Hello All,
Thinking about the recent mono riser failure crash video thread http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ost=6420622#p6420622
In the video it looked like the rider https://www.facebook.com/...eos/857944257714303/ did an nice job body surfing the pavement.
As noted ……. gloves would probably have helped although the road looked a bit wet and smooth.
There is some advice out there on best way to crash …. but it seems to me that some crashes occur so quickly and so awkwardly that it is difficult to ‘do it right’.
Another rider hit my bike while passing me and down I went ….. it was raining off and on …… the road was wet.
I have only crashed a few times and it seems that each time ….. I had time to do nothing “right or wrong’ …… and thinking back …… the crash was so quick …. I was aware that I was going down ….. next thing I know I was sitting by my bent bike bars taking inventory of what happened. I sat up … took my bike out of the road and sat down for a couple of minutes.
The race helicopter came by (I was surprised it was so quick) asked if I was OK …. I gave them a thumbs up.
I had a big divot in my helmet (thanks helmet) and from the chip seal road ….. lots of road rash …. no broken bones.
I was trying to steer to keep my bike upright until close to the ground and I did not have time to put my arm out to break my fall and landed on my shoulder …. may have saved my collar bone.
I was still in race mode and got my bars sort of straight (aluminum bars) and with the front wheel cocked a bit to one side got back in the race and finished. In my case having gloves and a helmet really helped. I retired the helmet …. my bib shorts and jersey …. to the garbage can ….. the gloves survived with a couple of small rips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsYxOTmIU_4
Wet roads are a menace …….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uNFhh22IiU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gVKtlv5wGw
So …… what helped you in a crash? ….. what are your thoughts on best practices for crashes?
Cheers, Neal
+1 mph Faster
Thinking about the recent mono riser failure crash video thread http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ost=6420622#p6420622
In the video it looked like the rider https://www.facebook.com/...eos/857944257714303/ did an nice job body surfing the pavement.
As noted ……. gloves would probably have helped although the road looked a bit wet and smooth.
There is some advice out there on best way to crash …. but it seems to me that some crashes occur so quickly and so awkwardly that it is difficult to ‘do it right’.
Another rider hit my bike while passing me and down I went ….. it was raining off and on …… the road was wet.
I have only crashed a few times and it seems that each time ….. I had time to do nothing “right or wrong’ …… and thinking back …… the crash was so quick …. I was aware that I was going down ….. next thing I know I was sitting by my bent bike bars taking inventory of what happened. I sat up … took my bike out of the road and sat down for a couple of minutes.
The race helicopter came by (I was surprised it was so quick) asked if I was OK …. I gave them a thumbs up.
I had a big divot in my helmet (thanks helmet) and from the chip seal road ….. lots of road rash …. no broken bones.
I was trying to steer to keep my bike upright until close to the ground and I did not have time to put my arm out to break my fall and landed on my shoulder …. may have saved my collar bone.
I was still in race mode and got my bars sort of straight (aluminum bars) and with the front wheel cocked a bit to one side got back in the race and finished. In my case having gloves and a helmet really helped. I retired the helmet …. my bib shorts and jersey …. to the garbage can ….. the gloves survived with a couple of small rips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsYxOTmIU_4
Wet roads are a menace …….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uNFhh22IiU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gVKtlv5wGw
So …… what helped you in a crash? ….. what are your thoughts on best practices for crashes?
Cheers, Neal
+1 mph Faster