Feel like I've done a round with Mike Tyson

by potholenearlykilledme

04 Aug 2010

A pothole murdered my bike two days ago but I'm still alive! I'm bruised, battered and scratched, have a very stiff neck and a strange feeling when I swallow??
Gutted about my beautiful bike, a hand-built Roberts made to measure (a must if you're a short girlie cyclist) now a broken wreck.
As for the pothole, on the very busy, narrow road to Walton on Trent from the A38, the council had patched close behind and infront of it in preparation for resurfacing but left this hole.
Approaching it at over 20mph the hole looked like a harmless wet patch but I banged into it. It's very straight sides caught my front wheel and steered me off balance and into a concrete post. My recently hand-built front wheel took all the impact and my forks pushed under the frame cracking and bending it. Luckily it was late and there were no other cars near me.
I have another bike but it's too big, has made in China parts, and feels like a tank compared to my beautiful built in Great Britain little racing machine. I couldn't afford to insure it and can't afford to replace it ....this hurts so much more than the bruises.