As Andy says - GWS. Glad it wasn't any worse for you than it was. Also glad the bike is OKMy initial thought was I must of been going 30mph plus before I tried to take the corner. Looking back there was a chain of events that led to it. But long story short I was carrying way too much speed going into the corner. I tried to overcompensate by grabbing a fistful of rear break and then the rear wheel locked up. I started going sideways and got flung forward to the floor. I’ve got bashed up a bit on all the contact points on my right hand side. Foot, knee, hip, shoulder, and wrist of course. Smacked my head off the floor too but the crash helmet took the brunt of that! I went down so quick I didn’t get that everything happening in slow motion thing. I just smacked into the ground.
It was nasty really. Not so much in the resulting damage but just in that if I saw that happening to someone else I’d assume it was going to be a lot worse than what I came away with if that makes sense.
So I’ll take it to be honest. I’ve been training for this trip for a while, felt I was in good shape by my standards, and I’m gutted because I love climbing the hills with Lee. It’s also put a bit of a dampener on things for him too which I feel bad about. But I just have to say to myself how lucky I am I didn’t come away from it worse when it was totally self inflicted.
But yes. Clip on aero bars are on order in preparation for a lot of Zwift in my near future...
As Andy says - GWS. Glad it wasn't any worse for you than it was. Also glad the bike is OK
Ha! yeah they made Ventoux sound pretty brutal didn't they?! Not put off though don't worryThanks mate. Don’t let it put you off next year!
Listening to that podcast should do that
Not good @TurboTommy . Glad the bikes OK
GWS mate. Guess you'll have to ride in the virtual world until your hand is strong enough to get back outside?
FFS, G Rode the tour for 3 weeks with a fractured pelvis MTFU!!Thanks guys
Times like this makes me wonder if I was too harsh when handing out low excuse scores on other people....
What you reckon Del? I think you should do the honours
2/10?
I thought you were going to give him tips on the technique of flying off the cliff and grabbing a tree. But this post is perfect for someone who will only give the excuse rating over 8 if you’re actually dead.
Thanks guys
Yes @Whorty it’s the turbo for me now. Might have to join you for some of your long ones.
Times like this makes me wonder if I was too harsh when handing out low excuse scores on other people....
What you reckon Del? I think you should do the honours
2/10?
I've tried.......... but I just can't beat this!
TBF Tommy, you seem to be surfing and typing OK .... how bad is the wrist, really? Looks like sympathy is waning
Thank god. If this turns into a bidding contest I can only see it going one way!
