Cat & Fiddle strikes again - SV650.org

Craig380 · 02-08-15, 02:39 PM

Coming back over the Cat this afternoon, on the pull up from Buxton there was an ambulance & police car attending a crash involving an Aprilia Mille and a Yaris ... it was on a particularly sharp, blind left-hander which is SO easy to get wrong if you don't know it. From the impact on the Yaris, it looked like the Mille rider had overcooked it, crossed the white lines and gone into the car.

I must have seen half a dozen broken bikes at that corner over the years. Hope all parties are OK, it certainly put a crimp on a lovely sunny afternoon for them

garynortheast · 02-08-15, 06:36 PM

I remember riding over that road some years back, about the only time I have ridden it. It was heaving with cars, coaches and caravans and I recall noting just how many absolute t055ers on two wheels there were. A group of them nearly took me out when they attempted to overtake the coach I was stuck behind in the face of oncoming traffic.

Accidents happen, mistakes are made, and I hope nobody was seriously injured. However, there is a time and a place for knee down heroics and the Cat and Fiddle is not the place.

littleoldman2 · 02-08-15, 09:07 PM

Just in case folk don't know the C&F this is it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuV2e4Ne0VM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brCqMnFQ0mg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuV2e4Ne0VM

Craig380 · 03-08-15, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garynortheast

It was heaving with cars, coaches and caravans and I recall noting just how many absolute t055ers on two wheels there were.

However, there is a time and a place for knee down heroics and the Cat and Fiddle is not the place.

True - usually it's not worth it of a Sunday because of this

L3nny · 05-08-15, 10:34 AM

I've been over C&F twice, once in a car, once on a bike.

Both times all I have seen is the back of a lorry I've been unable to overtake.

Really don't see what all the fuss is about.

07-08-15, 12:05 PM

I live just off the Macc side of the C&F. It's not a bad road but there's definitely better.
The avg speed cameras don't help, I'd rather riders were concentrating 100% on what is a technical road rather then the speedo.

02-08-15, 02:39 PM	#1
Craig380 Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 1,302	Cat & Fiddle strikes again Coming back over the Cat this afternoon, on the pull up from Buxton there was an ambulance & police car attending a crash involving an Aprilia Mille and a Yaris ... it was on a particularly sharp, blind left-hander which is SO easy to get wrong if you don't know it. From the impact on the Yaris, it looked like the Mille rider had overcooked it, crossed the white lines and gone into the car. I must have seen half a dozen broken bikes at that corner over the years. Hope all parties are OK, it certainly put a crimp on a lovely sunny afternoon for them

02-08-15, 06:36 PM	#2
garynortheast Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 2,690	Re: Cat & Fiddle strikes again I remember riding over that road some years back, about the only time I have ridden it. It was heaving with cars, coaches and caravans and I recall noting just how many absolute t055ers on two wheels there were. A group of them nearly took me out when they attempted to overtake the coach I was stuck behind in the face of oncoming traffic. Accidents happen, mistakes are made, and I hope nobody was seriously injured. However, there is a time and a place for knee down heroics and the Cat and Fiddle is not the place. Last edited by garynortheast; 02-08-15 at 06:38 PM.

02-08-15, 09:07 PM	#3
littleoldman2 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Cramlington Northumberland where we are truely blessed Posts: 1,388	Re: Cat & Fiddle strikes again Just in case folk don't know the C&F this is it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuV2e4Ne0VM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brCqMnFQ0mg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuV2e4Ne0VM __________________ used to be littleoldman but forgot password due to failing memory

05-08-15, 10:34 AM	#5
L3nny Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: MK Posts: 2,111	Re: Cat & Fiddle strikes again I've been over C&F twice, once in a car, once on a bike. Both times all I have seen is the back of a lorry I've been unable to overtake. Really don't see what all the fuss is about. __________________ 2015 GS 1200 Adventure

07-08-15, 12:05 PM	#6
Claude Guest Posts: n/a	Cat & Fiddle strikes again I live just off the Macc side of the C&F. It's not a bad road but there's definitely better. The avg speed cameras don't help, I'd rather riders were concentrating 100% on what is a technical road rather then the speedo.

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