Stupid little accidents.
Went down to FLASH last week for (possibly/probably) his last paying weekend and we were 20km form arrival on the ride down when we were reversed into by a van/trailer.
We were following the van/trailer through a town, when an enormous combine came around the corner in front of us.
The van pulled off to the right, leaving what appeared to be plenty of room for the combine.
I pulled in behind the trailer (loaded with slabs of marble in wood cases), about 6 feet behind, thinking i was safely out of the way.
All of a sudden, and for no good reason, the trailer starts coming back towards the front wheel and before i can find the horn, the mudguard is crushed and the front wheel is under the trailer cross-beam.
Matey jumps out of his van while I've still got the horn mashed and a completely pointless shooting match ensued, (I was too pissed to even attempt French, and he had no English)
Eventually i calmed down enough to realise that the only damage to the bike was the mudguard, and it wasn't worth any more argument.
Matey calmed down too, asked if we were on holiday, we said yes, and he went and got his wallet and gave me 50 Euro, then we shook hands. 6 of one and half-dozen of the other. He didn't need to move, but he couldn't see me where i was, I'd put myself into a blind spot inadvertently.
Simply not worth an insurance claim, but bloody irritating to have the incident in the first place.
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Got to Flash's place and did my best with duct tape to make the bike safe.
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Got to find a replacement now....
Oh yeah, forgot to add, the guys trailer obviously had an aluminium cross beam, it was bent to buggery when he pulled it forward off the front tyre!
In all my working life she is probably the best Boss I've had. She trusts my judgement and takes my advice on stuff I know that she doesn't and she administers my workload and our dept with incredible efficiency. I'm very pleased for her with her knew post, but will be gutted to see her go. Ho hum...
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