KarlvN Posted July 22, 2015 Share A colleague of mine just informed me she drove past a cycling accident on Tiekiedraai in Durbanville Hills yesterday on her drive home. Apparently the guy was lying in the road up against the barriers, looking pretty messed up. Does anyone have any details? Edited July 22, 2015 by KarlvN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Lizard Posted July 22, 2015 Share What I heard was that the guy was heading down Tiekiedraai- so he would have been doing high speed Guy was riding a matt black mtb and appeared to be allright as he was speaking to motorist at the scene. 4 cars stopped to assist. As to what exactly happened I am not sure, but maybe with the wind blowing so strong he might have drifted into the path of traffic and was clipped or maybe he was just blow off by a gust of wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma Posted July 22, 2015 Share A colleague of mine just informed me she drove past a cycling accident on Tiekiedraai in Durbanville Hills yesterday on her drive home. Apparently the guy was lying in the road up against the barriers, looking pretty messed up. Does anyone have any details? irresponsible thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlvN Posted July 22, 2015 Share irresponsible thread title. okaaaayyyyy? explain please BrandonF_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlvN Posted July 22, 2015 Share What I heard was that the guy was heading down Tiekiedraai- so he would have been doing high speed Guy was riding a matt black mtb and appeared to be allright as he was speaking to motorist at the scene. 4 cars stopped to assist. As to what exactly happened I am not sure, but maybe with the wind blowing so strong he might have drifted into the path of traffic and was clipped or maybe he was just blow off by a gust of wind Thanks Reg, I suppose that is entirely possible since the wind was blowing trucks over on the Hugenote bridge . I ride there often and that bend is super tight. Kudos to people for stopping to help. On my so far only incident on tar I was left to my own devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 22, 2015 Share okaaaayyyyy? explain pleaseThe details are unclearThe title implies that a car knocked the cyclist karma and Capricorn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlvN Posted July 22, 2015 Share The details are unclearThe title implies that a car knocked the cyclist Okay, perhaps. Since I made it entirely clear in my post that I actually was NOT sure of what happened, a car knocking a cyclist down is not entirely impossible??? This is a relatively frequent occurrence on our roads, so forgive me please... MODS, can we change the thread title to "Cyclist (POSSIBLY) knocked down on Tiekiedraai last night, or then again it could be the wind." Patchelicious, Hairy, usxorf and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricorn Posted July 22, 2015 Share Okay, perhaps. Since I made it entirely clear in my post that I actually was NOT sure of what happened, a car knocking a cyclist down is not entirely impossible??? This is a relatively frequent occurrence on our roads, so forgive me please... MODS, can we change the thread title to "Cyclist (POSSIBLY) knocked down on Tiekiedraai last night, or then again it could be the wind." you can DIY: use full editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velomonatiCT Posted July 22, 2015 Share is it Friday already Dazshell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 22, 2015 Share Okay, perhaps. Since I made it entirely clear in my post that I actually was NOT sure of what happened, a car knocking a cyclist down is not entirely impossible??? This is a relatively frequent occurrence on our roads, so forgive me please... MODS, can we change the thread title to "Cyclist (POSSIBLY) knocked down on Tiekiedraai last night, or then again it could be the wind."No big dealChanging it would be cool Cyclists being killed is a charged and highly emotive issueThe title is thus important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted July 22, 2015 Share http://igotnothing.net/comics/2010-09-13-Pedantic-Semantics.png Skubarra, Capricorn, Bankie99 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J∆kk∆ls Posted July 22, 2015 Share I'm staying off the bike till this wind chills a bit. Cars are hardly able to hold their line when it gusts. Be careful peeps. No heroics. Edited July 22, 2015 by Jakkels Capricorn and Bankie99 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeridaHFS Posted July 22, 2015 Share Why o why be so ridiculous as to question the title, there's much more important things in life to be concerned about? Rather be glad the cyclist is ok... Edited July 22, 2015 by MeridaHFS aka Bulls KarlvN, skipperw, Patchelicious and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted July 22, 2015 Share A cyclist got hurt and we worry about thread titles. Hope he is ok. Edited July 22, 2015 by Patchelicious MeridaHFS, Pure Savage, KarlvN and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubber Posted July 22, 2015 Share The injured person was on a board and being loaded into an ambulance when I went past. He appeared to be talking to the medics - so hopefully all good. I didn't see any damaged vehicles so it is possible that it was wind related. All speculation though... Patchelicious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mental Mamba Posted July 22, 2015 Share strongs to the cyclist.......we pray for speedy recovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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