Originally Posted by
JC 911
Between the road and the shoulder was a rut that I hit. Bike then went out of control and I landed on my right side on the road. Thankfully there wasn't a car close behind me on the road.
Glad you're relatively ok.
Not to be critical, and speaking with the benefit of hindsight and time to reflect, there are a couple of lessons learned here.
1) When you're going downhill it's ok to move further into the lane of traffic. This gives you more of a margin for error, and because you're often going close to the speed of traffic, you're less of an impediment to trafiic. Your legal obligation is only to ride as far right as practicable.
2) Watch for ruts parrallel to your line of travel and do not cross them at shallow angles. If you need to cross a rut, do so at an acute angle. If that's not possible, then either slow down, or bunny hop it.