david1701
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Bude, Cornwall
managed to put my bike over today at 13 mph (gotta love gps logging) while having a drink on a deserted cycle path - yesterdays average for the commute was 20.5mph 
I think a gust of wind pushed me onto the super slippery wet wood the council think is amazing to border tarmac with and a dodgy one handed over correction led to me sliding along without the bike on my chest, bit of road rash but not much due to speed and a lot of pain in my neck/collarbone on the LH side (woo for paracetemol). I also discovered at work that there are some scratches on my helmet which was then followed by a lot of headache - no recollection of hitting it :s
So for a bit of post mortem, I think I went over because I was pootling and not paying attention, whereas if I was working hard I wouldn't have been right at the edge of the path. Thoughts? (ps no streetview is available as its quite far from the roads)
I think a gust of wind pushed me onto the super slippery wet wood the council think is amazing to border tarmac with and a dodgy one handed over correction led to me sliding along without the bike on my chest, bit of road rash but not much due to speed and a lot of pain in my neck/collarbone on the LH side (woo for paracetemol). I also discovered at work that there are some scratches on my helmet which was then followed by a lot of headache - no recollection of hitting it :s
So for a bit of post mortem, I think I went over because I was pootling and not paying attention, whereas if I was working hard I wouldn't have been right at the edge of the path. Thoughts? (ps no streetview is available as its quite far from the roads)
