Crash Report

Six weeks ago I was travelling home at about 6 o'clock on whitehorse Rd, Balwyn and a car pulled out from a side street and I T-boned is at about 35kph.

I woke up in the back of an ambulance with a boken collarbone & cheekbone, suffering concusion etc. 2 Days in hospital, and an operation to correct my face.

Yesterday I got back on a bike for the first time to start riding to work again!

Thanks to:

Deepdene Surgery

Ambulance Service

Royal Melbourne Hospital

Boroondara Police Station

No thanks to:

RACV (the driver's insurer)

I got 2 quotes from bike shops, as recommended by Bicycle Victoria

They had to pick up my bike to get it 'assessed'

Then they depreciated all my gear, (except the helmet) - with a self-nominated (i.e. random) depreciation. (They didn't want me to benefit from the accident!)

Bike 33% Clothing 10%

But what really upset me, is how they used EBAY to price my Rudy Project glasses at less than 25% of their value from 2 separate quotes.

Only with a generous gift voucher from my colleages at work, I was able to get everything I needed to ride again.

RACV managed to save themselves a few dollars, but negative publicity must be worth something...

But I'm back, and loving it!