How often do these really happen around us?
Reason I'm asking is that I have really only been riding for just over a month. And in that time I've had around me 5 crashes, falls or drops.
A friend wrote off his bike doing 30 round a corner (for once doing nothing stupid)
Same friend just wrote off his new bike (we suspect) tonight. As soon as he text me I called him before my helmet was even off.
Another friend brought me his mates written off bike that had happened on the Harbour Bridge that afternoon. So that I could see what happens when one goes over a car that stops suddenly.
A club that I belong to sent a news letter out and in it mentioned that someone had crashed and was in surgery.
At work a person that was meant to be interviewing dropped his bike in Orewa and was in hospital.
This has all happened in the space of a month. And tbh for a learner is a little daunting. Yes I am learning my lesions from others mistakes. But some of these riders were/are seasoned riders that know what they are doing.
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