On Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:14 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote:
Ian Smith wrote:
On Sun, 19 May 2013 02:12:55 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote:

But if the bike had run into the back of a suddenly stopping car
(like they do),

Do they? I don't think I've ever seen or experienced a bike
running into the back of a car. Cars seems to run into the back
of cars quite regularly (I'm frequently hearing of multiple
pile-ups, and indeed have been in the middle of one myself), but
it's not a crash scenario that bicycles seem prone to.

plenty on you tube, even Cavendish ran into the back of one:
http://news.sky.com/story/1013512/ma...ar-in-training

Do you think it likely that a person with a child on a seat on the
front of their bike will ride like a professional racer on a training
ride?

Since I was not present on Cavendish's training ride, my statement
above remains absolutely true, however, I can amend my statement if you
like:

Do they? I don't think I've ever seen, experienced or even heard of a
bike being used as A to B transport running into the back of a car.
Cars seems to run into the back of cars quite regularly (I'm
frequently hearing of multiple pile-ups, and indeed have been in the
middle of one myself), but it's not a crash scenario that bicycles
seem prone to.

regards, Ian SMith
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