Hello Peterpan1!
Just read your thread about the fella on the Cycling Plus forum who crashed with his BOB. Well, unless there's another poor fool out there, I think you're referring to ME!
I've just become a new memeber to this forum and as ever I'm looking for hints, advice, tips, good stories, etc. and came across this thread.
Yep, I fell in the Nordkap tunnel on day one of a three-month trip to Gibraltar. Spent two nights in hospital in northernmost Norway with a broken collarbone and a VERY bruised left-side of the body.
That was nearly four weeks ago. Tomorrow I pick up my new bike WITH panniers. The BOB is staying at home. One wobble was enough; I wasn't over the weight limit, nor was I going particularly fast but after only fifty km (out of a possible 7,000) I rated my chances of another spill as pretty high.
I have DRASTICALLY cut back on the stuff I was originally taking (dirty, smelly clothes is no big deal).
After an X-ray tomorrow and (hopefully) the all clear, it's back in the saddle.
I'm sure a lot of riders are more than happy with their trailers, but when I return there'll be an ad going out for a 'slightly second-hand' trailer.
Hopefully I'll get to the rock without much further ado, but it's all an adventure all the same.
More later, maybe!
Ride well,
Dayvo
Don't stop 'til you've had enough