I found out a friend from primary school died
 

Was talking to a class mate on Facebook and she told me that another of our class, who I was mates with for a while, had died! I Google his name and found a Telegraph article about it

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...Slow-sign.html

He was a father too. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/sad1.gif

I only got back in contact with him a few years ago and we met up in town for a coffee and a chat about old times.

whoops.http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/unsure1.gif

looks like he was going to fast down the hill,lost control,then Ironically hit a "slow down sign".

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/images/b...map_030310.jpg

its a pretty damn dodgy hill that...so its Kinda a bit of a darwin award.. Kinda like if I was to ride my bike down death hill (brands hatch) I would too end up dead.

I do a bit of mountain biking myself. Sometimes locally, but I don't think I've even done any in that particular area. I'm a bit of a wimp though: I don't go too fast, and if it gets too step or rough I get off and walk!

RIP.

You need good brakes on hills like that. I have to ride down the side of an old quarry on my way to work (unless I want a 2 mile extra ride) and my shimano hydraulics with resin pads are excellent, they keep the speed controlled with plenty in reserve but damn the discs are hot at the bottom. Completely untouchable and I think if it was a much longer hill I'd be in danger of boiling the brake fluid (it's mineral oil so quite a low boiling temp).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c95zo_63wAY - luckily my discs don't get that hot!

well its not to far from bluebell hill,another fooken dodgy hill,its all pretty bad round that way,caus its all one massive valley (the m20 snakes through it)

that hill by brands hatch (m20) is so steep and goes on for so long that when I go down it in my car I actually turn my engine off,and it still maintains the speed of 70 mph for the full duration of the hill [rofl]

in fact it picks up speed, dodgy I know,but I only do it to save fuel and when theres no others around.

Yeah, you've got the North Downs all along there which are steep on their south side. I've been down them there, just not in that particular section.

That's still a VERY stupid thing to do, you lose your power steering and would rapidly loose your brake vacuum and if you needed either you wouldn't have time to start the engine. Plus, if it's an automatic, you're looking at damaging that unless it's also got a rear pump, which is unusual.

Sorry to hear about your friend, Bungle, was he on a bike, m/bike or a car?

Postal worker Mark Titus struck the speed reduction sign after losing control of his mountain bike on a steep hill in Boxley, near Maidstone in Kent.

Ive only done it twice,and the vac pump on mine is electric,seeing as diesels are not capable producing their own vacuum like petrol's

mostly I knock it out of gear and coast for the duration,then blip the throttle then whack it back into gear.

all wrong and frowned apon, but I only do it on a clear stretch with no cars in my lane and I stick to the Lh lane

If that's your worst driving crime then you're doing pretty well.

Personally, I tend to have a rather elasticated interpretation of what the highway code means.