Originally Posted by
mcours2006
Welcome back! I'm interested in hearing how the pannier caused a crash. I had a similar situation happen a year ago with a front fender stay that got loose, strayed, and got caught in the knobby tire side treads, seizing the bike's momentum completely and sending me over the bar. Similar injury to yours.
Thank you!
The crash happened with a pannier that got too bouncy along a sidewalk w/ bumpy curbs, driveways in fast succession, the back wheel sucked it in, then:
•Awful metallic groan, extreme deceleration
•Bike lurches forward on front wheel
•Endo’d, with bike and commuter goodies sprawled all over the place. Shoulder is completely numb
•Shocked motorist witnesses crash and stops to ask if I’m ok (that was really nice. I hope he’s not traumatized)
The bullet points above happened in less than two seconds! Except maybe for the motorist.
Originally Posted by
arsprod
Welcome! 53F, totally boring, normal commute this morning... boring is good!
Thank you, I’m looking forward to many “uneventful” commutes from here on out...