Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
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Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby thomashouseman » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:25 am
I had my first crash in 20 years on Wednesday riding home in the rain.
It was on the corner of South and Clyde St's in Rydalmere at the roundabout where it joins the bike track.
No idea what happened. One second I was watching the traffic, the next sliding along the road thinking... must roll more, I can feel myself sliding on the one spot too much. Needless to say I now have a shoulder, elbow, hip, upper thigh, knee and ankle all with missing skin. Thankfully none of them too bad. The upper thigh being the worst (and that's what I thought I was sliding on too much (mentioned above)).
Many thanks go out to the unknown ute driver who was behind me that stopped the traffic and helped pick me and the bike up. also for the kind offer to dry off/patch myself up, and the offer to throw the bike into the back of the ute and drive me home.
I declined though.. didn't want to bleed all over his ute. I gingerly hobbled home in granny gear as I stuffed my front derailleur and had the wife patch me up. Remind me to take panadol first before jumping into the shower to clean up all the gravel rash next time! Ouch!
p.s. You sure slide a long way in the wet. I must have slid at least 5-10 metres before gently bumping into the gutter/ditch thinghamy.
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby ni78ck » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:28 am
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby Nate » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:40 am
ohhh, does it hurt?
"machines dont feel pain"
ohhh you're bleeding!
"i aint got time to bleed"
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby msn » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:48 am
Which way were you headed? Uphill or down, oil on the road? I ride through there every day, work is just around the corner in Euston St.
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby thomashouseman » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:57 am
Downhill. But it was raining. I'd claimed the lane and was taking it quite slowly. (Probably not slowly enough now though it seems)
I'm pretty sure I must have hit oil as I wasn't even turning yet. I came off as I entered the roundabout and slid all the way through it ending up on the other side if it near the grassy bike track bit. So glad I'd claimed the lane though. The nice man in the ute behind me stopped me getting squashed by other cars. It was quite busy.
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby hannos » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:59 am
Nate wrote:Its times like these you need to remember a few phrases...
ohhh, does it hurt?
"machines dont feel pain"
ohhh you're bleeding!
"i aint got time to bleed"
ROFL
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby Boognoss » Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:14 am
+2 (?)hannos wrote:Nate wrote:Its times like these you need to remember a few phrases...
ohhh, does it hurt?
"machines dont feel pain"
ohhh you're bleeding!
"i aint got time to bleed"
ROFL
Fortunately the couple of times I've come off while not just clip-stacking sideways I've either come to a quick stop (course bitumen) or rolled a lot (M7 cycleway). Never much skin off but a landing directly on my knee a year ago still hasn't come completely right.
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby thomashouseman » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:14 am
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby Boognoss » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:27 am
Can't explain it but exactly that has happened to me a few times now.....thomashouseman wrote:Can someone explain to me how I can get a freaking large patch of gravel rash and the knicks that stayed over them are fully intact with no tears in them? Has anyone else seen this phenomenon?
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby rustychisel » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:37 am
If you can't explain the crash (eg hit a painted line) and went down so fast its quite likely a diesel spill is involved, especially at entry/exit points on roundabouts, usually from trucks with overfilled tanks and sloppy caps. That stuff is lethal in the wet.
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby oldplodder » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:01 pm
Too right, I saw where a vehicle had dropped diesel through a roundabout on a rainy day and about five cars were parked off the road on the embankment on one side of the roundabout after spinning out and mounting the kerb. Later that day after all the cars were moved away the road was cleaned up. It is nearly invisible in the rain and can cover the width of the roadway. I stay in the vehicle tyre tracks in those conditions.rustychisel wrote:knicker rash!!!!
If you can't explain the crash (eg hit a painted line) and went down so fast its quite likely a diesel spill is involved, especially at entry/exit points on roundabouts, usually from trucks with overfilled tanks and sloppy caps. That stuff is lethal in the wet.
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby jules21 » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:16 pm
yeah the knicks material has caught on the road and abraded against your skin, but not enough to tear the knicks themselves. i've had that.thomashouseman wrote:Can someone explain to me how I can get a freaking large patch of gravel rash and the knicks that stayed over them are fully intact with no tears in them? Has anyone else seen this phenomenon?
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby pickle » Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:46 pm
I hope you been saying that with an Arnie accentNate wrote:Its times like these you need to remember a few phrases...
ohhh, does it hurt?
"machines dont feel pain"
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby jules21 » Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:56 pm
if memory serves, that was rowdy roddy piper in predatorNate wrote:ohhh you're bleeding!
"i aint got time to bleed"
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby bongo » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:11 pm
Sorry it was Jesse Ventura.Didnt mind a bit of chewing tobaccojules21 wrote:if memory serves, that was rowdy roddy piper in predatorNate wrote:ohhh you're bleeding!
"i aint got time to bleed"
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:43 am
My first off in the rain was at the start of a down hill run, tyres slipped on the edge of the the road onto gravel with big stones and face planted a sandstone bank. One broken nose and a buckled front wheel later not fun.
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
Postby Nate » Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:39 am
on the moneybongo wrote:Sorry it was Jesse Ventura.Didnt mind a bit of chewing tobaccojules21 wrote:if memory serves, that was rowdy roddy piper in predatorNate wrote:ohhh you're bleeding!
"i aint got time to bleed"
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Re: Damn rain! 1st crash in 20 years!
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