03-01-14, 01:23 AM
Sounds like that one could've turned out a lot worse Nick :o
Mine was relatively tame is comparison, I was in the left (bus) lane of a four lane road (Mile End road, outside the Genesis cinema for any Londoners here) and a car coming the other way turned through the stationary traffic in lane 2 and hit me square in the side. Bike landed on my leg and I reckon I was lucky it wasn't broken, just twisted my ankle badly. On the plus side my leg being in the way saved any more damage to the bike. Got away with a (even more) broken fairing and snapped brake lever on the bike and a very bruised leg and twisted ankle that took 6 months to be 100% again.
Mine was relatively tame is comparison, I was in the left (bus) lane of a four lane road (Mile End road, outside the Genesis cinema for any Londoners here) and a car coming the other way turned through the stationary traffic in lane 2 and hit me square in the side. Bike landed on my leg and I reckon I was lucky it wasn't broken, just twisted my ankle badly. On the plus side my leg being in the way saved any more damage to the bike. Got away with a (even more) broken fairing and snapped brake lever on the bike and a very bruised leg and twisted ankle that took 6 months to be 100% again.