Originally Posted by
drlogik
TLit,
Ahhhh, you may have rolled over one of those marble-sized stones just right to cause the tire to grip it and roll sideways. I've done that a couple of times. Scary as heck and just comes out of nowhere. Imagine jogging along on a sidewalk and you don't see a rolling pin sitting on the sidewalk and you step on it. Shwing!! I think that's what the tire does.
The last time was a couple of weeks ago for me. Same sizes stones at a corner and took the corner and the tire rolled over the stone just right to make the tire roll left suddenly which jarred the handlebars but I was hanging on and caught it.
Sounds like you handled it pretty well. Keep those eyes peeled!
I've gone over 30 years without a significant fall. Last time I remember was with a group at Mt. Snow Vermont where we had a bike, run, ski group, it was toward the end of winter and I slipped on a patch of ice. The worst one I remember was going down Rich Somerby's driveway in my early teens where I could not break in time and wiped out the side of my face and never had an even smile after that.