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Just goes to show Giant bikes are no good in cold weather 😂
I would like to say that this was an accident which took 3 of us by surprise . Luckily none of us were badly injured.....
Falling off isn't restricted to the winter. I fell off earlier this year when my pedal came off whilst standing up . That was a bad crash at a slow speed . Greasy roads or loose gravel can take a rider out at anytime , so we just have be prepared just in case .
Nonsense!All these hazards are entirely foreseeable. black ice, any kind of drivetrain mechanical failure if ithappens whilst pedalling standing up, slippery surfaces and loose gravel. None of you should have been surprised if you rode on ice and fell off, it's what generally happens.
You are lucky you didn't end up in hospital though, as you'd have been cooped up in a place full of people infected with the coronavirus.
Nonsense!
Black ice means that it is invisible, you don't see it . You feel its effects !
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what some of us are trying to get over to you is that though black ice might be hard to see, it is somewhat easier to predict you might encounter it on a ride. It’s on those days that experienced cyclists stay home [yeah yeah, some have studded tyres].
One winter i was riding to work and i turned onto this road only to discover it was a sheet of ice , pedal slip peal slip splat !And black ice you can see at night. Just harder to spot during the day. But you know when you are on ice as it goes all quiet, no tyre noise. Do not steer, do not brake, and hope you exit the patch soon enough.
I wouldn't overthink it to be honest, you slid, you fell down and you got up again.The title of the thread was a play on words . Giant Off meaning that all bikes which went down were made by Giant. It was a simple crash where nobody was badly injured.
Up to the point of the crash we had been riding well. The conditions weren't bad, there was some ice in sheltered places but most of the roads were just a bit damp.
I have been thinking about the crash and analysing it . The first rider must have ridden over the same patch where two of us went down without incident . The second rider covered two thirds of the patch. I must have reacted to seeing a rider going broadside and going down in front of me . Whether it caused me to apply my brakes I don't remember as the next thing I knew was that I was going down . Whether the first rider reacted to the sound of two riders behind crashing I don't know, but he was the last to fall off . The fact that two people came out from the houses nearby seems to suggest that we made a bit of a clatter!
I haven't been out since.
2 offs in a year has made me think that thigh and elbow cushioning of some kind might be a good idea .
2 offs in a year has made me think that thigh and elbow cushioning of some kind might be a good idea .