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Edited at 2014-10-03 16:52:56

The fuck? I read a whole page of this thread, and not one concrete example?!

Last week I made a thread about buying a bike, right? Got it home, figured I'd try it out in the back field, despite the fact it just got plowed and sowed. After 15, 20 minutes of riding around in 1st gear, "Shit, might as well try second on the straight." I downshifted to first, but the motor wasn't doing a good job of engine braking... anyway, the bike and I fell over on a turn doing just under 20 MPH. I tackled the ground to a dead stop.

Thought I blacked out, but there was a lot of soft dry dirt in my face, covered up my contacts. Bike got a hurt a little, but I got hurt more... even in a short space, 20 MPH to zero, even in semi-soft dirt fractured a rib, lower leg got gashed pretty deep, my shoulder and arm took heavy impact damage (kinda like road rash, only less bloody).

How bad ass? I got up, dusted myself off, started the bike and drove back home. Once my rib heals up, I'll go for the 3 day training course. Moral: Don't take a road bike on dirt corners, it won't end up well.

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The fuck? I read a whole page of this thread, and not one concrete example?!

Last week I made a thread about buying a bike, right? Got it home, figured I'd try it out in the back field, despite the fact it just got plowed and sowed. After 15, 20 minutes of riding around in 1st gear, "Shit, might as well try second on the straight." I downshifted to first, but the motor wasn't doing a good job of engine braking... anyway, the bike and I fell over on a turn doing just under 20 MPH. I tackled the ground to a dead stop.

Thought I blacked out, but there was a lot of soft dry dirt in my face, covered up my contacts. Took the better part of a minute to haul myself up, thinking all the while, "I'm fucked, internal injuries, the buzzards will be on me soon." Bike got a hurt a little, but I got hurt more... even in a short space, 20 MPH to zero, even in semi-soft dirt fractured a rib, lower leg got gashed pretty deep, my shoulder and arm took heavy impact damage (kinda like road rash, only less bloody).

How bad ass? I got up, dusted myself off, started the bike and drove back home. Once my rib heals up, I'll go for the 3 day training course. Moral: Don't take a road bike on dirt corners, it won't end up well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPNK0VspQ0M