Hi.
Two friends last week have ended up falling off there bikes and hurting themselves. The first one ended up with a suspected broken wrist and a black eye. He took the drop kerb at to shallow an angle and the front wheel lost grip throwing him off the bike. He ended up having a week off work nursing his wounds. Fortunately his wrist was not broken.
The second accident was another friend riding an Ebike. For some reason the front plastic Mud guard managed to fold in on itself and get wedged between the tyre and tops of the fork resulting in him flying over the handle bars. He landed on his chin and hand.
Hes ended up with a broken wrist and a few stitches on his chin. I've only ever heard of front mudguard accidents like this here on cycle chat, and personally considered them a rare occurrence. Obviously I was quite wrong 😬
Two friends last week have ended up falling off there bikes and hurting themselves. The first one ended up with a suspected broken wrist and a black eye. He took the drop kerb at to shallow an angle and the front wheel lost grip throwing him off the bike. He ended up having a week off work nursing his wounds. Fortunately his wrist was not broken.
The second accident was another friend riding an Ebike. For some reason the front plastic Mud guard managed to fold in on itself and get wedged between the tyre and tops of the fork resulting in him flying over the handle bars. He landed on his chin and hand.
Hes ended up with a broken wrist and a few stitches on his chin. I've only ever heard of front mudguard accidents like this here on cycle chat, and personally considered them a rare occurrence. Obviously I was quite wrong 😬