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;D Last weekend I had not one, but two HUGE high speed crashes. (Some don't learn)
Crash No 1.
Winding jeep track, long, sweeping hill and lots of jumps. 30kms into our training ride and heading back home to our usual coffee-shop rendevous at +-45km/h. Tight turn to the left and foolishly I cut the corner, right into a hole. BANG!! Bike stops, I don't. Fortunately I managed to do a softish landing (considering the speed). Banged my knee on the handlebars. (No problem, adrenalin is pumping so I don't feel a thing . . . yet)
Back on the bike, my knee starts swelling and getting stiff. mmm, I'm a MTB Stud, I'll ride through it.
Crash No. 2
No further than 5kms later we're faced with some of the best single track in the whole of Johannesburg. About 2 kms of twisty single track all downhill!! ;D
There we go, not having to pedal at all to get up to a healthy speed. (Or in my case, not so healthy) I remembered an article I had read which said to go faster, try and brake less than you fell you have to. So I don't brake (much).
A switch to the left and the front wheel drifts, BANG!!! right into an eroded furrow. Front wheel stops, me and the rest of the bike doesn't. This time it hurt. Landed face first, closely followed by my shoulder, then my swollen knee. But, being a seasoned crash-test dummy, I roll and as I surface BANG, bike lands on my head. Thanks helmet.
Needless to say I was a bit of a girls blouse for the rest of the ride opting to ride the last 5kms on road.
So there's my war story . . .
Tell us about yours :
Crash No 1.
Winding jeep track, long, sweeping hill and lots of jumps. 30kms into our training ride and heading back home to our usual coffee-shop rendevous at +-45km/h. Tight turn to the left and foolishly I cut the corner, right into a hole. BANG!! Bike stops, I don't. Fortunately I managed to do a softish landing (considering the speed). Banged my knee on the handlebars. (No problem, adrenalin is pumping so I don't feel a thing . . . yet)
Back on the bike, my knee starts swelling and getting stiff. mmm, I'm a MTB Stud, I'll ride through it.
Crash No. 2
No further than 5kms later we're faced with some of the best single track in the whole of Johannesburg. About 2 kms of twisty single track all downhill!! ;D
There we go, not having to pedal at all to get up to a healthy speed. (Or in my case, not so healthy) I remembered an article I had read which said to go faster, try and brake less than you fell you have to. So I don't brake (much).
A switch to the left and the front wheel drifts, BANG!!! right into an eroded furrow. Front wheel stops, me and the rest of the bike doesn't. This time it hurt. Landed face first, closely followed by my shoulder, then my swollen knee. But, being a seasoned crash-test dummy, I roll and as I surface BANG, bike lands on my head. Thanks helmet.
Needless to say I was a bit of a girls blouse for the rest of the ride opting to ride the last 5kms on road.
So there's my war story . . .
Tell us about yours :