Interesting Cat & Fiddle Fail

[anonymous-user]

I take it that bit towards the end where it all goes spinny is after the camera came off his helmet?

[moanthebairns]

graphene said:

Crossflow Kid said:

As BikeSafe copper mentor Yoda type bloke told me.....
Solid white lines cost more to paint than broken white lines. Councils don't spend money without a good reason.

Finally, some humour in the thread.

pish they dug up my path without telling me, made an arse of it, destroyed my flower bed (6 flowers in total that I purchased from the co-op a few weeks before I was raging I nourished them every time I went out for a fag) within weeks weeds were coming through, it had to be re-dug and to this day I still dont know why they did it. I had perfectly good paving slabs at the time.

[anonymous-user]

moanthebairns said:

graphene said:

Crossflow Kid said:

As BikeSafe copper mentor Yoda type bloke told me.....
Solid white lines cost more to paint than broken white lines. Councils don't spend money without a good reason.

Finally, some humour in the thread.

pish they dug up my path without telling me, made an arse of it, destroyed my flower bed (6 flowers in total that I purchased from the co-op a few weeks before I was raging I nourished them every time I went out for a fag) within weeks weeds were coming through, it had to be re-dug and to this day I still dont know why they did it. I had perfectly good paving slabs at the time.

Just because they didn't tell you doesn't mean there wasn't a good reason ;-)

[GSP]

moanthebairns said:

this, on the stretch to galashields they have painted long, long stretches of double white lines that really dont need to be there for a bike.

I however obey them, unless its a vehicle traveling at walking speed in which case you're allowed to overtake

The Peak District is full of unnecessary double whites and reduced limits that are equally as unnecessary. The vast majority you can actually overtake on a bike without crossing the double anyway.

Some of the roads off the C&F are horrific, but national. The bit where he crashed is probably justified though lol

[Greenslade]

All the gear - no idea. He should thank his lucky stars.

[Fort Jefferson]

Greenslade said:

All the gear - no idea.

^^^^^^^^
This.

Someone needs to teach him how to steer.

[anonymous-user]

mtb covered that within the first five posts.
Feet apparently.

[civicduty]

Excellent, what a knob!!

[moanthebairns]

Crossflow Kid said:

Just because they didn't tell you doesn't mean there wasn't a good reason ;-)

do you work for Falkirk council

I bet you done it just to piss me off

you seen me put my heart and soul into planting my 4 quids worth of colour coded plants/flower things and thought im going to piss in his teapot

[Fort Jefferson]

Crossflow Kid said:

mtb covered that within the first five posts.
Feet apparently.

If that's what the bloke thought, then that's why he crashed.

Look for "twist of the wrist 2" on Youtube. It's a horrible, corny, American video, but it has some good advise.

[Baryonyx]

Greenslade said:

All the gear - no idea. He should thank his lucky stars.

He seemed to be doing alright until the end, when he seemed to take it up a notch. Disaster soon follows; a perfect example of riding within your limits and then riding far beyond them! A miracle that he didn't die following that.

[goldblum]

Seen loads of crashes leading up to that bend, it tightens and tightens...catches loads of bikers out. The next one is a 'U' and very tight. Sometimes there's sheep at that spot.
Best to do the run early on a summers' night if you're going for the lap record so if you cross the x2whites headlights will warn of any oncoming car.

[podman]

What amazes me , is the mindset of someone who would you want to publish their own accident, as stupid as this, on youtube...

[s3fella]

podman said:

What amazes me , is the mindset of someone who would you want to publish their own accident, as stupid as this, on youtube...

He's one of 'them' though.

You know, those who wear leathers over top of boots.

[goldblum]

podman said:

What amazes me , is the mindset of someone who would you want to publish their own accident, as stupid as this, on youtube...

It's very odd. Maybe it's his way of vicariously reliving a defining moment in life.

[moanthebairns]

Fort Jefferson said:

Crossflow Kid said:

mtb covered that within the first five posts.
Feet apparently.

If that's what the bloke thought, then that's why he crashed.

Look for "twist of the wrist 2" on Youtube. It's a horrible, corny, American video, but it has some good advise.

I was clearly taking the piss!!!!!maybe I should put nanooo nanooo at the end of my post from now one

but to be fair I once remember on Scottish bikers quite a few of them calling me an arse because I said you don't steer with your feet. it was quite epic apparently I knew nothing and they had been riding for years and I only a few. I was an arse and thought I was a riding god.

[Nels0n]

podman said:

What amazes me , is the mindset of someone who would you want to publish their own accident, as stupid as this, on youtube...

A FWB riding god who thinks st riding is just an 'unlucky incident'?

[goldblum]

Nels0n said:

podman said:

What amazes me , is the mindset of someone who would you want to publish their own accident, as stupid as this, on youtube...

A FWB riding god who thinks st riding is just an 'unlucky incident'?

I've seen a lot worse up there. I'll bet there's a few on here who would get caught out.

[MC Bodge]

Oooooof

podman said:

What amazes me , is the mindset of someone who would you want to publish their own accident, as stupid as this, on youtube...

My thoughts exactly.

As someone fairly local who had driven it many times before riding a bike there, I can tell you that that bend is tighter and more off-camber than it looks on the wide-angle video. It's also fairly blind. Not one to take quickly. The following ones have better views ahead. Thank god he didn't hit the cyclist or oncoming car

Edited by MC Bodge on Wednesday 26th March 19:48

[MoelyCrio]

Those Go-Pros seem pretty robust anyway.