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Old 10-14-04 | 03:59 PM
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pedal scrape

So today I was spinning out in a 15 MPH zone when I needed to take a 90 degree right turn. I turned the handlebars pretty hard and leaned into the turn quite a bit to avoid the car at the stop light. Weird thing happened, I turned so hard my pedal scraped the ground, not all that unusual, I've scraped a peg a few times on my motorcycle. What was weird is that it scraped so hard it actually lifted up the back tire and slid me over a few feet. Does this ever happen to anyone else, or did I just lean too much with a low bottom bracket? Its scary fun, like the kind that nearly makes you mess yourself and laugh at the same time.
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