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Offline Hangover

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« on: November 26, 2007, 22:45:56 »
We passed a chap riding a pushbike down the A1 on Saturday,we commented at the time that he must have been bonkers,i heard today that after getting to Grantham and returning on the North bound he was knocked off and killed sometime between 3pm and 4pm.
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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2007, 22:58:42 »
The family and I came back from Lincoln to Grantham, via the A1 on Saturday, we saw a police car and a white Transit which was facing the other way on the Northbound carriageway at Balderton near Newark.

Everynight at the Foston/A1 junction see some cyclists heading southbound to Grantham, its bad enough in a car let alone on a bike, poor bloke.
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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2007, 23:06:04 »
Working in the Cycle trade I hear about a lot of incidents like this..
As much as it saddens me, you would have to be really stupid to ride on most 'A' roads..
There are 2 main 'A' roads around Stoke on Trent, the A500 and the A50, all cyclists I have seen on these roads have ended up dead.

I have been a cyclist all my life, I have raced BMX, Cycle Speedway, road and mountain bikes, I eat, sleep, breathe and live cycling.....
I know I don't know all the details of this horrific incident, but I have an idea who to feel sorry for :cry:

I could tell you a thousand stories of incidents with traffic, even this evening coming home from work, I nearly got burgered on a VERY quiet estate, and I have a £500 front light, that was burning the drivers retinas !!!!
If you get the chance and it's safe, tell these people to find another route, before it's too late....
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2007, 23:23:01 »
sad news :cry:
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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2007, 23:25:32 »
It was the Transit van that hit him,a waste of life for what i consider a foolish act.
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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2007, 23:27:15 »
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a waste of life for what i consider a foolish act.


Cutting my story short !
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2007, 15:57:57 »
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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2007, 20:16:49 »
I agree with GreenI, its sad news but you have to be mad to cycle on the A1.
I too ran a bike shop many years ago in Stamford Lincs and found some, not all but some cyclists were their own worst enemy. Comments like I should be allowed to ride on any road we want annoyed me, because they can except motorways. But you are likely to get fetched up on an A road than a lane.
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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2007, 20:23:18 »
I saw it in the 'Yorkshire Post'
It's not someone I know, but I'll bet there'll be a few in my club who'll know him
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« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2007, 20:28:38 »
You know, were a little like that.... "its a green lane and I'll drive it" but cycling on an "A" road like that..... I feel for the family, I feel more so for the van driver (subject to circumstance) and I feel glad that no one other than the idiot on the bike was injured or killed! he could have instigated a much worse accident with far wider reaching consiquences.
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« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2007, 20:44:00 »
Quote from the Huddersfiels Examiner article.

 "He had been measuring out a course for a time trial race."

  On the A1 ?
  Pete.
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« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2007, 20:47:48 »
I regulary work on that stretch of road...and it beggars belief what the hell a cyclist is doing on there....

My first thoughts on getting a job on the A1 is how bloody quick can I get the casulty vehicle and its occupants ot a safe location and me off this damm race track.....

People in general have absolutely no idea how dangerous these places are.. Quite often when we arrive to a broken vehicle the occupants will spill out of their car and come wandering up to us before we have even opened the door  :roll: like they are in some car park or other...

I understand the comment that fudge makes but surely self presevation should kick in first and they can surely see that this a a dangerous place to be .....

The stupidness of people never ceases to amaze me..Sorry it may sound harsh but.........
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« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2007, 21:11:18 »
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I regulary work on that stretch of road...and it beggars belief what the hell a cyclist is doing on there....



I've driven on that part, but not ridden it.
I have however ridden the A1 in the past between Ripon & Brotherton (when it was all dual-carriageway), but admittedly only on a Sunday, so the traffic's a bit lighter.

I still use a short section of the A1 on a regular training route. It's from FerryBridge to Brotherton, hence only literally 400yards.

Now that the new (Ferrybridge interchange*)'bypass' has opened, you could almost have a picnic in lane 2 there



* The junction between the A1 & the M62. It was quite possibly the busiest roundabout outside of the M25.
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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2007, 01:10:53 »
Isn't that whole section being upgraded to motorway standard as we speak?
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