I converted a hybrid bike to an ebike recently, and I really wanted to try the commute to work yesterday morning, even though it was dark and wet outside. It was a 15-mile ride, and everything was great on the roads through the city. Once I got to the bike trail, it got more difficult. I underestimated how big a difference street lights make, and I forgot that this city used wood bridges on their trails. My front wheel immediately slipped left when I got on the bridge. I had been wearing gloves earlier but was not wearing them then. The only damage was a scrape to my hand, a slightly broken pedal, and a bent chain guard and turn signal light mount. Lesson learned I guess. Wear gloves, go slow on dark trails, watch out for wood bridges. I took a different way home and walked my bike on the boardwalk on that trail.
by Rud1st
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Wet wood bridges are always an oil slick. Hold your breath, no sudden movements! Barely better than ice lol.
Where is your electric drive located? Hubs?
the more you crash, the more you learn.
Hope you heal fast. If it makes you feel better, I crashed my electric bike less than a week after owning it and ripped a lot of skin off my arm. I am all better now and so is the bike. Careful on those wet surfaces.
Glad you are safe
You got knocked down, but you got up again.
They’re never gonna keep you down
No reason a wheel would slip when it met wood. I’m thinking you braked to slow for it. Or, it was smarto of you to brake before slippery wood, but then you powered when on it? I’ve gone over wet ice without falling (hold my breath, hold my line, don’t do anything 🙂