Originally Posted by
elcruxio
Why did you ride into something where something could be hidden in? Seriously dude it seems to me you are the last person to preach about safety to others...
Are you kidding me? I'm not riding a Townie on the MUP, I'm riding on real city streets with cars one foot off each elbow at speed. Many of our streets have potholes which fill with water when it rains or leaves when they fall. The only way to avoid such hidden hazards is to drive a tank. Even automobiles get damaged by our streets. So sooner or later, if you are commuting EVERY DAY, it's gonna rain, get dark, and throw everything at you (except ice and snow which is a whole 'nother topic for helmet discussion). Obviously, to me anyway, you ride in a very protected environment, maybe an indoor trainer? Ridiculous post man. Just silly. Your spots, or lack of them, are really showing here.
But you know what... I DO have such an amazing ability. It's called experience, eyesight and just not riding like a pillock. I don't take stupid risks like ride high speed into leaves especially if I have thin tires under me (I would never, ever ride into leaves with anything under 2.3 inches). This superpower keeps me safe and my noggin road rash free.
You do realize my point was that it's just dumb to ride recklessly into something you don't see. Our road code does have this principle that a vehicle must be stoppable in the visible road portion. In tight curves this means: drive/ride slow. I usually do that with every situation. If I'm unsure I slow down. If I feel like the road surface is something that might not be pleasant, I slow down. If I need to go into a wet corner with any kind of tires, I slow down. If I need to ride into a puddle I don't know, I stop and crawl through it. Of course if I had a helmet on I wouldn't have to do any of those things because helmet seems to give the ability to ride full speed into a pile of leaves on a unknown wet autumn road...
Slowing down does not prevent crashing. And "
riding recklessly into something you don't see" is what ALWAYS happens with stuff you don't see. If I saw the thing I didn't see I would have avoided hitting it in the first place.
Do you maybe see some error in logic here...?
I saw nothing remotely resembling logic here and I rode recklessly into it anyway.