Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
P.S. I will say this (and only this) about pedal type.... in the speed of this incident, i didnt even have time to put a foot down off platform pedals, bike just slipped out to the left and suddenly i was on the ground. Pedal type NOT RELEVANT.
- Andy
The same thing happened to me 2 days ago (my bike just slipped out to the left on black ice as well) but i saved it. I had platform pedals.
In those 2 videos these guys seems to have anticipated falls. They acted before a major motion of the bike
For me those are slow falls (plenty of time to anticipate)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tdJazvWEcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on6QZXvNDHk
In this one it doesn't seems he did
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxpB1TszKME
Bike move first (rotate in this case) and the guy reacts to the bike rotating. Pretty much like in a case of an unexpected fast slipping wheel on black ice.
From what i've read it takes about 250ms for someone to react to a stimulus.
Your reaction to the event was pretty much like my accident with a car a few years back. Got early warning (in your case the rear wheel slipping) but chose to dismiss it. It happens even to the best
Processing of this first stimulus probably resulted in generating a psychological refractory period in which processing of a second stimulus was slowed down by processing of the first one.