bridge to a gaggle of waiting papparazi and chicks in nurses uniforms all waiting to drool over me.... turned out to be in my imagination but i did get felt up by a gay man dressed as a nurse and then a doctor who looked a bit like the guy who caused it all in the first place.

And Debs darling, if you wanna stalk me dont have to go to the trouble of getting yourself delivered to hozzy by ambo too, you could have just waited outside for me ;-)

Anyway, this is how the bike looks now....

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...h31-1-1113.jpg

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...h31-1-1128.jpg

Didnt stand much of a chance of not locking up since this was the bit i was just on when i had to haul the brakes on.
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...h31-1-1110.jpg

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I'm liking your style. Hope things aren't to bad.

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Yay another member of the "London Bridges Cyclist Bowling" team :)

Hope the cyclist is going to find himself with a nice big bill for repairs, and injury compensation :)

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I see their lycra suits fail them...sttttteeeerrrrike!

Although a little harsh to use your bike as a bowling ball :(

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oh yeh the cyclist was told to stay put and i told all the other bystanders to hold onto him to make sure he dont try and run off. When the cops arrived first thing i said was "dont let him go away without getting his details please" and the best bit hes not even your average london bridges commuter cyclist, he was on one of those Barclays Bikes!

Heres how well my jacket did, saved me a lot of harm i think...

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...sh31-1-112.jpg
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...sh31-1-113.jpg

Knee armour decided to move down and out the way but thankfully the material didnt rub away all the way thru to me!
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...sh31-1-114.jpg

And my left boot (bearing in mind i went down on my right side) decided it didnt wanna be left out so it popped some stitches in sympathy. How very odd eh?
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...sh31-1-117.jpg

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Sorry to read this Zig mate.
Sure you'll do a decent job of stitching it all back together. Shout if you need a hand mate, I'm happy to help out with the spanners if needed :)

Jambo

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Well I have a couple of spare fairings you can have the worst one of - both been crashed, but both are complete I think - I know one patched up well.

And that front mudguard should be repairable.

I might even have a spare mirror and indy too

My guess is thats a write-off if it goes to insurance, I bought mine back for £600 - so may work out ok for ya. :)

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thank god he's home - honestly he has no idea how worried i was and how much he means to me !! !!! poor thing but he seems ok!

thanks all for your loveliness xxx you lot rock xxxxx:mrgreen:

aww hugs from one of your nurses!

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thread useless without pictures !!!!!! :)

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Damn, that looks like a lot of damage, bike, kit...

Good to hear you're ok :thumright:

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Not nice at all. Even as a pedestrian I HATE cyclists. All part of the risk, sadly. SO glad you're OK, though. Your bike looks filthy, don't you ever clean it? :D

I wonder what the chances are of successfully claiming against this numpty? Best of luck, Zig, but I know you have the finest in personal remedial care available to you: the wonderful Verna. Look forward to seeing you soon.

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awwwwwwwwwwwww love you lots xxxxxxxx

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If there's an independent witness who saw the bike swerve into Zig's path there might be some hope, but the odds are that the cyclist won't have any insurance so it's going to be difficult. Without independent witnesses it's a whole different can of worms.

It's probably worth Zig contacting Westminster council to see if there are any CCTV recordings covering that area. They might provide evidence of what happened.

Keith.

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Good idea re the CCTV - there are several round there to protect Parliament, and also cos of the demos that the powers that be like to spy on. There's deffo a camera on the junction of Whitehall and Parliament Sq, and also some on the Houses of Parliament themselves. Try TfL (or get the cops to do so) as that bit is a red route so falls under their remit.

Gold star for taking out the cyclist BTW, and an extra bonus point for crashing so close to the hospital! Hope you get bike sorted soon

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http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...h31-1-1113.jpg


Think there's a slight chip in your screen there.


Enjoyed the story, glad you're not too hurt. Did the cyclist get injured after being owned by your bike?

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Oh.See a lawyer to see if you can claim against the owner of the bike.Surely they must have some insurance even if the numpty riding it hasnt?

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by the looks of it, you have come out of it alot better than i did.

your clothing and bike took it bad.

my shoulder is still hurting bad that the moment, and the doc's told me to take a minimuim of a week off, not good as i have only been in this job for two months!

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gws mate