2 crashes now in as many rides.
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2 years of trouble free riding, absolutely no problems at all in winter or summer (not even the dreaded P word) and in 2 rides ive crashed twice, once on a left hand bend and once on a right hand bend. Its cost me over £300 in clothing and a load of grazes both sides to my body.
Ive had my winter bike since Jan, and ran Gatorskins on it. About 80 psi pressure and been fine for over 200 miles on them. Ive taken a week off the bike after the last accident and less than a mile into the first ride back ive binned it again. Apart from the levers looking prettty second hand the bike is fine but ive shredded 2 pairs of shorts 1 pair of tights, jersey, 2 pairs of overshoes and damaged the clips on my shoes. Getting fed up now and I think this one will knock my confidence in cornering. Im not happy with the way in which these Gatorskins seem to have just lost all front end grip on both accidents.
Ended up with worse grazes with this one too.
Ive had my winter bike since Jan, and ran Gatorskins on it. About 80 psi pressure and been fine for over 200 miles on them. Ive taken a week off the bike after the last accident and less than a mile into the first ride back ive binned it again. Apart from the levers looking prettty second hand the bike is fine but ive shredded 2 pairs of shorts 1 pair of tights, jersey, 2 pairs of overshoes and damaged the clips on my shoes. Getting fed up now and I think this one will knock my confidence in cornering. Im not happy with the way in which these Gatorskins seem to have just lost all front end grip on both accidents.
Ended up with worse grazes with this one too.
First off - at least you're ok - kit/bike is expensive, but replaceable.
I found the roads very slippy this morning - and that's on a MTB (with slick 1.7" tyres on). Bit slidy at the back end a few times.
Confidence-wise, it happens to us all, get back on, begin with slow upright cornering, and work up from there. I'm very careful in the bends on my road bike.
I found the roads very slippy this morning - and that's on a MTB (with slick 1.7" tyres on). Bit slidy at the back end a few times.
Confidence-wise, it happens to us all, get back on, begin with slow upright cornering, and work up from there. I'm very careful in the bends on my road bike.
First off, good to hear that you are OK, and now have a good excuse to buy more kit!
The slight rise in temperature coupled with the damp air has made the roads slippery as hell over the past few days, I have had a couple of 'whoops apocalypse' moments but thankfully kept upright, but I have tempered my cornering accordingly.
Roll on the summer.
The slight rise in temperature coupled with the damp air has made the roads slippery as hell over the past few days, I have had a couple of 'whoops apocalypse' moments but thankfully kept upright, but I have tempered my cornering accordingly.
Roll on the summer.
First accident - 18mph, this one 20mph. Both occasions front end just washed out on me. Slower speed may help but i'm training. I think i'll get rid of the Gatorskin on the front and look for something else. The back is fine, I can handle the rear breaking free (it never has) but I dont like the way in which the front end just disappears beneath me.
On the bright side, both times could have been a collarbone so to come away with a bloodied elbow and a couple of grazed and bruised hips I've done ok. Still gutted that its costing me a fortune to replace stuff which was just training kit.
On the bright side, both times could have been a collarbone so to come away with a bloodied elbow and a couple of grazed and bruised hips I've done ok. Still gutted that its costing me a fortune to replace stuff which was just training kit.
Edited by Chicken Chaser on Wednesday 27th February 11:18
I've been riding motorbikes last 10 years, have ridden road bikes last 2 and done a few thousand miles of pretty damp/wet stuff during that time. Generally try to be 50/50 when it comes to cornering, foot weighting the outside pedal and ensuring no braking going on whilst in the corner. I'm not sure whats happened but i'll be pressing the reset button next time i'm out and taking it easy. The one last week I could say was because I was going too quick and it was wet, but this week it was damp and it was a wider radius turn with a positive camber. Its right near my house so i've done it hundreds of times without incident. Totally bizarre.
AyBee said:
Is your technique decent (no idea how long you've been riding) and what condition were the roads in? You need to put weight over the front wheel if you're cornering quickly to put weight into the tyre, if you're too far back, it won't grip.
I think this is a fair question. I have only once lost the front end on a road bike and that was a bit of black ice - ironically as I turned into my street! The back end by contrast is often sliding around the place, but mostly they are savable. Once the front goes it's normally game over on a road bike. ewenm said:
My two crashes were due to front wheel washout in icy conditions. Both times I was down before I could react with feet or hands so elbow and hip took the impact (once each side, matching injuries 
).Mr E said:
This is my usual off on the road in the winter. No time to even think about trying to save it, just on the deck instantly.
Yup thats exactly what happened. No time to react although I did come out of the pedals. Id only healed from last weeks scrapes but now im even worse this week!Fluffsri said:
Max_Torque said:
This is why i ride an MTB, as i pretty much crash 2 or 3 times every time i ride the bike.......... ;-)
Yep, if your not crashing , you aint trying lolYet to crash my road bike (got very close in a tri though) but had some big MTB splats. One smashed my lid to bits and left s teaspoon sized gouge in my right knee. Been rather cautious ever since. Not much fear on trail centre stuff but careful in the wilds. Much better when climbing.
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