Originally Posted by
cccorlew
Thanks all. After reading the advice here I think I know what I need to do.
Stay on the road.
I'm heading out today for a road bike ride from South Lake Tahoe to Portland, going over Mount Lassen, Shasta, Crater Lake and Mount Hood.
Skinny tires all the way.
Rick@OCRR, I read about your crash on FB and wished you well from afar. You have me thinking that I may not be interested in investing the broken bones and blood it takes to go about "learning more technical skills" as BluesDawg suggests.
The only bone I've ever broken while riding a bicycle was the hairline fracture of my tibia resulting from when a car hit me while riding a road bike.
I'm only suggesting learning some basic simple bike handling skills so that you could not have some of the problems you reported like losing traction or having your front wheel lift while climbing. Not the crazy, technical, dangerous fun stuff.