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I had kind of a near death experience yesterday.
On my townbike, going for a lunch break from work, I was hit by a van yesterday, he came from the flank, I thought as he was approaching that he must have seen me, but then too late I realised he hadnt. I managed to sprint almost in front of him but he smacked into my rear wheel at high speed, and magically I somehow managed to stay up right, I still cant recollect how I recovered that knock. Of course the cunt drove off.
My rear wheel was totally fucked, half of the spokes were broken and the rim itself was torn, and the wheel was barely a wheel, so I took it to the local bike shop to see what they could do with it. Because I had an expensive gear hub, the only option was to replace the rim. They made a glorious steel rim with shiny spokes too. The rim (with the gearhub and rollerbrake), without the tyre it weighed 8(!!) kilograms, which is more than my racing bikes weigh.
I love my townbike, its such a fucking tank. If I got hit like that on my roadbike I would have flown straight off the bike and hurt myself badly.
