oops!

[Sam Kennedy]

Today I was out with the club, and everyone started sprinting about 2 miles from the café, I started sprinting as well, got my speed up to about 30mph, and then I came to a 90° bend...

I moved to the right, intending to enter wide and exit on the inside of the road.

What actually happened was I entered wide, too wide, started braking, I saw there were no cars in the opposite lane, so tried to make the most of the other lane, however I crossed it and ended up in the ditch at the side of the road going 20mph...

Luckily I didnt get thrown off the bike, I didnt puncture, and nothing broke!

Here is a picture to demonstrate what happened:

I'm more scared thinking about it after it happened than when it actually happened!

 

[trustysteed]

ha ha, bet it was fun though. next time, curb your speed, mind

 

[Noodley]

Glad you survived.

But your intended route was wrong; you must have turned too early!

 

[on the road]

You should have moved over to the right, then your intended turn would have been less sharp.

 

[GrasB]

I'm assuming at that speed the group was broken, in which case you wanted to swing wide as possible before taking a long shallow line through the corner, with full visibility of the post-corner road I'd be using some, if not all, of the opposite side of the road if I thought I was entering a little to hot.

 

[just jim]

Art critic voice:

"The expressive drawing brings the gut -wrenching moment, quite literally, alive"

 

[Sam Kennedy]

I just figured out where I was when it happened, so here is a screenshot from google maps:

The black line was my intended route, the yellow line was my backup in case a car came, and the (red?) line is my actual route.
Sorry for bumping an old post!

 

[Muddyfox]

Art critic voice:

"The expressive drawing brings the gut -wrenching moment, quite literally, alive"

lol