Originally Posted by vandutch

I was riding a 50 mile charity ride feeling great, at or about mile 45 a guy cut me off ( not his fault a car was screaming down the road) bla bla I went down, got a ton of road rash but nothing broke I'm ok, finished the ride. I took the next few days off from riding letting things heal a bit, I went out today and for some reason I was kinda scared, the bike felt loose under me , was tense when cars passed, going slow on down hills not enjoyable..for those of you that have crashed for the fist time how long did it take you to get your confidence back?