sorry, this one also slipped through the email cracks as it has been a rather busy week.  peter.

“Ride Report by Jorgy (one of the newest members of the club)

Well it has been a week of accidents this week .  (Hope you get better soon Nicole).  We all started out after the fast group at a reasonable pace and we managed to pick up Jen who was dropped off the back of the fast group. We sauntered through the back streets until we reached Stirling Highway where we crossed over for the ride down the coast road.

At this stage Rob and I were on the back of the group after taking the lead from the start and Rob was telling me about the accident on Monday. (he was right behind the action).

We made it around and across the river with little incident. As we rounded the Point Walter roundabout, I moved to the front with Rob for the downhill section leading to the foreshore.  As we rounded the sharp right hand corner going down the hill, I heard the scrapping of metal against concrete and looked back to see Rob on the side of the road. He had looked behind him and slightly veered off course, putting his wheel onto the gutter and couldn’t recover.

We all stopped, quite concerned with what had happened and wanting to make sure that Rob was OK.  By the time I got back, it looked like Rob was about to roll off the side of the hill in pain.  He had skinned his knee and had come down pretty hard.  After ensuring that there wasn’t any major damage, (I think that Rob will be nursing a very bruised ego for a few weeks) and after bit of a rest, I threw the comment at him that “Bones heal and chicks dig scars”.  Well at least that brought the desired laugh from Rob and a few others. One of the girls even asked if he was single! Not that she was trying to pick him up. I think it is working already Rob! 

I must say that Rob was very considerate and looked behind him, before veering into the gutter, to check that no one else would crash into him. He also managed to make sure he took his bike off the road while falling off.  Very considerate Rob.

We took a steady pace back to Raffles for the regroup, and let Rob work out any pain in his knee on the way. After the regroup, a few of us headed up the Freeway and Rob managed to hang on the back at about 37km/h so I don’t think he is too bad.”

Regards

Jorgy.