Kiwi Ironman Legend Run Over - Report

rochie · *by **rochie** on Fri 29/Aug/08 2:32pm*

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4673665a1823.html wrote:...Kiwi ironman legend run over - report
The Press | Friday, 29 August 2008 1:38pm

Hurt: Coast to Coast legend Steve Gurney is recovering after being hit while out cycling, according to a media report.

Coast to Coast legend Steve Gurney has been injured after being hit by a car while cycling in Christchurch, according to a media report.

The nine-times endurance winner was out biking in the city Wednesday at 5.30pm when the accident happened, Newstalk ZB reported today.

Gurney was sent head-first through the vehicle's window in the collision with the vehicle outside a Woolworths supermarket on Ferry Rd...."

Coast to Coast organiser Robin Judkins has confirmed Gurney was admitted to hospital on Wednesday night, but was later discharged.

Hope Steve's OK. Did he grab a windscreen wiper as a souvenir?

tricks121 · *by **tricks121** on Fri 29/Aug/08 2:33pm*

yeah I just read this too ...

link on stuff ..

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4673665a1823.html

Scary

neels · *by **neels** on Fri 29/Aug/08 2:50pm*

Another one :crazy:

I think I'll stay away from Ferry Rd on the bike.

Tony_Cleall · *by **Tony_Cleall** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:08pm*

5:30pm is a scary time for any cyclist. To many muppets out there thinking about what's for dinner than worrying about saftey.

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:12pm*

My pick is that Steve Gurney is fine, and that the driver of the car came away from the accident far worse off. Cos Steve Gurney is fully tough as.

swtchbckr · *by **swtchbckr** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:14pm*

saw the ambulance from my mo'n'law's. on the hill. wondered if it were a cyclista.

Ahad · *by **Ahad** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:31pm*

Glad he's OK
Bet the moron felt bad cleaning out a NZ icon on the bonnet of their car!

Fergie · *by **Fergie** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:36pm*

Wiper, i'd reach in and take the prick's heart.

Too much of this s**t happening in Christchurch.

Cycle lanes improving the lot of Canterbury Cyclist's: Yeah right!

slidecontrol · *by **slidecontrol** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:43pm*

Fergie wrote: Wiper, i'd reach in and take the prick's heart.

Too much of this s**t happening everywhere .

Cycle lanes improving the lot of Cyclist's: Yeah right!

fixxored

Clarky · *by **Clarky** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:47pm*

Got him.

businesstime · *by **businesstime** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:51pm*

neels wrote: Another one

I think I'll stay away from Ferry Rd on the bike.

Ill second that. I reckon the entire length of Ferry road is a major hazard for bike riders. Your better off cutting through Bridal Path-Port Hills - Centaurus road to avoid att the carnage that Ferry Road brings.

Sometimes you just cant beat cycling out in the back blocks like North Canty and Lincoln/Greenpark. No glass and fewer idiiots.

Trail · *by **Trail** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:54pm*

Whats the bet there was a line of traffic going home to sumner and gurney was biking in the cycle lane inside the line of traffic. Someone will have left a gap for a car coming the other way to turn into the supermarket and they will have turned right across him...

If this is the situation, then it really is not his fault, but I could see how it could happen.

I agree. Ferry Road is a scary place on a bike.

danose · *by **danose** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:54pm*

businesstime wrote:
Ill second that. I reckon the entire length of Ferry road is a major hazard for bike riders. Your better off cutting through Bridal Path-Port Hills - Centaurus road to avoid att the carnage that Ferry Road brings.

true - I never go down ferry rd, it's a killing zone

however have you noticed the 'inspired' cycle management they're trying to bring in where port hills rd passes under the motorway - they now expect all cyclists to go up onto the footpath etc.....presumably to stop issues with how narrow those lanes
are.

I'll just be carrying on taking the whole lane and making traffic wait I think

Clarky · *by **Clarky** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:56pm*

businesstime wrote:Sometimes you just cant beat cycling out in the back blocks like North Canty and Lincoln/Greenpark. No glass and fewer idiiots.

Except the idiots you do see are doing 120kph in Hilux's and see how close they can get just for sport.... :eh:

businesstime · *by **businesstime** on Fri 29/Aug/08 3:57pm*

danose wrote:
businesstime wrote:
Ill second that. I reckon the entire length of Ferry road is a major hazard for bike riders. Your better off cutting through Bridal Path-Port Hills - Centaurus road to avoid att the carnage that Ferry Road brings.

true - I never go down ferry rd, it's a killing zone

however have you noticed the 'inspired' cycle management they're trying to bring in where port hills rd passes under the motorway - they now expect all cyclists to go up onto the footpath etc.....presumably to stop issues with how narrow those lanes
are.

I'll just be carrying on taking the whole lane and making traffic wait I think

Yeah i did notice that. What a shambles. A cyclist clearly did not come up with that design. Pisses me off actually....