My insight into Reeder's crash

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by speedplay

Either way, its a sad loss both to biking and all that knew him.

Rob.

yep

I've not had any of my close family or friends pass away before this. Although I didn't know Reeder as much as I would've liked he was still someone I used to see and speak to at work, seeing me as a bored agency worker stuffing boxes into a machine made his job look fun!

Seeing half the crap he used to make out of office equipment made his job look dull as f***!

Alex, why dont you get yourself into the idle banter section and start a hello thread and tell us about yourself.

Most on here dont rid SV's anymore and anyone is welcome to ride with us.
The chances are, you will meet some of us from time to time

Originally Posted by speedplay

Seeing half the crap he used to make out of office equipment made his job look dull as f***!

Alex, why dont you get yourself into the idle banter section and start a hello thread and tell us about yourself.

Most on here dont rid SV's anymore and anyone is welcome to ride with us.
The chances are, you will meet some of us from time to time

hear hear

[maviczap]

Yep, the EAR are always looking for riders.

Only 2 on tomorrows 2nd March Meat run, although its fish and chips by the look of it

I went out there yesterday and thought the same things happened. The marks left on the road, kerb, and bank are all very clear. And the shear bad luck to hit the only tree on the exit is incredible. That tree is very solid for its size. It's all a series of very unfortunate events that came together in the worst possible way.
I also know the road well and it tightens up before the exit. It has almost caught me out a couple of times, feeling the front end start to loose grip. What ever the initial cause it certainly looks like he lowsided and went straight on into the tree as his bike went to one side and finished in the field. I can only hope he didn't suffer.

Well it's a complete s**t that Andrew hit that little tree and it took his life.

Whatever caused him to come off, it's what you hit after you come off that gets you, and that's just down to pure bad luck, and the only way to avoid such bad luck is not to come off in the first place.

At the worst time of year when the weather turns bad, we get about one thread a week telling us of an accident had by a forum member. Most of these are bumps, bruises and broken bikes, but if that little tree teaches us anything, it's that any of those threads could just as easily be an RIP thread, if the accident had happened a moment earlier or a moment later.

Please do what you can to avoid coming off the bike in the first place folks...

[dizzyblonde]

I'm sorry to offend.....but why the duck did it have to be a puny little sapling like that?
Totally random.....and all the more heartbreaking

Thanks fella, sometimes these things need to be in your face to hit home.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

I'm sorry to offend.....but why the duck did it have to be a puny little sapling like that?

Contrary to popular belief, Reeder couldnt take larger wood....

[dizzyblonde]

Honestly Speedplay, I'm trying my hardest not to smirk at that.. is that allowed?