Cement Mixer Crash

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Tarmac

oh right, can't think of any jokes at the moment and going home

 

[ricbake]

 

[el-ahrairah]

I guess I can look forward to traffic chaos on my commute home tonight.

Not if you had a bike you wouldn't

 

[ajdown]

I live at the top of Brixton Hill. I know my limits, and I know there's no way I could cycle up that hill.

Besides, the cement mixer probably crashed by swerving to avoid a cyclist that had jumped a red light.

 

[Orang Utan]

that's an easy hill. if you can't get up it, you need to get fit enough to get up it if that makes sense.

 

[ajdown]

It's not that easy for a variety of reasons, but that's not a discussion for this thread.

 

[ovaltina]

Walk it for a month and then try cycling - you'll surprise yourself!

 

[ajdown]

I had to walk down the hill once when the road was shut ... that was bad enough. I don't think it's any coincidence that about half way up is the Doctor's Surgery.

Plus, looking at the Brixton Cycles website, I can't justify the expense of a bike - unless they do really cheap second hand ones that aren't listed on the website.

 

[Orang Utan]

you don't make life easy for yourself.

 

[gaijingirl]

Plus, looking at the Brixton Cycles website, I can't justify the expense of a bike - unless they do really cheap second hand ones that aren't listed on the website.

Get one free from Freecycle just to try it out. Everytime we get a new lodger, we get them a bike (if they wish) from Freecycle. Had some pretty decent bikes too. Otherwise there are plenty of places to get cheap 2nd hand bikes.

I think you'd be surprised at how easy it actually is to cycle up Brixton Hill - it's really not bad at all.

I bet if you gave it a go you'd enjoy it! (despite your very vocal anti-bike statements).

 

[Nanker Phelge]

good job it didn't crash with a serco truck on its way to brixton jail

the police would have been on the look out for escaped hardened criminals

I hope you're sending a royalty cheque to Ronnie Barker's family?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I had to walk down the hill once when the road was shut ... that was bad enough. I don't think it's any coincidence that about half way up is the Doctor's Surgery.

Plus, looking at the Brixton Cycles website, I can't justify the expense of a bike - unless they do really cheap second hand ones that aren't listed on the website.

How unfit are you? Brixton Hill is a stroll up, not a slog.

 

[Orang Utan]

i'd like to give ajdown the benefit of the doubt. it's possible he's disabled.

 

[netbob]

Besides, the cement mixer probably crashed by swerving to avoid a cyclist that had jumped a red light.

Maybe, but I recon they would have had to be doing a tad over the speed limit already to roll a mixer.

 

[snowy_again]

He was speeding down Stockwell Park Walk apparently. You can see the marks his tyres left as it swung to the right through the lights.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

He was speeding down Stockwell Park Walk apparently. You can see the marks his tyres left as it swung to the right through the lights.

Maybe he was worried it was fast-drying cement

Can you imagine if that truck had landed on someone

 

[snowy_again]

I wonder whether there was anyone sat at that bus stop, idly waiting for a No. 3 to trundle along...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I wonder whether there was anyone sat at that bus stop, idly waiting for a No. 3 to trundle along...

or 59, 133, 159 etc.

 

[snowy_again]

These numbers mean nothing to me.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

These numbers mean nothing to me.

They all go along Brixton Road