Sometimes you're the pigeon - sometimes you're the statue

Jawgap

My tale of woe this morning......

Just south of Gormanstown - crashed at low speed when a jeep decided he was coming up the hard shoulder because the traffic being held up by a tractor wasn't moving fast enough for him. Tore my favourite gloves.

Balbriggan - puncture - rear wheel, metal shard.

Sutton - puncture - front wheel, cause not determined.

Apart from that the bits where I was cycling were great fun (even in the drizzle) and I did get to spot boards.ie jersey.

monkeypants

Looks like today just isn't your day. Take it easy and don't push things.

Canis Lupus

Jawgap wrote: »

My tale of woe this morning......

Just south of Gormanstown - crashed at low speed when a jeep decided he was coming up the hard shoulder because the traffic being held up by a tractor wasn't moving fast enough for him. Tore my favourite gloves.

Balbriggan - puncture - rear wheel, metal shard.

Sutton - puncture - front wheel, cause not determined.

Apart from that the bits where I was cycling were great fun (even in the drizzle) and I did get to spot boards.ie jersey.

And you haven't even made it home yet....

poochiem

Jawgap wrote: »

My tale of woe this morning......

Just south of Gormanstown - crashed at low speed when a jeep decided he was coming up the hard shoulder because the traffic being held up by a tractor wasn't moving fast enough for him. Tore my favourite gloves.

Balbriggan - puncture - rear wheel, metal shard.

Sutton - puncture - front wheel, cause not determined.

Apart from that the bits where I was cycling were great fun (even in the drizzle) and I did get to spot boards.ie jersey.

yeah the 2nd puncture is when I stop being cross and start laughing when it happens to me

Cabaal

All in one day, thats awful bad luck man.
Not your day eh?

positron

The amount of bad driving I have seen over the last three weeks of driving on old N1 (I usually take the train, taking N1 for partner on learner permit) is uneffingbelievable! Vast majority never indicate, most wouldn't look at the mirrors and a lot of people pull right in front of you causing you to slam on the breaks. It's ridiculous. I am planning to get one of those 8 euro cameras mentioned in Bargain Alerts, and tape it to the dash. I will then post all the bad driving onto youtube - an attempt to name and shame!

Jawgap

Canis Lupus wrote: »

And you haven't even made it home yet....

yeah, just about to head out for round two!! wheels are pumped back to a proper pressure and I've bought two new tubes.

Thought I'd just got away with a torn glove this morning, but my right index finger is now the size of my thumb - think I wrenched something.

Canis Lupus

Jawgap wrote: »

yeah, just about to head out for round two!! wheels are pumped back to a proper pressure and I've bought two new tubes.

Thought I'd just got away with a torn glove this morning, but my right index finger is now the size of my thumb - think I wrenched something.

Godspeed!

Cabaal

Well did you manage to get home without further issues?

Jawgap

No problems to report - went in to Balbriggan Garda Station to report the dope in the jeep and gave the details to the Garda - he was very efficient and was honest enought to admit that they probably couldn't do a lot, but the owner will be getting a house-call!

Bill2673

What happened with the jeep? Did yo crash to avoid him? And did he stop, or did you just take reg plates as he drove off?

Jawgap

Bill2673 wrote: »

What happened with the jeep? Did yo crash to avoid him? And did he stop, or did you just take reg plates as he drove off?

Kind of.

I was at the head of a line of traffic held up by a tractor and trailer. The tractor moved to the middle of the road and left the hard shoulder open but I wasn't sure if he was going left or right so I just spun along on the hard shoulder staying behind him and waiting to see what he was going to do.

At some point I became aware that another vehicle was very close to me - I looked behond and saw a jeep trying to get between me and another car. I think he was trying to get past me and undertake the tractor on the hard shoulder.

Anyway, I kind of moved to my left to open up a gap, figuring I'd let the tosser through rather than fall under his wheels and he seized the opportunity before I'd moved much to my left. I looked again and while I was looking I hit either a rock or a cat's eye quite hard- then I saw I was heading for a bloody big pothole and tried to steer around it as jeepy-man was squeezing by - got the front wheel around the pothole (I think) - but the back wheel slipped into it - felt myself losing balance and panicked because I thought I was falling into the road so I flung myself into the hedge / ditch beside the road.

The jeep sped off before I could clock his details but two of the following motorists stopped to help me - one got his number and gave it to me along with his own contact details in case I needed a witness.

Next time, I'm holding my line!