![]() Seeing someone in trouble, your instinct is to spring to their aid, but take it slowly. ‘Using bikes makes it easy to navigate congested urban environments or events where vehicular access is restricted – like races or sportives held on closed roads – meaning, if there is a crash, we’re often the first people on the scene,’ he explains. He seemed the ideal man to come to for expert advice… Based across the country and covering both the Tour of Britain and the Ride London-Surrey 100, one of his teams could be responsible for putting you back together if you take a spill on your bike. As we jumped off our bikes to help him, it occurred to us that we’d all feel a lot better if one of us knew how to properly deal with the situation – as nobody wanted to make it any worse.Īshley Sweetland is the man responsible for St John Ambulance’s team of over 150 cycle responders. Clearing the turn, we found Dave lying in the road looking very sorry for himself. Following him at a distance into a blind bend, we heard the crash before we saw it. ![]() Everyone has an accident-prone friend and ours is called Dave. ![]()
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