The massive information within the biking world is after all that celeb food-cooking particular person Gordon Ramsay has been concerned in a biking “accident:”
And has served up the compulsory “my helmet saved my life” assertion:
Seasoned with a touch of father’s day guilt:
Up to now I’ve not seen any particulars concerning the crash itself, so it’s unattainable to say whether or not there are every other elements which will have contributed to it whatever the type of hat he could or could not have been sporting on the time. Was there a automotive concerned? Did he try to journey on an unpaved floor with out utilizing a correct gravel bike? Was he distracted by his cellphone, or by persistent nipple irritation on account of his obvious lack of a base layer?
We could by no means know. Nevertheless, the presence of gravel within the picture does elevate some suspicion:
Regardless, that is essentially the most intense British cycling-themed guilt journey to which we’ve been subjected since Richard Branson admonished us all to put on physique armor:
Though the crash was attributable to his undiagnosed lack of thumb mastery:
Photographic proof does counsel he has recognized easy methods to grasp sporting tools since at the least 2005:
Although apparently he by no means realized to use the approach to the bicycle.
By the way in which, apart from the physique armor incident earlier this yr, and the 2016 incident that compelled him to name for face masks:
Branson was the sufferer of one more “collosal” crash in 2021:
This one on account of an obvious brake failure:
Say the road, Sir Dick:
It’s unclear what kind of braking system Branson was utilizing on the time, although a photograph accompanying the announcement for this yr’s occasion depicts him on a disc brake-equipped street bike and driving with out physique armor or facial safety:
As for different judgmental British folks, after breaking his again on an e-bike, Simon Cowell broke with custom and forewent the helmet scolding, as a substitute telling folks to RTFM:
Two years later he crashed once more:
And eventually bought with this system:
To not sound like a conspiracy theorist, however that second crash has Huge Helmet throughout it.
So let’s overview:
- Gordon Ramsay: Plastic racing bike, crash
- Richard Branson: Plastic racing bike, crash
- Simon Cowell: Overpowered motorized bike, crash
Helmets caveats not withstanding, maybe all of those gents ought to think about extra age- and lifestyle-appropriate bicycles. For instance, they could think about switching to bikes with…oh, I dunno, tall quill stems to get the handlebars up a bit and actually lengthy wheelbases for enhanced stability? There gotta be anyone who sells a motorcycle like that, proper?
When you can consider anyone let me know and I’ll move it alongside.
