on the busiest intersection in vancouver, washington at 9:30 pm or something.
he didn't have his signal on and he turned left and i was going straight.
He hit me on the side. i hit the top of his car. and i got back on my feet.
i was so freaked out. i started banging on his car and yelling at him.
he was freaked out too and was like "do you want me to back up into the lot"
"YEAH WHAT DO YOU THINK"
i picked up my bike and walked into the lot
too much adrenaline in me.
he was about to cry. he seemed about 28 years old. i made him call the police and everything.
we got all the information. he's goign to pay for the damage.
my legs hurt in the shin area.

it's a pake frame.
the fork is bent. the grip tape is screwed up.
the front wheel is bent. front brake screwed up.
we're goign to the bike shop tomorrow.

ughhh what do i doooooooooooo
did i do it right?

Get the insurance money! Same exact thing happened to my friend that rides a motobecane jury and he gave the guys insurane company the reciept for his brothers TK3 and cashed in $1150, whle only putting $100 into fixing his bike. Hopefully you're okay though. Good luck!

Edit: btw NEVER think you have a driver figured out; always be on the defense

i'm okay but i was just scared.
i was more freaked out about my bike than myself.
i dont even know how i picked up my bike and started carrying it on my shoulder
people were even yelling 'how are you doing that? you just got hit by a car'
and i was scared my dad is goign to kill me

Do/Did you have a light on your bike?

Damn man, I got hit by a car today too. :< I was on the sidewalk carrying a 20lb bag of rice in one hand and looked back to go on the road and the next thing I knew i was bailing over a car. Guy popped out of an alley. Luckily my bike is fine minus a bent clip and the bag of rice didn't break.. my shin isn't diggin the situation though.

Sounds like you handled it ok except maybe flipping on him but I can see how you could be freaked out. Enjoy your new bike and at least your not dead or broken.

Yes, i had a light. i even lost my back light :[ it came off. damn


i kinda feel like crying right now. uhhh

its all good dude. get the money you can and be glad you lived to ride another day. good luck.

i really hope your ok, and hope you get the money for a new bike or whatever you spend it on. That sucks so bad!

Oh like, totally bro. You never know when somebody's going to, you know, try and rip you off

what?

I think he doesn't like the fact your friend ripped off the dude's insurance company.

Just be HONEST and THOROUGH


Make sure you lose NOTHING from the situation, but don't be spiteful. Remember that this was an accident, and he did the right thing. He could have been a **** off and fled the scene (which has happened to me in a much more severe accident) but he didn't.

yeah be glad this was all that happened. i got doored last year and had the dip**** wanna be thug driver try to pry my bike out of my hands until i "payed for his door". he also said "i should just shoot everyone on a bike that rides by my car". i had to get stuart leon to sue AIG because they were trying to get me to pay $2000 for his piece of **** acura.

Yeah, he was nice enough to stay and try to work things out, I can understand being mad, but accidents happen at least he was able to fess up to it.

Sorry you got hit man.
It seems like you handled things well.
Glad your ok.

Moral of the story, if the cars don't kill you, the dads will.

Don't be skurred to get back on the bike (once you can). I had a tremendous string of bad luck once, got hit 7 times in two years (ah, sweet home Chicago). I was never seriously hurt, but a couple of them really, really shook me up. After that I started riding much more timidly which definitely played part in my later accidents. So learn from this accident, but don't let it make you a worse rider. Just remember to think that you are invisible out there, because you basically are.

Yeah...a few months ago I was clipped from behind hard enough to topple me over my bars and straight into the ground before I could even take my hands off the bars


I lost 3 days of memory and I have nerve damage in my left brow (may or may not come back eventually) as well as some sweet scarring from the stitches.

The guy took off and was not found.

Welcome to the club.
Sucks big time dude. I hope you're ok. Definitely go through insurance and see a doctor. I hope you were wearing a helmet.

I'll show you the secret handshake later

this is why you DO NOT RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK.

Yep for real. That's messed up, not being straight up honest. Goes around, comes around.

does everyone think i'm a guy on this forum? haha.

well, i'm not afraid to get back on the bike once things are fixed.
was my light not bright enough? it probably wasn't. i should invest in a new one or something.
riding in vancouver is pretty scary, even though it's right across from portland. it's a whole other world.
my legs are bruising right now, my lower back is hurting, my legs were tingling a little bit last night, i have a headache and my neck hurts a little bit. blah blah. complaining.
would it be worthless to take pictures of me and my bike. the damage of the bike probably wont show in pictures.
yeah, i'm glad the guy stopped and drove me home other wise i wouldn't have known what to do. i think if it was on a smaller street he probably wouldn't have stopped.
what is the secret handshake, TheDL?

its the internet. everyone is assumed male unless you make it obvious, and even then, we are suspicious.

Ya it was my fault but if I had rode on the road I would be swimming upstream so to speak.

Dude, John, I wish I'd been there.

Take pictures of everything. Write down everything you remember. Get a copy of the police report. You can use it all when you make your demand to the insurance company.