Anything that I could have done differently?

[Solocle]

As the title says. I was very nearly involved in an RTC while cycling.

Now, I'm pretty happy with the fact that I wasn't involved, but my first thoughts were that this was one of those potentially unavoidable ones. Which I don't like, so I'd like some other opinions!

[Trif]

I'd be very thankful I wasn't a few seconds ahead of where I was! Was the biker OK?

[Volvolover]

Honestly, I don't think there's a fat lot, if anything you can do to mitigate against that kind of thing.

Be interesting to know what caused it, over exuberance, another vehicle, diesel on the road or road layout?

[Solocle]

Trif said:

I'd be very thankful I wasn't a few seconds ahead of where I was! Was the biker OK?

He was in one piece and conscious, I called an ambulance almost immediately, and eventually a nurse passing by helped out.

Volvolover said:

Honestly, I don't think there's a fat lot, if anything you can do to mitigate against that kind of thing.

Be interesting to know what caused it, over exuberance, another vehicle, diesel on the road or road layout?

His buddy seemed to be doing a similar speed, but made it through, on what I'd consider a somewhat overexuberant line. Chap said he'd grabbed the brakes and nothing happened, so maybe he locked up?

[red]

The rider was in the wrong position on the approach to what for him is a left hand bend. He runs wide and tries to sit the bike up and made the mistake of using the back brake which locked up.

[underwhelmist]

red said:

The rider was in the wrong position on the approach to what for him is a left hand bend. He runs wide and tries to sit the bike up and made the mistake of using the back brake which locked up.

Pound to a penny he was paralysed with fear looking at the point in the hedge he crashed into. He should have been looking where he wanted to go. More throttle rather than brake would have helped him get round it too. Both bikes had a terrible line and possibly too fast.

[outnumbered]

Terrible line by the first bike, even worse by the second, probably just going way too fast for his ability. You were lucky not to get collected…

[Cascade360]

Not much you can do. Similar happened to me in a car rather than on a bike. Dread to think what would have happened if i had been twenty feet further down the road, or travelling a bit faster - would have killed the biker through no fault of my own.

[MitchT]

There was absolutely nothing you could have done differently. The biker failed to take the corner, simple as. The only way to guarantee avoiding this kind of thing is to stay at home, which isn't an option if you want to have any kind of life. When I walked the Yorkshire Three Peaks for charity there was a stretch of road we had to walk along during the section between Pen-y-Ghent and Ribblehead. It was terrifying. Motorcyclists were using it like a racetrack and if one of them had come off they'd have wiped us out like a bowling ball taking pins out... but what do you do otherwise, not live your life?