What is crashing like?
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This is the result of crashing at over 70 kph in a bunch sprint :shock:
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Best bit about that crash was the way some rider did a full bunny-hop over Cav's head at full race speed. :shock:0 -
Most of those ones in sprints look really bad but they like a drunk person hitting the deck they go all floppy and absorb most of the impact and come out covered in road rash thankfully. As long as they don;t start taking their wheels out and hitting each other that is.
Never done anything like that speed when crashing on the bike but as others have said my brain slows things down a bit to say yep were gonna crash here make sure you get your hands in (learnt that MTB'ing) then its a collection of road sky road impact.Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.0 -
Last proper crash (as oppose to overcooking it on a corner and sliding off) I had I ended up with road rash like Cav's photo, along with very deep cuts along my leg, arm and a chunk of skin missing on my chin, masses of bruising and a knee that's never been the same
A saint of a pharmacist cleaned me up, wrapped me in bandages and said get to the hospital to have it cleaned properly (which I obviously ignored, being a teenager and all. And I decided a BBQ and beers would be the best way to fix the problem)
Couldn't ride a bike for about a month, so all in all not that bad. Bloody lucky it wasn't far worse looking back! I think I was saved from far worse cuts by the fact I fell on a freshly done bit of road!
But to be perfectly honest, it wasn't that bad of an experience. Which sounds strange!
The first part of it was the realisation that I was going to go down. I just remember thinking to my self 'oh shit, this is going to hurt!'
The actually point between realising you've messed it up, realising how you managed to messed it up and realising your going down seems to pass very slowly. But once that's all in my head, I seem to go from that point to being on the floor very quickly. No time to remember what happened as I was crashing!
It's not a nice feeling seeing your front wheel in the air about 2 feet to the side of where you thought it was though!
And then the next thing I knew I was on the floor making love to my bike with blood covered all over me :oops:
I jumped up and checked the bike (always check the bike first ) then I realised I was pretty diced up.
It's funny what adrenaline can do though! Good stuff, can't beat it 8)
Proceeded to get into a friends car who was following me, get blood all over his seats and find somewhere that had bandages to suck up the bloody.
It takes a while for the adrenaline to rub off and for the pain to set in.
I've never had any sort of shock after a crash, even this one which was by far the biggest crash I've had or even seen in person (Still count my self lucky!).
I distinctly remember laughing about it minutes after the event with my friends!
But once the adrenaline went, I started to realise how lucky I had been to not be in a serious mess after a 45+ mph crash with a car behind me :shock:
I think I've always been lucky with big crashes.
It's the small ones your not expecting that hurt the most, like going over the bars as a kid. It's almost as if the body doesn't have time to prepare/doesn't think it's going to be that bad and you end up feeling every single bit of the impact!
The confidence knock is the biggest part of crashes for me. I came off going around a corner in the rain once, I then spent the next 3 months thinking every single corner needs to be negotiated at 10mph.0 -
You'd think that manufacturers would experiment with some albeit minimal protection in the clothing.0
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Duncanandthemachine wrote:Fast, fast, fast, fast, slow, fast, fast, ground.
Brilliant!!!!!
OP: Go crash and find out for yourself.... If your brave enough otherwise stop asking stupid questions!0 -
diy wrote:You'd think that manufacturers would experiment with some albeit minimal protection in the clothing.
That would not be good for aero though
I guess if you're that worried you can always buy some leathers
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hmm... I'm sure it could be possible to build in some basic protection. Just needs people to think outside of the box. Doesn't need to be body armour, just basic abrasion resistance zones and something to distribute the load in vulnerable areas.0
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ive been run pover a couple of times on my bike as a kid..... but the sorest one was just passed in october..... i hit a metal pole with my bars then my face..... the sorest part was when the dentist was resetting my front tooth into the socket..... it bumped along all the grooves on the roof of my mouth...
the crunching noise was unbelievable... and my wife nearly passed out with the noise (tooth died btw and i have a rather annoying false tooth until i can afford an implant..... $4000 aud approx :shock: not looking forward to that!!) It's a boy , It's a boy , I Shouted Running Into The Street With Tears Running Down My Face.....
That's The Last Time I Holiday In Thailand
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My worst crash was going quite slowly around a mini roundabout on my mtb (about 10 yr ago), and trying to indicate right, while turning right. The handle bars buckled underneath me, and I fell with my entire weight focused through the handlebar end in to the inside of my left thigh. I pulled myself to the side of the road, as traffic stopped for me, and watch my leg swell up from knee to groin, in front of my eyes. The swelling didn't go down for 6 months and I still have a dent in my thigh.
As to what it felt like? Embarrassment.0 -
I had my first crash earlier this week. It's definitely a slow motion moment. It took me completely unawares and despite the amount of time I seemed to get to think "I'm going to crash", "How has this happened" and "This is going to hurt" I did absolutely nothing to try and break my fall. Just kept my hands on the bars and let the roof of my mouth take most of the impact...0
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I rode a bike when I lived in Japan. In Japan, it's common practice to use an umbrella while cycling in the rain, to keep dry. So, I would frequently be cycling while holding an umbrella.
What it feels like when your umbrella accidentally goes into the front spokes of your wheel is that the front wheel instantly stops while the rest of the bike pivots all the way up and over it, smashing you and the bike onto the ground from quite some height. People were looking on with embarrassed looks, and one man picks up your umbrella which has strangely not been obviously damaged in any way and gives it to you.
The sensation is of flying through the air, followed by a sizeable shock and impact on landing. Pain comes later when the shock fades away.0 -
If you want to simulate the feeling,film yourself running into a wall at full sprint and record your results. For scientific purposes only, and for us to laugh at you on You tube,0
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Took a corner too fast last week, swung too wide, hit the curb doing 35mph and careered into a steel armco with my left thigh taking the brunt of the impact. Went spinning over the top, this bit felt slow but the before and after was over in a flash. There was a tiny awful feeling of the inevitable when i entered the corner, then blind panic, then shock. It didn't really start hurting till I got home. Then the worst part - sitting in A&E for 4 hours waiting to get an X-ray, then checking over the broken bits on the bike. I ended up getting off very lucky, nothing broken, just handlebars to replace. Now a week later it still hurts a lot and I can't cycle despite it being a glorious spring day; I'm confined to limping round the house while all my mates are posting up routes on strava.0
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I wish you lot would STFU about crashing, it's scaring me. I already go down hills slower than I go up them.
Edit: meant this a little more humorously than it sounds, apols
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Me too...0
