ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That works both ways! Confidently cornering but then finding gravel all over the road round the bend ... Non-CycleChat member Kevin had exactly that problem on the recent Dales forum ride. @Sea of vapours and I found him ahead of us getting up from a crash on a gravelly bend.I believe that a lot of crashes are caused by riders' lack of confidence in their bike's cornering ability so they overcook a bend then freeze up or stray onto mud or gravel and crash.
My pal Bill used to race on motorbikes and bicycles so he is confident to lay the bike much further down than I am, but from time to time he gets caught out and hits the deck.
I reckon that I have a minor spill once every 5,000 miles or so but I know people who have fallen off 3 or 4 times in a month. That isn't bad luck, it is bad judgment or bad bike handling.