Alberton Groups - Rider Safety

[Guest Agteros]

GreyOwl, I hope you do not mind that I start a safety thread on your behalf..

 

Please let all of us look out and care for each other? None of us would like to be left behind when injured

 

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Ok...so I'm gonna have a little moaning session here...

 

This morning on our 'long route' ride we had an unfortunate incident where a guy crashed and was rather badly injured. From the brief exam we did on the side of the road it looked that he had sustained a broken collarbone as well as lots of road rash. Now' date=' when he crashed he did bring 2 other guys down with him, but both were fine and managed to get up and ride on....but when he crashed we were a bunch of approx 30guys?

Minutes later there were 4 of us left with the guy?

Guys, I know we all enjoy our morning rides, but when one of our fellow bikeys goes down lets make sure he gets all the assistance he needs. The whole, and I quote "I'm not an ambulance" mentality is quite scary.

 

We all meet up to ride together to be safe, but wont hang around to assist when someone needs help?

I'm a bit shocked to be honest.

 

Yesterday on the Alewynspoort road at the tail end of the bunch a guy went down after losing a tussle with a car. Look, I admit I was nowhere near the accident when it happened but from what I understand a couple people stopped to help him. Thats shocking.

 

Last week, on our long ride going into Henley an experienced rider fell on the gravel in the corner. The whole bunch (experienced riders) stopped en masse to ensure the guy was ok. Lets take a page out of this book. You never know when your gonna be the guy face down in the dirt and hoping someones going to stop and help.

 

I have one last thing to say...if you are nervous in a bunch, just dont try and mix it with a group...especially when they start going faster. Its a recipe for disaster...

oh, and when we meet up at Xumbugs dont be a dunce and just stand in the middle of the frigging slip lane. I had to tell people this morning that they were in the way, whats up with common sense?

 

Please guys, lets think about the safety of of us all...

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