Last weekend I went riding with a group of friends on a popular intermediate trail in the Blue Mountains.
About 2/3 of the way through the ride I came round a downhill corner into a straight section a little too fast and ended up on the outside of the trail. Travelling at about 60km/hr I hit a patch of soft sand and the front wheel tucked under, spitting me off over the bars to land head first on the trail before I bounced on my head and back a few times.
Thankfully my helmet took most of the impact and I'm here to tell the tale as without it i'm pretty sure I would be dead.
I also got a lot of nasty grazes which have made sleeping very difficult this week.
Below are some pics, i'll try to get some better ones of the helmet and front wheel later.
The area cirlced in white is the chunk of my helmet that split away, there is also a crack that runs all the way from front to rear of the helmet
About 2/3 of the way through the ride I came round a downhill corner into a straight section a little too fast and ended up on the outside of the trail. Travelling at about 60km/hr I hit a patch of soft sand and the front wheel tucked under, spitting me off over the bars to land head first on the trail before I bounced on my head and back a few times.
Thankfully my helmet took most of the impact and I'm here to tell the tale as without it i'm pretty sure I would be dead.
I also got a lot of nasty grazes which have made sleeping very difficult this week.
Below are some pics, i'll try to get some better ones of the helmet and front wheel later.
The area cirlced in white is the chunk of my helmet that split away, there is also a crack that runs all the way from front to rear of the helmet