Hi everyone!

Cycling is is new to me. I’ve only been doing it since this past June, so I am learning a lot & my bike is evolving as I learn more about it & how my performance improves as I learn how to adjust my equipment & what equipment I need to change.

I injured red my back a little over 2 weeks ago & yesterday was my first ride since then. While I was recovering & rehabbing I made some more adjustments &, without going into all that I did, I will mention two adjustments I made that I’m wondering if those were the cause of me almost laying my bike down twice on that ride.

I got got a new seat which fits my sit bones perfectly, but I’m wondering if having my seat pushed all the way back was the real culprit in my riding discomfort with regard to my hind end. So having a new seat & moving it forward seemed to really help, although I only rode for 8 miles because I didn’t want to re-injure my back. I also dropped the handlebars as low as I could get them for a more aggressive position (I am competitive with myself & have been trying to beat my current speed record). So when I was riding yesterday, I went around a sharp left turn. I had taken this turn several times at probably around 15 mph. I had never had a problem with this other than worrying that I might lean into it too much at that speed and ride on the edge of my wheel. So I took it with the same caution I always had and my front wheel slipped out from under me! I had to throw my left foot to the ground to keep myself from falling over! In all of my downtime I did a lot of maintenance on my bike. Including cleaning my cassette and putting on a new chain and lubing it properly. I did get a little bit of the chain lube on my back tire but I cleaned it off. And I didn’t have any lube on the front tire, so I don’t know why it would slip like that when it never had before. I wondered if maybe I had hit a small rock which shot out from underneath my front tire making me almost fall over. While I was pondering this, I went around another sharp left turn before hitting a long straight away. After having just almost fallen over, I was paying close attention and being careful and actually slowed down to around 12 mph. But I had the same thing happen and almost fell over to the left in the same way when my front wheel slipped out from under me!

Does anyone have any insight into this? I’m going to go on another ride this morning and will be absolutely careful! But I’m just wondering what the cause of this was. Is it because my weight is more forward and lower? Any opinions and insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks everyone and ride safely!