Originally Posted by
FBinNY
However crashes due to steering issues are very common. Sticks, large pods like chestnuts, and round stones can cause a crash by rolling under the tire and displacing the front wheel sideways a few inches. Immediate corrective steering is needed, and if you're not alert or have a loose grip on the bars this can bring you down quickly and unexpectedly.
Crashes due to loss of steering control are far more common than those caused by something in the rear, but both can happen. These are the risks of riding on something which requires keeping the center of gravity directly over a narrow track.
Very true words in this post.
I once had a squirrel run underneath my bike at an angle.
His angle of entry combined with my speed caused me to roll over his tail with my back wheel at a very narrow angle.
The narrow tire immediately rolled off the side of the squirrels round tail causing the back wheel to step sideways a few inches.
I am convinced that if I had not been paying attention that this incident could have been a lot worse than it was.
Thankfully in this case I did not go down, but it surely had me slowing down.
Wise words spoken by FB here...