ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'm catching up on the Giro and just saw something which reminded me that I forgot to mention a very near miss yesterday ...
On the Giro stage, things were getting a bit lively in the build up to a sprint and riders were getting nudged off the road onto gravel at the side.
What happened to me was similar, though ride companion @tommaguzzi was not to blame for what happened. We were descending back towards the coast and I was chatting to him and looking at the scenic views down to the coast and out to sea. I forgot for a moment to watch where I was going. I drifted to the outside of a bend and when I looked back at the road I saw a long, deep gravel-strewn rut ahead of me which I was too late to avoid dropping into. I got a sickening feeling in my stomach and everything appeared to be happening in slow-motion as I anticipated the trauma which was about to unfold ...
Fortunately, I somehow managed to stay upright and ride back out of the rut but that was more due to luck than good judgement.
That's the nearest I have come to smashing myself up since being on warfarin. I try not to worry about the risks of uncontrolled bleeding in the event of an accident but that was a sobering reminder that I should avoid getting distracted on descents!
As mentioned by Littgull above, alibaba had at least 2 failing-to-unclip falls on the ride and his confidence was shaken. Opinions seemed to be divided. Some were suggesting scrapping the clipless pedals and putting flat pedals on. Others, myself included, thought that the problem was due to a combination of excessive pedal release tension and a lack of unclipping practice.
On the Giro stage, things were getting a bit lively in the build up to a sprint and riders were getting nudged off the road onto gravel at the side.
What happened to me was similar, though ride companion @tommaguzzi was not to blame for what happened. We were descending back towards the coast and I was chatting to him and looking at the scenic views down to the coast and out to sea. I forgot for a moment to watch where I was going. I drifted to the outside of a bend and when I looked back at the road I saw a long, deep gravel-strewn rut ahead of me which I was too late to avoid dropping into. I got a sickening feeling in my stomach and everything appeared to be happening in slow-motion as I anticipated the trauma which was about to unfold ...
Fortunately, I somehow managed to stay upright and ride back out of the rut but that was more due to luck than good judgement.
That's the nearest I have come to smashing myself up since being on warfarin. I try not to worry about the risks of uncontrolled bleeding in the event of an accident but that was a sobering reminder that I should avoid getting distracted on descents!
As mentioned by Littgull above, alibaba had at least 2 failing-to-unclip falls on the ride and his confidence was shaken. Opinions seemed to be divided. Some were suggesting scrapping the clipless pedals and putting flat pedals on. Others, myself included, thought that the problem was due to a combination of excessive pedal release tension and a lack of unclipping practice.
