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I don't actually don't know how slowly I was going, but I was slowing down and I recall seeing 12mph at some point before (I think) the bend I was slowing down for. I've been surprised in the past, by traffic on that fairly narrow bendy downhill road travelling in the opposite direction, and...

After they removed the cast today, I asked when they would remove the Titanium implant, but the Consultant didn't know if it was a Titanium or Steel implant - the Radiologist had said it was Titanum. I want this implant removed at some point, because Titanium alloys release cadmium into the...

It could have been worse: https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/biker-dies-after-crash-badger-1296157

Great. Now my nightmares will feature a badger carrying a radiator: https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/unavoidable-bicycle-badger-collision.42374/

This is why I also need to get the winter flu shot: Immunity from other coronaviruses could help fight Covid. Mind you, the the apalling death rate in care homes last year from Covid doesn't bode well in that regard.

I'm hoping someone on here might know: Would I be refused the booster because I have a broken wrist? https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/unavoidable-bicycle-badger-collision.42374/

I dislocated and broke my wrist recently, is there any issue with me getting the booster? I was about to book online before a biggish badger jumped out in front of my bike: https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/unavoidable-bicycle-badger-collision.42374/

Your accident sounds very nasty ideed! How did you get to hospital? I was driven home, them to hospital by a kind retired couple who noticed me on the side of the road. Their Volvo estate even had room for the bike. Many other drivers just swerved and drove by. I still can't move my bike to...

This new plastic cast is extremely itchy... it's so bad sometimes that I have a stong urge to claw the damn thing off. Anyone have any (sensible) anti-itchiness tips? p.s. BEWARE OF BADGERS LEAPING OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR BIKE!!!

Was in hospital again, this time for a new tighter fitting plastic cast. The X-Ray technician had broken his foot aged 15 in a skateboarding accident, therefore it was easy to surprise him with my badger collision video, after which he was surprised enough (but not as suprised as I was by the...

A badly injured badger isn't going to live for long in the wild. The RSPCA don't attend unless you know exactly where the inured animal is - I've tried calling before about injured animals. I did think about trying to locate it, but it's a large wooded area and because it's a wild animal...

Unbearable ultrasonic noise powered by the bike battery, is what I'll have to figure out, if I ever cycle again - looks like I have time.

From the badger's point of view, the thick hedge would have somewhat obscured what sound I was making, and it was rather a lot more than usual - I was playing loud thumpy music through a 3W bluetooth speaker in one of my pannier bags.

My wrist broke and dislocated at the bike handlebar - I was gripping it braking to maintain a slow speed (because the road was downhill) as the bike came to a dead stop, and my arm continued forward, as my wrist stayed on the handlebar, till it didn't. I was carrying 30kg extra weight in a...

The badger jumped out too close and too fast, for ultra-bright lights to make any difference.

The surgeon said it was "Such a bizarre story!", he's a cyclist and very often sees badgers in his local woods. "I've never hit a badger with my bike", he said. I'll show him the video when I see him next.

The badger jumped out too close and too fast, for ultra-bright lights to make any difference. Others may disagree, but this collision was unavoidable without an ultrasonic deterrent. I thought I'd post my experience, to warn about badger collisions. I later found out those partcular woods are...

Wide angle lenses (action cameras) makes the footage look faster. I was travelling downhill with a very heavy rucksack and pannier bags, consciously slowing down for safety - it's a farly narrow road, usually many cars whizz by the other way - keeping to about 12mph. The weight carried caused...

I had no chance, but neither did the badger. I hit that large badger with 30kg in a rucksack, plus another 32kg in bike pannier bags, my electric bike and my bodyweight. It's probably badly injured, I think I hit the badger's ribs or lower third... I heard it scream. I couldn't see it when I...