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Embarrassing. Painful. Big audience.
Daily route home. Dark, right hand turn under the railway bridge, usually take this fast and wide (keeping left-ish) there were some cars in conversation mode so kept right-ish. Bang, lots of slidy scrapy ouchy bleedy. Irritating as the nice new lycra top and bottom only arrived yesterday. Now with custom ventilation. Tyres are Schwalbe Jets, until now I thought these were brilliant. Not so sure now. There was no hint of losing traction, just a seemingly instantaneous transfer from slant to horizontal. Should I blame the tyres? This has never happened to me on slower tyres. Second glass of wine now, feeling better but the 100mm of road rash on the right hip is going to be a problem tomorrow. Brian |
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Brian Drury wrote:
Embarrassing. Painful. Big audience. Daily route home. Dark, right hand turn under the railway bridge, usually take this fast and wide (keeping left-ish) there were some cars in conversation mode so kept right-ish. Bang, lots of slidy scrapy ouchy bleedy. Irritating as the nice new lycra top and bottom only arrived yesterday. Now with custom ventilation. Tyres are Schwalbe Jets, until now I thought these were brilliant. Not so sure now. There was no hint of losing traction, just a seemingly instantaneous transfer from slant to horizontal. Should I blame the tyres? This has never happened to me on slower tyres. Second glass of wine now, feeling better but the 100mm of road rash on the right hip is going to be a problem tomorrow. Thankfully the two glasses have had no impact on your ability to describe the incident! ;-) Hope you heal quickly, this seems to be a bad period for accidents although as that's three the rest of us might be safe. WRT tyres, the most confident set of tyres (As in, tyres I had most confidence in) were the Hutchinson Carbon Comp ones that were fitted to the Giant when I bought it. They wear down pretty quickly (And then puncture like hell!), but I never felt them slip at all and I used to take some pretty hairy corners on them. Not so sure about the Conti Grand Prix ones I'm currently using. For some reason (I haven't come off), I don't feel as confident on them. Jon |
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Brian Drury wrote:
............ Tyres are Schwalbe Jets, until now I thought these were brilliant. Not so sure now. There was no hint of losing traction, just a seemingly instantaneous transfer from slant to horizontal. Should I blame the tyres? This has never happened to me on slower tyres. Bad luck, I know exactly what that experience feels like: horrible. An instant slip can happen with any tyres on-road if the surface is slippery enough or you lean far enough. I wonder if the tyres were over-inflated? The pressure stated on the City Jet sidewall is a bit high, I reckon, especially for the front. (Front should be softer than the rear in any case). Otherwise I wouldn't blame the tyres, got to blame yourself or the road--could have been an oil patch, for instance. ~PB |
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Jon Senior jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk typed: Thankfully the two glasses have had no impact on your ability to describe the incident! ;-) Hope you heal quickly, this seems to be a bad period for accidents although as that's three the rest of us might be safe. Hey, I thought you believed in science. I broke my scaphoid 6 weeks ago. Got another 10 days in plaster, and I'm itching to get back on the bike. Came off the Brompton but it's all my own stupid fault. May describe it in the future. A |
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Brian Drury wrote:
Embarrassing. Painful. Big audience. Daily route home. Dark, right hand turn under the railway bridge, usually take this fast and wide (keeping left-ish) there were some cars in conversation mode so kept right-ish. Bang, lots of slidy scrapy ouchy bleedy. Irritating as the nice new lycra top and bottom only arrived yesterday. Now with custom ventilation. Tyres are Schwalbe Jets, until now I thought these were brilliant. Not so sure now. There was no hint of losing traction, just a seemingly instantaneous transfer from slant to horizontal. Should I blame the tyres? This has never happened to me on slower tyres. Second glass of wine now, feeling better but the 100mm of road rash on the right hip is going to be a problem tomorrow. Brian I can't comment on the circumstances, but I hope you're OK. Gashes, rashes hurt, but they heal. Regards Jeff |
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Embarrassing. Painful. Big audience.
Oh dear. At least you are still in the land of the livcing, which is always a plus in the case of a tumble. Get well soon. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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"Brian Drury" briandotdruryatdsldotpipexdotcom wrote in message Tyres are Schwalbe Jets, until now I thought these were brilliant. Not so sure now. There was no hint of losing traction, just a seemingly instantaneous transfer from slant to horizontal. Should I blame the tyres? This has never happened to me on slower tyres. The roads are nearly always damp 24 hours a day at this time of year and when combined with spilt fuel can be like ice. Your tyres were not to blame, no tyre can get a grip on a smooth road that's damp and has diesel on it. Cornering should be done very carefully, I try to keep my bike at 90 degrees to the road at all times and steer carefully around bends. Get well soon. -- Simon M. |
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Ambrose Nankivell wrote:
Hey, I thought you believed in science. I broke my scaphoid 6 weeks ago. Got another 10 days in plaster, and I'm itching to get back on the bike. Came off the Brompton but it's all my own stupid fault. May describe it in the future. You didn't forget to do teh frame hinge up did you? Did that last year and was promptly deposited in an ungainly heap :-( John B |
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Brian Drury wrote:
Embarrassing. Painful. Big audience. Isn't it always the way. Second glass of wine now, feeling better but the 100mm of road rash on the right hip is going to be a problem tomorrow. What tough luck - I hope you enjoyed more than just the two glasses. Good luck with the healing. John B |
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Simon Mason wrote:
Cornering should be done very carefully, I try to keep my bike at 90 degrees to the road at all times and steer carefully around bends. Does this mean that you lean your body into the curve, but try to keep the bike upright? There's an alternative theory of laying the bike over more but keeping your body upright. I think both methods give you only the illusion of greater stability. I try to keep my body in the same plane as the frame at all times when cornering. If the road surface is suspect I simply reduce the lean angle by cornering more slowly. Having said that I did come off last year on sheet ice at not much more than walking pace. The kids had made a slide on the road and it was difficult even to walk on it. When the wheel goes under those conditions there's no recovering it. -- Dave... |
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