• The marshmallow Easter egg bike is dead - so I am looking for a cheap new frame, no bigger than 48cm. Road conversion or track,

    I got hit by a motorcyclist last night at 5.30pm, after he ran a red from Bridewell Place onto the main road (Farringdon Road) I was on. I'd just come through my lights as they were changing to green, slammed my brakes on but still hit his motorcycle at right angles.

    My bike is pretty shagged - the top tube and down tube are dented/buckled, so I am going to be needing something else. Although my bike has finally acquired some track geometry by having its forks rammed back - my wheel is now super close to my down tube. Crunched, in all.

    I'm not too hurt, no bones broken - just a swollen face, knee and hip, and a very painful shoulder. I am quite lucky that

    • it wasn't my sexy bike
    • it was a motorcycle not a car or anything bigger
    • I was wearing a lid
    • I go pretty slow at the best of times
    • I was the one who did the crashing into, rather than the other way around. Wouldn't have fancied a massive heavy motorbike slicing through me and my bike!

    The police were excellent, as were the ambulance folk. I'm waiting to hear from the collisions unit who will be writing to me this week. I asked them to check the CCTV which they said they would be doing. I have the officers' details who attended to me. I have the driver's details and two witnesses, statements from all of which were taken by the police.

    Be careful out there kiddiewinks!

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