Please don't butcher me on this, but at that moment I thought it's just long straight trail that I could just enjoy and full send it, turns out it's not.
by coocoochimps
Please don't butcher me on this, but at that moment I thought it's just long straight trail that I could just enjoy and full send it, turns out it's not.
by coocoochimps
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Hands vote breaks
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Nothing like a good front wheel washout.
It happens. I had my first wipe out a couple weeks ago. Found a patch of black ice and boom, down I went. Probably 4mph going up a small incline that has a turn. I’m lucky I didn’t break my shoulder.
pick up some gloves!
It’s a good thing it was so steep!
I’m sitting here with 10 stitches between my right forearm and right knee from being violently slammed to the gravel last Saturday from an obscured exposed rock. It will bite, and hard if you’re not vigilant.
To quote my husband, who knows he married a klutz: “Everyone wipes out eventually. You’ll probably wipe out sooner than most.”
Hope you are ok
Ride long enough, and this will happen.
At 14s everything is great, then still at 14s the bike is headed to the outside of the turn off the road and it’s too late. What happened there?
For future reference, a slide of the rear tire, on your own terms, is preferred to a slide of the front tire, not on your own terms.
When you’ve overcooked it into a corner, slam that rear brake.
A friend of mine says there are two types of cyclists, those that wear gloves and those who haven’t wrecked yet.
Oh I know this descent, down on the Maribyrnong! Fun section but there are some really soft sandy pockets in the corners and have almost done the same myself when you just shift from the grippy sections into a sand puddle and lose all grip.
Looks like Australia
Most of us have been there, it’s alright mate. I underbike a lot of my gravel rides (not by choice, I only have a road bike that fits 38mm) so first time through an area I always keep my maps open. I don’t feel the need to be zipping through and catching a root or sandy patch but still shit do be happening.
Yup, happens to all of us, done the exact same thing more than once… Learned my lesson and if you can’t see the path more than like 50ft in front of you (depending on speed, leave less or extra distance), best to slow down a bit. The vegetation and tree cover around the area was also a good clue that it wasn’t a straight path. A cycling computer would’ve helped a ton too, especially when riding on an unfamiliar trail like this; it’s definitely saved me tons of times seeing where turns are.
Why do many people ride without gloves? I just never would for this reason.