Sorry to hear this, John. I'm glad you are okay. I see too many riders around my town riding without lights, or even light clothing. In fact, I was thinking the other night, coming home from a friend's house, I'm more likely to crash into another cyclist I didn't see that to get bonked by a car.
On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 7:30:11 PM UTC-4, John G. wrote: > > Yesterday, at 5:30 in the morning, I collided head-on with another > cyclist. I was on a path along the Hudson river on the Jersey side, and the > guy had no lights. And I went over the bars. > > Thankfully, I'm all right, but my Atlantis is pretty messed up, and I'd > like to get the lists advice . The fork is badly bent, and my local shop > thinks that the Head tube maybe messed up. They're stripping it down and > sending it to Bilenky to see if it can be realigned. Do any of you think > that's a bad move? > > I don't want to think about how much worse it would've been if I had been > riding a carbon bike. I'm pretty bummed. The worst part is that the other > guy swore at me and threw my water bottle at me while I was lying on the > ground. Called me some names I won't repeat here, and rode off before I > was even able to get up. Sometimes I really hate riding around here. > > Anyway, be safe out there and hug your Rivendells tonight! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
