Cyclist over the edge of Chappies

[olmec]

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/cyclist-rescued-after-falling-30m-off-chapmans-peak-drive-20210417

 

Who knows what happened? Anyone see it?

[Mojoman]

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/cyclist-rescued-after-falling-30m-off-chapmans-peak-drive-20210417

 

Who knows what happened? Anyone see it?

Saw it on FB over the weekend....lucky escape for the guy! Hope he bought lottery tickets!

[Long Wheel Base]

Sjoe they lucky.

I see it also mentioned a car crashed over the edge recently as well. Didn't hear about that.

[FootballingCyclist]

Hi Guys.

 

So unfortunately cannot share VN's on here. He was riding with my mates group, they left Chappies about 2mins after us. In a nutshell, he overcooked the corner and went over the edge. His mates never saw it happen as the 1 was already through the overhanging section and the others hadn't left the top yet. They continued to roll down and stopped in Noordhoek waiting for him, they were confused as the 1st guy said he never came past and the others said they never went past him, while waiting He called them to tell them that he had gone over the edge and they must please come back, There was No car involved, this is from his and his mates mouths directly. Simple rider error. Only injured wrist and bike has a small scratch near the seat tube. Paramedics who rescued him said he was extremely lucky as he stopped on a flat section, 1 meter further he would've been completely over the cliffs edge. I have the VNs from my mate in their group if anyone wants them.

[FootballingCyclist]

Oh and I think his "downhill KOM" will stand for quite some time LOL... He is now now to be renamed "Cliffy".

[Jbr]

Wouldn't have happened with disc brakes   

[Long Wheel Base]

Hi Guys.

 

So unfortunately cannot share VN's on here. He was riding with my mates group, they left Chappies about 2mins after us. In a nutshell, he overcooked the corner and went over the edge. His mates never saw it happen as the 1 was already through the overhanging section and the others hadn't left the top yet. They continued to roll down and stopped in Noordhoek waiting for him, they were confused as the 1st guy said he never came past and the others said they never went past him, while waiting He called them to tell them that he had gone over the edge and they must please come back, There was No car involved, this is from his and his mates mouths directly. Simple rider error. Only injured wrist and bike has a small scratch near the seat tube. Paramedics who rescued him said he was extremely lucky as he stopped on a flat section, 1 meter further he would've been completely over the cliffs edge. I have the VNs from my mate in their group if anyone wants them.

Yoh glad he is ok.

Excuse my ignorance, but what is VN's?

[Mark James]

Yoh glad he is ok.

Excuse my ignorance, but what is VN's?

Voice Notes

[Shebeen]

sjoe, that is one helluva story!! i was on long beach at the time and knew nothing about this, it was a peach of a morning

 

 

 There was No car involved, 

i think the car query was the last line of the news24 article. people driving off chappies and it semeingly doesn't even make the news anymore.

[Pure Savage]

How much is a helli ride from Chappies? 

[Eddy Gordo]

Sjoe they lucky.

I see it also mentioned a car crashed over the edge recently as well. Didn't hear about that.

Yes, that was last month.

https://www.capetownetc.com/news/chapmans-peak-crash-claims-life-of-a-woman/#:~:text=A%20man%20is%20fighting%20for,culpable%20homicide%20had%20been%20opened.&text=As%20reported%20on%20News24%2C%20Western,%2Dyear%2Dold%20woman%20dead.

[Jbr]

How much is a helli ride from Chappies? 

I saw that video. Seeing how his arm was wrapped reminded me of when I snapped mine. Can't believe he ends up with close to nothing after a fall like that and I get a clean double fracture from falling going up a curb at 5kph... 

[Pure Savage]

I saw that video. Seeing how his arm was wrapped reminded me of when I snapped mine. Can't believe he ends up with close to nothing after a fall like that and I get a clean double fracture from falling going up a curb at 5kph... 

Yeah injuries are strange, I lost a lot of skin, deep cuts, concussion, stitches in my face and arm but no broken bones when run over by a Polo. This morning someone hit a pothole, a few small scratches but broken collar bone and wrist. 

[Jewbacca]

Yeah injuries are strange, I lost a lot of skin, deep cuts, concussion, stitches in my face and arm but no broken bones when run over by a Polo. This morning someone hit a pothole, a few small scratches but broken collar bone and wrist. 

I hit the deck at about 55 odd km/h last year and broke a few bones in my hand/fingers and fractured my patela..... Lost a LOT of skin.

 

Funnily enough on Chappies. Using the rough tar to stop was not ideal, but the thought of going over the edge is terrifying. I landed up in the wrong lane up against the barrier. 

 

I have the descending yip so hard now. I get dropped every time the road points down

[The Ouzo]

Oh and I think his "downhill KOM" will stand for quite some time LOL... He is now now to be renamed "Cliffy".

did he bounce or was that 140ish speed before the dip and 200s where he overcooked it ?

[Sid the Sloth]

Apparently it was on the painted corner before the underpass? That corner takes no prisoners, seen a few close calls there as guys like to cut the corner on the yellow painted island. Two weeks ago there were a lot of runners coming up Chappies in the oncoming lane, I almost hit them on the island, and on New Years Day there was a car parked on that island. Be careful there...