The Fat Guy In The Back
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Posts: 2,533
Bikes: '81 Panasonic Sport, '02 Giant Boulder SE, '08 Felt S32, '10 Diamondback Insight RS, '10 Windsor Clockwork, '15 Kestrel Evoke 3.0, '19 Salsa Mukluk
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You experienced what is known as a "pedal strike." Not much fun as you discovered.
I had one in my last triathlon. Thankfully I kept the bike upright and had no damage other than grinding off a section of my pedal and having to launder my shorts.