Re: Crash cyclist concedes group risk

On 31 Jan, 09:16, Ben C <spams...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Apparently the rider in front was sprinting off the front (so probably
actually holding onto the bars quite tightly) and hit a manhole cover.


Yesterday's report on the BBC gave an account that suggests the lead
rider might not have had the tight grip on the bars you imagine:

"He estimated he was travelling at about 25mph as the road levelled
out and they approached the accident scene.

He said Mr Macpherson and his son, Colin, were at the front of the
pack of riders.

His counsel James Campbell QC asked what he remembered next and he
said: "It still goes through my mind pretty much every day. It is
quite correct when people say that things slow down.

"I saw Gordon Macpherson do this movement from left to right across
the road. I remember seeing his hands go down to the side of the
handlebars.

"I got a clear view of when his hands came down and effectively lost
control of the bike," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7216217.stm

I haven't read that Mr Telfor "was well aware the rider in front was
riding unsafely", only that "Mr Telfer agreed that riding close to
other bicycles could be dangerous but said the risk was reduced to
"minimum" by the experience and skill of those cycling in the group."
which is entirley different. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7218206.stm


Calum

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