Ah man, I really need to get one. I ride quite a bit, and had an accident some time ago. So there's this street that's pretty narrow that two cars can just barely drive past each other. And the...
Ah man, I really need to get one. I ride quite a bit, and had an accident some time ago. So there's this street that's pretty narrow that two cars can just barely drive past each other. And the street goes down a hill. So I'm coming down that hill, and I see one car coming in front from a far, no problem. Then I notice there's another one behind it, it's fine. We're coming closer to drive past each other, and when it's ~100m left, the first car decides to stop. The second car stops behind it as well, as you would do of course, if you see someone else (in this case me on a bike) coming the opposite direction, so all good. However, it waits only for like a second or two. Then it starts taking over the first (stopped) car, basically at the same time when I'm nearing them. So the situation becomes like this: two cars and my bike are all in parallel on that narrow street. I'm trying to fit between the car and the curb, and it looked like I'd make it. But I just ever so slightly touch my left handlebar on the side of the car, hit the curb, and go over the front wheel. I land very nicely on my stomach, getting to think "that's not too bad".. and a second later feel my bike hitting me on the head. Had to get a couple of stitches, but they didn't even want to cut the hair in that spot. Not sure if that's one of the reasons, but now there's a scar you can easily feel with your fingers.
Ah man, I really need to get one. I ride quite a bit, and had an accident some time ago. So there's this street that's pretty narrow that two cars can just barely drive past each other. And the street goes down a hill. So I'm coming down that hill, and I see one car coming in front from a far, no problem. Then I notice there's another one behind it, it's fine. We're coming closer to drive past each other, and when it's ~100m left, the first car decides to stop. The second car stops behind it as well, as you would do of course, if you see someone else (in this case me on a bike) coming the opposite direction, so all good. However, it waits only for like a second or two. Then it starts taking over the first (stopped) car, basically at the same time when I'm nearing them. So the situation becomes like this: two cars and my bike are all in parallel on that narrow street. I'm trying to fit between the car and the curb, and it looked like I'd make it. But I just ever so slightly touch my left handlebar on the side of the car, hit the curb, and go over the front wheel. I land very nicely on my stomach, getting to think "that's not too bad".. and a second later feel my bike hitting me on the head. Had to get a couple of stitches, but they didn't even want to cut the hair in that spot. Not sure if that's one of the reasons, but now there's a scar you can easily feel with your fingers.