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Old 08-16-14 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Urquell
I'm 45 y/o, 160lbs. I've encountered the edge before and knew better. The reaction w/o the time to think is what got me crashed. My brain said "You're gonna crash if you stay on this bumpy grass shoulder" Then the body turned the bars towards the concrete.
I've been there and had "I knew better" crashes too, so I understand. I suspect that this crash will partly rewire your brain's priorities, and you'll take the crash that's coming rather than make a mistake that yield's a worse crash. To the extent that crashes can be managed, it's not about rational thought as much as preconditioned actions, or what I call preflexes.

But, as I said, if the mental trauma isn't bad enough to keep you off the bike altogether, and it sounds like that's the case, then you'll be back in the groove soon enough.
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