Down goes Frazier!
08-23-06, 04:40 PM
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Down goes Frazier!
Yes, just another tale of a first time fall while clipped in. Hit the back arrow now if you are bored easily.
I went out for a quickie today between morning yard work and afternoon real work. It was to be a simple 20 miles out and back. Kind of a TT effort for me. Weather was sun and fun or otherwise beautiful.
Coming back in, say mile 12ish, I had a fall. Not a crash, but a fall. I had 1700 clipped in miles on my Trek 1000 without incident. The Giant has 300 miles on it and now, one incident.
I was on a country road approaching a country intersection. I slowed to check for traffic. I was standing because the corn is getting tall around these parts. I could see no cars to my right, but too bad I needed to go left. When I could finally see the road to my left there was a car fast approaching. I planned to slow and attempt my version of a track stand. When I did this I also veered a bit left to give me more room AND bam I was taken down by a pile of loose gravel.
The wheel slid right out from under me and I went down on my left hip, kinda hard. Laying on the ground in the gavel still attached to my bike I thought, "What the hell just happened?" then "****, not my new carbon beauty!"
Well, I went down on the non drivetrain side so that is good. I did manage to scratch the left brifter up a bit and the bar tape. The grunt of the fall was taken by the pedal and I am glad to say the frame came out unharmed. Thank you Carbon Gods. My Gore shorts were on their maiden voyage and did scuff up a bit, but did not tear. And my hip hurts.
A nice passing bye roadie did ask if I was ok, to which I replied, "Yes, Damn Gravel!"
Yes damn you evil doer otherwise known as gravel pilel Later.
I went out for a quickie today between morning yard work and afternoon real work. It was to be a simple 20 miles out and back. Kind of a TT effort for me. Weather was sun and fun or otherwise beautiful.
Coming back in, say mile 12ish, I had a fall. Not a crash, but a fall. I had 1700 clipped in miles on my Trek 1000 without incident. The Giant has 300 miles on it and now, one incident.
I was on a country road approaching a country intersection. I slowed to check for traffic. I was standing because the corn is getting tall around these parts. I could see no cars to my right, but too bad I needed to go left. When I could finally see the road to my left there was a car fast approaching. I planned to slow and attempt my version of a track stand. When I did this I also veered a bit left to give me more room AND bam I was taken down by a pile of loose gravel.
The wheel slid right out from under me and I went down on my left hip, kinda hard. Laying on the ground in the gavel still attached to my bike I thought, "What the hell just happened?" then "****, not my new carbon beauty!"
Well, I went down on the non drivetrain side so that is good. I did manage to scratch the left brifter up a bit and the bar tape. The grunt of the fall was taken by the pedal and I am glad to say the frame came out unharmed. Thank you Carbon Gods. My Gore shorts were on their maiden voyage and did scuff up a bit, but did not tear. And my hip hurts.
A nice passing bye roadie did ask if I was ok, to which I replied, "Yes, Damn Gravel!"
Yes damn you evil doer otherwise known as gravel pilel Later.
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08-23-06, 05:55 PM
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Oh ya, corn and gravel, Living in Iowa I know a thing or two about both. Corn has never put me in the dirt,but gravel has.
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I was in southern Illinois a few years back on those disgusting chip and tar roads. Came upon some newly tared roads and when I "attempted" to turn around as I didn't want all that stuff all over my frame, I fell. Broke my elbow and truly hate chip and tar roads. Thank God I live in Kentucky where most urban roads are in better condition than the interstates in Illinois.
08-23-06, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MICHAELM
I was in southern Illinois a few years back on those disgusting chip and tar roads. Came upon some newly tared roads and when I "attempted" to turn around as I didn't want all that stuff all over my frame, I fell. Broke my elbow and truly hate chip and tar roads. Thank God I live in Kentucky where most urban roads are in better condition than the interstates in Illinois.
Anything south of Interstate 80 in Illinois is considered Kentucky anyway.
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