The large information within the biking world is in fact that movie star 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:
To this point I’ve not seen any particulars concerning the crash itself, so it’s unattainable to say whether or not there are another elements that will have contributed to it whatever the model of hat he might or might not have been carrying on the time. Was there a automobile concerned? Did he try and experience on an unpaved floor with out utilizing a correct gravel bike? Was he distracted by his cellphone, or by persistent nipple irritation as a result of his obvious lack of a base layer?
We might by no means know. Nonetheless, the presence of gravel within the photograph 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:
Despite the fact that the crash was brought on by his undiagnosed lack of thumb mastery:
Photographic proof does recommend he has identified the right way to grasp sporting gear since not less than 2005:
Although apparently he by no means realized to use the method to the bicycle.
By the way in which, in addition to the physique armor incident earlier this yr, and the 2016 incident that compelled him to name for face masks:
Branson was the sufferer of yet one more “collosal” crash in 2021:
This one as a result of an obvious brake failure:
Say the road, Sir Dick:
It’s unclear what sort 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 an alternative telling folks to RTFM:
Two years later he crashed once more:
And eventually acquired with this system:
To not sound like a conspiracy theorist, however that second crash has Huge Helmet throughout it.
So let’s evaluation:
- 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 contemplate extra age- and lifestyle-appropriate bicycles. For instance, they could contemplate 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 any individual who sells a motorbike like that, proper?
In the event you can consider anyone let me know and I’ll cross it alongside.
