Originally Posted by
Ironfish653
Just noticed the Scott AT-3's; That's a serious blast from the past. I used to ride with an AT-4 back in the '90's.
I remember that the grip area was little on the narrow side, and put you hands a lot closer together than a typical straight bar.
Couple the narrow bar with a grabby front brake and you might have experienced a high-side, where the front wheel skids under braking, then grabs traction, but if the wheels aren't straight, the rear of the bike tries to pass the front due to momentum. This happens very fast.
On a moto, the rider gets thrown over the bike and down the road, on a velo, the bike will come with you.
Your front wheel might have 'tucked under' and flicked you off.
I rode East Coast woods MTB for years, and been over the bars my share of times. Glad you weren't hurt.
I had read about AT-3's on Sheldon's site, then ran into a $5 pair in a junk box at a bargain junk bike store. Slapped them on my MTB road conversion and became hooked. Months later searched for and found a large 58 cm width AT-3 still in the wrapper for this bike as I was aware of the more narrower hand positions on the bar, really though no different than drop bar upper hand positions.
Mine was an odd fall. I remember watching the front wheel as I pivoted over, I lost conscious memory at about the time I crossed over the axle vertical line. But my wounds and bruising are all on my left side, no hip road rash, so must of landed in a rotational drop on 4 points, front of edge of helmet, cheek, upper side of shoulder, top of elbow and just above the knee. I didn't let go of the handlebars until impact.
As i rode yesterday, playing with the brakes, its still a little odd that it happened the way it did as my rear wheel doesn't lift at all even with harder braking as long as I am sitting on the seat. Irregardless a weight shift, brake lever swap, and possible toe in on the front pads if necessary should help reduce future end overs.
I do so enjoy the hand positions on those bars, a grip for torquing up hills, a flat hand position straddling the corner wraps for resting from gripping, the stretched out grip on the front extensions for boosting it in the flats and the brake lever position that apparently "was" my nemesis. They are great for hands that are starting to stiffen with age.