Originally Posted by
PhilFo
One of my old customers did this a couple times. The last time she did it, the bag got caught in the front wheel. She came into the shop after reconstructive facial surgery and some speech therapy.
I can't imagine how a bag hitting the spokes would cause a crash on it's own. Must've been due to an overreaction to the event, possibly hitting a can of beans with the rear wheel and that kicking the bike sideways? Typically the bag hits the spokes a time or two before the contents of the bag are released and spilled on the ground. Now having that side of the handlebar suddenly lightened will affect steering a little bit, but you should be concentrating on keeping the bars straight anyways, don't freakout about your jar of sketti sauce shattering the pavement, just calmly come to a full stop, figure out how you're gonna pack everything that survived now that you're down a bag.