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At least they were emptying the bins.
Going to go through the insurance route. I think my shoulder'll need physio, given how sore it is now. Glad I got it "logged" at A&E on Fri.
Last bike accident I had was in 1995- "wrote off" a brand new first-time-out (honest!) custom carbon fibre trek TT machine. Got just over £3,550 for the bike, and a fair bit for injuries.
I can justify around £500 - £600 for bike and clothing damage this time. Ironically I had decided to take the Langster to work rather than my newly-built-up Trek Madone road machine, otherwise I really would have been taking the binmen to the cleaners, so to speak!
Damage was:
Shorts - holed
Shoes - sole separating from upper
Cracked saddle
Bent bars
Scratched brake levers
Holed armwarmers
Helmet (obviously, given the hole in the windscreen!)
bar tape
front wheel
and it's amazing how it all adds up when you've got a bike made up from parts (rather than an off-the-shelf one).