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I've just had my first non-pratfall accident (not ever, but in years).
I was coming down a hill at about 51km/hr, towards a roundabout with a nice clear sweep to go straight on. I think I must have misjudged my line, but at any rate once into it I realised I wasn't quite going to make it. I was angled over so far that my knee was almost touching the ground (according to my companion who was following) and I felt I couldn't turn any sharper. So I tried to shed some speed using the brakes, which was probably a bad mistake, as I lost even more of my turn, and it just didn't feel sustainable. The last thing I wanted to do was hit the kerb a glancing blow at that speed with my feet locked in, so I straightened up and went for it. I went flying, almost right over the pavement into the ditch. Fortunately my shoes disengaged quite early on, so I wasn't tangled up with the bike. I have a rather nasty scrape along my elbow from the concrete pavement, and a couple of other small grazes on that side, but nothing really worth writing about other than on Usenet. The bike is almost unscathed, apart from some torn bar tape. I was expecting the front wheel to be bent in half. The actual fall was, in the circumstances, a very neat Aikido-style breakfall, and I am sure it saved me a great deal of injury. I felt quite in control. Three or four car drivers went past before anyone stopped to see if we needed help. Daniele |
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... On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 13:11:58 +0100, (D.M. Procida) wrote: (description of accident not once mentioning PPE) Did your helmet save your life? Oh, do shut the **** up. The guy's done a good job of describing an accident, not once mentioning the H-word, and all you can do is bring helmets into it. Do you enjoy being a complete ****, or is it just an affliction you have to bear? (this level of ranting may be prompted by your propensity to x-post to rbt) clive |
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, D.M. Procida ') wrote: I've just had my first non-pratfall accident (not ever, but in years). I was coming down a hill at about 51km/hr, towards a roundabout with a nice clear sweep to go straight on. I think I must have misjudged my line, but at any rate once into it I realised I wasn't quite going to make it. I was angled over so far that my knee was almost touching the ground (according to my companion who was following) and I felt I couldn't turn any sharper. Much sympathy. Sounds very much like my crash last year. Thing is, when you overcook a bend, there really isn't anything else to blame. Hope you feel better soon! -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; Semper in faecibus sumus, sole profundum variat. |
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Simon Brooke wrote:
I was coming down a hill at about 51km/hr, towards a roundabout with a nice clear sweep to go straight on. I think I must have misjudged my line, but at any rate once into it I realised I wasn't quite going to make it. I was angled over so far that my knee was almost touching the ground (according to my companion who was following) and I felt I couldn't turn any sharper. Much sympathy. Sounds very much like my crash last year. Thing is, when you overcook a bend, there really isn't anything else to blame. Hope you feel better soon! Better? I felt *fantastic*! As soon as I got back on I cycled up a hill (admittedly not a terribly steep one) at the same speed I came down the other side. I could win races like that. My companion was rhapsodising about the crash; he said it was the best he'd ever seen. Daniele |
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wrote: I was coming down a hill at about 51km/hr, towards a roundabout ... I don't understand: "51km/hr" doesn't seem to be a nice round speed in imperial units. What sort of "about" was that, or do you have your speedo calibrated in foreign and were you watching that when you should have been not misjudging the line? I glanced at it while descending the hill a moment or two before the roundabout. It said 51km/h. I continued descending. Therefore I inferred (from the available evidence, certain assumptions about the equipment, and some basic principles of physics) that I was doing about 51km/h. Daniele |
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Geraint Jones wrote:
I've stopped carrying a speedo since I realised it was making me come down Cumnor Hill more slowly than I could. Perhaps I should carry it, but tape over the display. Don't look at it on the way down. When you get to the bottom, take a look at your max speed. -- Danny Colyer URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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Geraint Jones wrote:
I've stopped carrying a speedo since I realised it was making me come down Cumnor Hill more slowly than I could. Perhaps I should carry it, but tape over the display. When I'm roaring down a hill (particularly on narrow lanes or in urban areas) I don't look at the speedo, because there's just too much else to concentrate on. When I've slowed down in the following valley, I have a look and see if I hit a new vMax but staying on the bike is always the first priority! -- Stevie D \\\\\ ///// Bringing dating agencies to the \\\\\\\__X__/////// common hedgehog since 2001 - "HedgeHugs" ___\\\\\\\'/ \'///////_____________________________________________ |
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Danny Colyer wrote:
Don't look at it on the way down. When you get to the bottom, take a look at your max speed. Sound advice - unless you've been down a better hill earlier in the ride... -- Stevie D \\\\\ ///// Bringing dating agencies to the \\\\\\\__X__/////// common hedgehog since 2001 - "HedgeHugs" ___\\\\\\\'/ \'///////_____________________________________________ |
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"Stevie D" wrote in message
... Danny Colyer wrote: Don't look at it on the way down. When you get to the bottom, take a look at your max speed. Sound advice - unless you've been down a better hill earlier in the ride... It's why I want a speedo with a resettable max. Unfortunately nobody seems have thought that this might be a good thing. cheers, clive |
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