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Livefast123 |
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Livefast123 Nearly there...
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Posted: 22:13 - 20 Jun 2018 Post subject: Ditched my bike on gravel |
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So pissed off with myself! Was coming back from an awesome rideout with mates and we decided to take a shortcut back on more minor roads. Came around a blind corner on stupidly central line and boom, there it is, a thick pile of gravel and down I go.......
https://youtu.be/jVM644d74WM ____________________ Current ride - Yamaha MT-07 |
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Livefast123 Nearly there...
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Posted: 08:51 - 21 Jun 2018 Post subject: |
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Were you dabbing the brakes there, or was that purely the road surface?
Either way, compo claim to the road maintainer. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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I'm sorry, but I can't make out what happened from the video. Can you do a really bad paint diagram for us, please? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Not sure exactrly why that had you off because it looks like your mate with the camera took exactly the same line and didn't even shimmy.
However, as you probably know, a wider line would have been faster, involved less leaning and would have let you see that gravel a lot sooner. Keep well out for left handers. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Posted: 17:09 - 21 Jun 2018 Post subject: |
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I think panic brake there... it does a little slide, sorts itself and you go fuck John Cena and hit the deck. Just my assumption. |
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Livefast123 Nearly there...
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Yep, all those sliders on the left of the bike. Front forks, engine, bar ends and rear axle....may have gone a bit ott!
Didn't touch the brake didn't have time, one minute I was up then I was watching the bike sliding down the road.
I have written to the Council as a couple of bikers passed and said it always happen rain and the council know about it, however, i'll take it on the chin as I was more worried about a car flying the other way and had probably let my guard down a bit coming to the last 30 mins of long ride.
My mate in front said he saw it flash past on the nearside and shat himself.....hence why he was looking in his mirror and saw me twat it.
It's all a big lesson and the bike can be repaired and the gear did it's job and can be replaced. ____________________ Current ride - Yamaha MT-07 |
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That's what the roads around Cumbria are like after heavy rain, fecking lethal. Last time I went out I was dodging gravel all over the shop, some times I'd have a look back to see if my mates came off on it
Here's a video of one of them hitting gravel in the Dales to make you feel better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOijWsqJBi0 ____________________ KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM |
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Irn-Bru wrote: | That's what the roads around Cumbria are like after heavy rain, fecking lethal. Last time I went out I was dodging gravel all over the shop, some times I'd have a look back to see if my mates came off on it |
The joys of mountain regions. Worth it for when conditions are good though ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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