Originally Posted by atitagain

My back is a little sore at the moment . I looked off to the left at something and a gust hit me while hugging close to the edge of roadway on a county road with drop off of pavement right on the left side of the white line. I dropped off the edge into a little rut . Instead of riding it out in the grass or just stopping i tried to pull back onto the pavement . The vertical rise was too much and my front tire skidded out and I dumped onto the roadway . I wasn't going real fast . The padding in my glove did it's job and saved my hand from any real damage . I got a little scrape on my elbow ,knee and shoulder but nothing to cry about .Scraped my left hood and left crank arm must have hit the lip of the pavement and got scuffed a little . Chain was knocked off the chain ring but no real damage thankfully . Back in the saddle in under a minute . I have only been riding for about a year and a half so I chalk it up to inexperience and stupidity . At 62 I don't bounce as well as I used too but this !26 lb 5'10' vegan body is tougher than it looks . Glad I was on my caad 8 instead of my carbon madone if it had to happen . I hear carbon doesn't take crashing very well . I 'll be back out there tomorrow God willing . Peace .