First crash

Roscobob
Roscobob Posts: 344
edited March 2010 in Road beginners
Well it was all going too well really!

Out last night, coming down a hill and hit a bend at about 20mph that I've done before without problems. It's recently been relaid with nice smooth tarmac and this was the first time i'd done it since. It was a little greasy and the bike went sideways from under me and skidded for a couple of meters.

Leg warmers ruined, Jacket ruined, base layer ruined, shorts survived! :D

Left brake and gear shifter is bent inwards and rear deraileur (sp) out of shape.

I only got the bike in November :cry:

Comments

  • rogsmer
    rogsmer Posts: 22
    ouch, sad to hear.
    you should be all right regarding the brake and gear shifters as you can adjust them with a screw under the hoods.
    apart from the damage to your clothing did it do any damage to you?
  • South Bound
    South Bound Posts: 55
    Excellent, that is out of the way then. Sounds similar to mine - had the bike a month, came off on a slidey corner, went down holding the hoods and the left one snapped my 3rd metacarpal (I think?) in my thumb. Of course, trashed bar tape, scuffed ergo and QR, but bike was OK really, new bib tights trashed and jacket has war wounds now. Annoying thing was walking home because left hand was useless. Got cleaned up and went to docs who thought it might be dislocated and thought about popping it back in - glad she decided not too. Couple of pins and a Caribbean holiday in a cast!
  • rbleightonbuzzard
    rbleightonbuzzard Posts: 116
    Glad to hear your O.K.

    Don't let it effect your confidence though. :)
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  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Roscobob, glad to hear you are OK, that is the main thing, bikes can be fixed or bought.
  • miggers
    miggers Posts: 269
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    Roscobob, glad to hear you are OK, that is the main thing, bikes can be fixed or bought.

    Second that, as soon as you have the bike sorted you need to get out again...Pete
    Peter Bragg
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  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    rogsmer wrote:
    ouch, sad to hear.
    you should be all right regarding the brake and gear shifters as you can adjust them with a screw under the hoods.
    apart from the damage to your clothing did it do any damage to you?

    Thanks for the comments lads.

    Scraped forearm, thigh and knee. Bit sore from the impact too but the worst bit was the Savlon bath! :lol:
  • conceptual_primate
    conceptual_primate Posts: 81
    sair wan, san. where'd it happen?

    taking the bike in for diagnostics this weekend?
  • kfinlay
    kfinlay Posts: 763
    good that your okay but you can now be considered a proper roadie, I did similar a few weeks back, got straight back on the after checking the bike was okay and off I went . When I got home I checked myself out, just a bit of road rash and ripped biblongs and jacket. Got them sewn up as they are still perfectly usable and buy new ones for next winter.
    Kev

    Summer Bike: Colnago C60
    Winter Bike: Vitus Alios
    MTB: 1997 GT Karakorum
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    i had my first crash i think 4 days after getting my bike, went round a roundabout too fast in the wet and the bike skidded away. mech hanger got a little bent and the shifter housing cracked and a nice scrape all up my thigh. A kindly runner happened to be stretching on the pavement and helped pick me off the ground. I wasnt hardcore enough for a savlon bath! arrrrghh
  • rokkala
    rokkala Posts: 649
    Glad ur alright. Sounds a much more respectable tumble than the one i had a couple of days ago. Doing hill intervals and on the 4th one, for the first time ever, my chain decided to slip off the small ring, couldn't get unclipped in time and had a pathetic slow-mo fall :D

    Nearly happened once more about a hundred metres later when the chain came off again, put an end to my night!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    364 days since my last big one!

    (Touch wood!)
  • cabbage1875
    cabbage1875 Posts: 36
    Cow Dawg that you?? hope ur ok mate!

    Dave

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  • conceptual_primate
    conceptual_primate Posts: 81
    cabbage1875 wrote:
    Cow Dawg that you?? hope ur ok mate!

    Dave

    cabbage... .as in the cabbage and ribs; the to-be-Orbea-riding maestro?

    Stuart
  • cabbage1875
    cabbage1875 Posts: 36
    conceptual_primate wrote:
    cabbage1875 wrote:
    Cow Dawg that you?? hope ur ok mate!

    Dave

    cabbage... .as in the cabbage and ribs; the to-be-Orbea-riding maestro?

    Stuart

    That would be master Fairly. How goes it? good game of footy the other night? tops looked pretty professional

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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,186
    get the bike fixed & get back out there! (glad you are ok)
  • Roscobob
    Roscobob Posts: 344
    Bike getting fixed this week, hope to be out as soon as possible.

    Dave it happened coming in to Dalgety Bay at the roundabout mate. Nothing coming so came bombing down towards it, turned in and skidded sideways when I hit the drain cover which was wet for some reason.

    That's it out the way though. Conceptual_primate's one was WAY more embarrassing :lol:

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