Been commuting since April 08 and not come close to a fall. Cycled almost every day through all weathers and all times of the night and early mornings. Frost, ice, rain, traffic jams etc.
Cycling to work this morning 06:45am and temp lost concentration. Looked over my shoulder on a quiet road as i heard vehicle coming. Vehicle was over 200 m away and the road i was on was single track with passing points. as i looked around i was disorientated by the curb where the passing point was and got to the point where i avoid the collision with the curb or ride the collision??? I rode the collision , hit a traffic barrier, went over the bush, which was clearly there to prevent cars going down the ditch. I landed in the ditch on opposite side of bush, picked myself up and climbed back over bush / railing to the road where the vehicle had stopped to see if i was ok. In embarressment i brushed myself down put the chain back on my bike (which was the only damage caused) thanked the motorised for checking on my welfare and peddled off without checking my grazed leg or if i had lost anything out of my pockets. Thankfully for me no harm done. Good learning curve!
Not sure if my skull cap contributed to my losing my balance. I put it on when its cold but it whistles w in my ears where the holes are which must effect balance ??
I also went on my Genesis Mountain bike this morning as it was very wet with lying water and i thought i would give it a go because of the hydraulic brakes. The mountain bike is much harder on the road and as a result i was working much harder
My normal commute bike is a Scott with V Brakes which is fast, smooth but brakes not as good in the wet. I will stick with the Scott commute in future and stick with the Mountain bike for the ........Mountain
No harm done and its not put me off.
Cycling to work this morning 06:45am and temp lost concentration. Looked over my shoulder on a quiet road as i heard vehicle coming. Vehicle was over 200 m away and the road i was on was single track with passing points. as i looked around i was disorientated by the curb where the passing point was and got to the point where i avoid the collision with the curb or ride the collision??? I rode the collision , hit a traffic barrier, went over the bush, which was clearly there to prevent cars going down the ditch. I landed in the ditch on opposite side of bush, picked myself up and climbed back over bush / railing to the road where the vehicle had stopped to see if i was ok. In embarressment i brushed myself down put the chain back on my bike (which was the only damage caused) thanked the motorised for checking on my welfare and peddled off without checking my grazed leg or if i had lost anything out of my pockets. Thankfully for me no harm done. Good learning curve!
Not sure if my skull cap contributed to my losing my balance. I put it on when its cold but it whistles w in my ears where the holes are which must effect balance ??
I also went on my Genesis Mountain bike this morning as it was very wet with lying water and i thought i would give it a go because of the hydraulic brakes. The mountain bike is much harder on the road and as a result i was working much harder
My normal commute bike is a Scott with V Brakes which is fast, smooth but brakes not as good in the wet. I will stick with the Scott commute in future and stick with the Mountain bike for the ........Mountain
No harm done and its not put me off.
