Eugene Posted April 17, 2012 Author Posted April 17, 2012 I did not tell the whole story. My wife called me to tell me there was a cyclist in an orange top checking out my car, when I went outside, he cycled away. I did not suspect he had crashed into the car and I only noticed the damage a few minutes later when I left for gym. I passed a guy a few k's further up on a bike with an orange shirt, so I stopped him and asked if he knew anything about my car, only then he admited it was him. So, yes, it may take a while for him to heal, but my sympathy for him is a lot less, seeing he did not have the decency to come and tell me that he had crashed into my car.
LeTurbo Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Hang on ... he hit the left of the tree (from what I can see) then bounced all the way around it to go into the left of your car? Impressive. But those skid marks seem to indicate a lekker bolamakisie.
gummibear Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) I did not tell the whole story. My wife called me to tell me there was a cyclist in an orange top checking out my car, when I went outside, he cycled away. I did not suspect he had crashed into the car and I only noticed the damage a few minutes later when I left for gym. I passed a guy a few k's further up on a bike with an orange shirt, so I stopped him and asked if he knew anything about my car, only then he admited it was him. So, yes, it may take a while for him to heal, but my sympathy for him is a lot less, seeing he did not have the decency to come and tell me that he had crashed into my car. He must have been going pretty fast to do that to the tree.Was he a cyclist or a commuter?What's in the bag? Edited April 17, 2012 by gummibear
LeTurbo Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 True, I was immediately worried that I killed the guy, expecting a body and blood on the road, instead, nothing. Oh, and It really was his fault, driving over a red light on a major intersection..... Karma, how do you get your quote reply post to come up before Gummibear's original post? Can karma be that powerful that it sees so far ahead?
ThePubSA Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 SHould read "are cyclists this bad"... Still tryna work out how he even ended up in the tree and your car on that fairly straight mellow road.Twitchy 200m width handlebars or was he gesuip ?
Guest Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Karma, how do you get your quote reply post to come up before Gummibear's original post? Can karma be that powerful that it sees so far ahead? I'm a bot.
Cav' Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 He must have been pissed or something or doing 75km/h to hit that angle
TNT1 Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Are you allowed to park there? Is Skylark down? https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/115187-is-it-legal-for-cyclists-to-ride-on-the-pavement/ RexFuzzle 1
Kranswurm Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Is Skylark down? http://www.thehubsa....n-the-pavement/ Aha.....The plot thickensI knew his galavanting on the pavement would come to no good...plonker
'Dale Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) It seems like the tree jumped into the rider road at the exact moment the cyclist came passed.It has happened to many MTBers as well. Edited April 17, 2012 by Puncheur
'Dale Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) Aha.....The plot thickensI knew his galavanting on the pavement would come to no good...plonker Kar - ma Edited April 17, 2012 by Puncheur RexFuzzle 1
ThePubSA Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Is Skylark down? http://www.thehubsa....n-the-pavement/lool
pastapouch Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 back in 2009, a cyclist hist me from the side and caused R23 00 damage.his head dented the top arch of the side. he flew over the car, got up and started cycling again... oh, did i mention it was "Mr" on his reverse-pedal-to-brake Black "single speed", rigid fork?"MR", you mean Mnr Swart? lol agree the cars today are so soft, I fell over while trying to control my dog at the training academy against a Getz, the door dented and then popped back
Eugene Posted April 17, 2012 Author Posted April 17, 2012 He must have been going pretty fast to do that to the tree.Was he a cyclist or a commuter?What's in the bag?I can't really say. He did have a orange cycling top on, so I don't know if he was commuting in that or doing a training ride. He had an oldish, cheap type of bike, but I didn't pay much attention to it. The bag is my gym bag. I've since been for two quotes and neither panel beaters would believe me that it was a cyclist. Turn out that there is a dent behind the bumper in the body panel too.
TNT1 Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 I can't really say. He did have a orange cycling top on, so I don't know if he was commuting in that or doing a training ride. He had an oldish, cheap type of bike, but I didn't pay much attention to it. The bag is my gym bag. I've since been for two quotes and neither panel beaters would believe me that it was a cyclist. Turn out that there is a dent behind the bumper in the body panel too. Did you learn the lesson?
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