Had a crash this morning

[plastic_cyclist]

Your gpx file says that immediately before impact you were doing 16mph.
You had been doing 31mph at the top of the hill, but you had mamanged to knock off a lot of your speed, so your brakes must have been having some effect.

where do you see this ? Must have been my feet !

 

[Smokin Joe]

Steel rims or aluminium?

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

where do you see this ? Must have been my feet !

As I said, your gpx file.
I'm no techy, but downloaded it from Strava and then read it.
I've deleted it and am not sure if I can screen grab the speeds. I'll try again.

 

[vickster]

Steel rims or aluminium?

Presumably alu, as it‘s a modern Specialized in his avatar?

 

[Globalti]

A mountain biker died in exactly the same circumstances at Rivington back in about 1993. That was before disc brakes became common.

 

[plastic_cyclist]

Steel rims or aluminium?

The guy who gave me the bike put some Mavic Askiums on replacing the Specialized OEM wheels

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Let's try this. I couldn't screen grab with info showing so I took some photos of my PC screen.
Top of the hill

Bottom of the hill

Quite clearly shows 24.4 mph at the top, and 16.0 at the bottom.

Not wishing to sound smug, but that bend doesn't look too horrendous to take at 16 mph.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Apologies are due. I confused the distance and your speed. The fastest that I can see you travelling at the top of the hill was 25.6 mph.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The guy who gave me the bike put some Mavic Askiums on replacing the Specialized OEM wheels

It is simply essential either to understand basic maintenance or have your bike very frequently serviced by someone who does.

Cycling uk basics:
https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/cycling-guide/guide-routine-cycle-safety-service-checks

The excellent Park tool series on rim brakes.

https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/?area[]=48

It's not complicated, but it does need some time putting in. If you can't or lack the confidence, get it to a bike shop. A good one will explain what's wrong as well as fixing it.

 

[midlife]

Isn't there some eye fixation phenomenon that stops you turning corners and go straight on?

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Here's a screen grab at 1:25,000 of the junction. Shows it better thatn the 1:50,000 used above.
Anyone else think that bend is rideable at 16mph?

 

[pawl]

Touch wood I have never had a problem in the wet with my Ultegra brakes If descending in wet conditions I usually feather the brakes.Have had some scary moments on chrome rims

 

[plastic_cyclist]

Felt like I was doing 40mph !! Maybe a more experienced, higher skilled rider could have handled the whole situation better but I’ve only been doing this since March.

https://goo.gl/maps/7z4tHZ6vWyesQKN2A

 

[pawl]

Here's a screen grab at 1:25,000 of the junction. Shows it better thatn the 1:50,000 used above.
Anyone else think that bend is rideable at 16mph?
View attachment 532894

Possibly pushing it a bit in wet conditions unless you can use the full width of the road,

 

[midlife]

Ah, found it. Target Fixation. Maybe the OP was concentrating on the wall?