Originally Posted by
BobbyG
[MENTION=488370]McMitchell[/MENTION] Is it possible you had a pedal strike, but it was "muffled" by the gravel?
There's a curb cut-out on most of my commute routes that I have navigated hundreds of times (if not thousands) over the last two decades. Last year I took that left turn a little tighter than usual. I pulled my left foot from the toe clip and as the bike leaned left the left pedal came to rest on the elevated pavement and lifted both wheels off the ground. I'm not really sure how it happened exactly but since my left foot was free I caught myself and didn't fall. Plus I was going only 2 mph or less.
When you mentioned "a small dip" it reminded me of this.
That might have happened too, BobbyG.
These roads are paved, but they dump gravel on them too. The roads are hilly, windy which may be why they dump gravel on them, especially during winter. The valleys and turns hold sizable amounts of granite dust, sand and small gravel....Car tire tracks frequently mark the turns and valleys too.