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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/shaunthesquirrel on 2025-06-25 19:22:43+00:00.

On holiday in Cologne, Germany, went for a run to keep the ol’ cardio going

All going well until I tried to dodge some pedestrians by a blind corner, took a classic “man look”… stepped straight out into the cycle path and BOOM… got absolutely levelled by a girl on a bike.

I’m sprawled out like a sack of spuds, flapping out apologising repeatably like a right muppet, and she just gives me that look as if to say … “are you actually brain-dead?” , eventually after 10 seconds of processing what happened she said “alles gut” and rode off.

No broken bones, just a bruised ego and a strong dose of British shame. Honestly, feel like the world’s biggest pillock.

TL;DR: Went for a run in Cologne, blindly stepped into a cycle lane to dodge some pedestrians, got absolutely clattered by a cyclist. Apologised like mad, looked like a total prat.