Look at this. A painful site in more ways than one. All that (insurance) money spent so lovingly building up one of the flashiest machines seen on the roads of Cricklewood only to tank it within weeks. Nothing, not Super Record, not Assault wheels, not all the white carbon fibre in the world and obviously not even (yellow!?) SwissStop brake pads can help you when a car decides to cut across you whilst in full flight. So it is with much sadness that we consign The Correspondents bike to the annals of cycling history. Happily our hero has escaped remarkably unscathed from this encounter despite, according to one eye witness, 'being thrown like rag doll down the road'. Not a single bone broken, the doctors simply couldn't believe it 'the man's a miracle' they cried throughout the hospital and no doubt his unbreakable bone structure will be used for medical research when he does eventually depart for the big velodrome in the sky. In the meantime it's most likely a bit of feeling sorry for himself whilst busily filling out claim forms and making mental shopping lists for the next two-wheeled pimp mobile. Oh how I can't wait for the text and picture messages to start again.
A very crude attempt at building a unicycle worthy of breaking the hour record
He sent this picture to show off his swollen and bruised kidney but I found myself wondering why he shaves his pubic hair into a triangle - very strange.
an article worthy of any obituary column!Chapeau mon ami...your correspondent in serious pain.
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