Who fell off on the Harbour Bridge? (9 November)

**jtzzr** · 9th November 2006, 17:56

Does anyone know who got blown off his/her bike on the harbour bridge this arvo at about 4.30 , hope the person concerned is O.K , my mate saw it and reckoned the rider was lucky to not get hit by cages behind him, he was on a ginny , anybody know?

**Grantasaurus** · 9th November 2006, 17:58

Shit, my mate Ryan from Uni rides his gn250 across the harbour bridge every day.

Shit, better text him now... Hope he's OK

**Whynot** · 9th November 2006, 18:03

cant say im surprised i almost went over a couple of times and i didnt go anywhere near the bridge ...

**Grantasaurus** · 9th November 2006, 18:05

No, it wasn't him thankfully.

He did say it was a bit hairy though. What's the wind at? 100ks?

**Whynot** · 9th November 2006, 18:10

Originally Posted by Grantasaurus

No, it wasn't him thankfully.

He did say it was a bit hairy though. What's the wind at? 100ks?

Southwest gales with frequent gusts to 120 km/h are expected during the next few hours

http://metservice.co.nz/default/inde...alias=warnings

**Kendog** · 9th November 2006, 18:14

Originally Posted by Whynot

Southwest gales with frequent gusts to 120 km/h are expected during the next few hours

http://metservice.co.nz/default/inde...alias=warnings

A mild Wellington breeze

**Whynot** · 9th November 2006, 18:15

Originally Posted by Kendog

A mild Wellington breeze

you guys must be nuts

**Kwaka14** · 9th November 2006, 18:17

I got clipped in the helmet by a sign which scared the crap out of me.... Hope everyone else made it safely home....

**jtzzr** · 9th November 2006, 18:17

[QUOTE=Grantasaurus;818525]No, it wasn't him thankfully.

Glad it wasn`t your mate Grantasaurus , hope it wasn`t a K`ber

**Wenier** · 9th November 2006, 19:52

Haha definitely a nice breeze, you auckland guys have no idea. Bout time ya got a decent wind up there.

Apparently in singapore 5knots is to windy for r/c model aircraft ppl, its like what 5 knots in NZ thats not gonna stop ya.

**Brett** · 9th November 2006, 19:59

Had some close ones tongiht...had a branch from a tree flung across the road at me, just ducked in time, and nearly got taken out by many bits of cardboard...and a few of those green recycling bins...was quite excillerating actually...at one stage when i was on a very exposed piece of road witht he wind hitting me side on, i was actaully riding with quite a bit of lean!...YEEHA

**hellnback** · 9th November 2006, 20:16

Was a tad windy when I went over about the same time! Didn't see anyone bin it though.

Made it a bit tricky lane splitting...

**Whynot** · 9th November 2006, 20:17

Originally Posted by Brett

Had some close ones tongiht...had a branch from a tree flung across the road at me, just ducked in time, and nearly got taken out by many bits of cardboard...and a few of those green recycling bins...was quite excillerating actually...at one stage when i was on a very exposed piece of road witht he wind hitting me side on, i was actaully riding with quite a bit of lean!...YEEHA

Get ya knee down ???

**sAsLEX** · 9th November 2006, 20:28

Originally Posted by Brett

Had some close ones tongiht...had a branch from a tree flung across the road at me, just ducked in time, and nearly got taken out by many bits of cardboard...and a few of those green recycling bins...was quite excillerating actually...at one stage when i was on a very exposed piece of road witht he wind hitting me side on, i was actaully riding with quite a bit of lean!...YEEHA

ON the way to Paeroa one year and I was leaning rather heavily in to the strong wind and all of a sudden it went away, not because of a hedge but as Death was coming by one one wheel!