Rider, Hubber Flemish Lion, down in Northcliff

[Flemish Lion]

Glad you feeling better. I really hope you get to be with your kids soon, that must be seriously difficult.

Thx LWB!

 

Yes but they not used to an injured / slow dad so they'll get bored quick

[Escapee..]

Great to see you posting FL!

 

Hope the recovery is smooth and fast.

 

[Skubarra]

Welcome back!!   

[Hairy]

FL ... if you can get them to loan you a wheel chair I am sure you can log some Endomondo "commuting miles" around the hospital.

 

Good to see you are up and about and on the way to healing up.

[Wannabe]

Great to hear you are on the mend, Vlaamse Leeuw.

[Matt]

Thanks for the kind messages and support guys!

 

I'm finally starting to feel human again.

 

What a long road it's been!

 

Crazy I remember nothing of 2-3 weeks!

 

But recovery is going well and conversations are improving.

 

Missing my kids though! Wife has been such an inspiration. Love em all so much!

 

Be safe out there!

 

Glad you're on the mend T and welcome back!

 

Good luck with the recovery. 

[Andrew Steer]

Welcome back dude

Rode up De Wet rd this morning and was thinking about you ( lots of time to think, it’s a looong uphill )

 

 

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Drive through that intersection everyday and can't help but cringe at the thought of the whole thing... just glad you're still with us FL! All the best for the road ahead 

[Edition 507]

So Tijl walked into rehab this week and the doctors were asking where the patient is?

[Long Wheel Base]

So Tijl walked into rehab this week and the doctors were asking where the patient is?

Champion.

[Edition 507]

As of yesterday Tijl is a rehab out-patient and slept at home last night, much to his families delight!

[Wannabe]

As of yesterday Tijl is a rehab out-patient and slept at home last night, much to his families delight!

 

 

Brilliant news.

 

You go Tijl.....

[Frail. "Will forever remain "Frail"]

Glad to hear you are on the Recovery.

Stay strong 

[Sven137]

What actually happened ?

[V12man]

So Tijl walked into rehab this week and the doctors were asking where the patient is?

And did you expect anything different? I hope someone got it on video....

[Bonus]

Chuck Norris has a T shirt with "Tijl" written on it . . . .

[Flemish Lion]

What actually happened ?

I did a NC hill rep from Weltevreden Rd side on my way to work and coming down the other side towards Main Road a 4x4 jumped a stop street and crossed the road... I was very close behind a car turning left into a road the 4x4 was crossing into so the 4x4 driver claimed he didn't see me as he jumped the stop street to cross the road I was coming down on.

I hit the 4x4 on his right front as he needed to go slightly up to cross the road as it wasn't a straight crossing. So he was going at a slow speed up and crossed right into my down lane as I was probably going at a high speed down and I hit the 4x4 right front side.

My carbon front fork broke off (maybe luckily) so I flew over the engine cover and into the front window. Which resulted in cut arms and luckily not my face! My helmet cracked on impact and made my brain bleed a bit bit it stopped fairly quickly. I think after hitting the window I flew onto the pavement My lung collapsed, broke ribs and cracked my right pelvis (which they fixed with a small titanium plate).

I don't remember anything so the above is from the police report and witnesses.

Damage is healing well but brain could take a while to be back at 100 percent but luckily I can make sense and talk / reaaon pretty well.

It just makes me realise we cyclists have very little protection on and it's not worth going so fast as cars can make mistakes as we do but with much worse consequences for us!

Watching Paris Roubaix made me realise cyclists are having or so close to accidents. Rip the rider that died of a heart failure!