Man down (like a sack of sh*t!) - Brookmill Road
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Finally succumbed to a heavy crash in the current ice-rink conditions. Safely negotiated the sharp left heading north on Brookmill, could see that the road was its usual filthy self but seeing as I was heading in a straight line felt I should be OK. Cruising along maybe 20mph, the road bears right very slightly. Suddenly felt rear wheel wash out, no chance to correct it and down I went on my right side.
Minor damage to jacket, tights and shorts (needle and thread should sort that out tonight) but bike taken a couple of knocks - new tape required, left shifter / bars will need close inspection, saddle badly scuffed - the usual really.
I have road rash on shoulder, hip and below knee and my right hand / wrist is very painful. Going to pop a couple of ibuprofen and give it until lunchtime but may end up paying A&E a visit this afternoon to get it x-rayed as feels pretty bad - anybody got any ideas how cautious you should be with this kind of thing?
Can't remember such a sustained perod of slippiness as the last few weeks, really losing faith in 23mm tyres
Minor damage to jacket, tights and shorts (needle and thread should sort that out tonight) but bike taken a couple of knocks - new tape required, left shifter / bars will need close inspection, saddle badly scuffed - the usual really.
I have road rash on shoulder, hip and below knee and my right hand / wrist is very painful. Going to pop a couple of ibuprofen and give it until lunchtime but may end up paying A&E a visit this afternoon to get it x-rayed as feels pretty bad - anybody got any ideas how cautious you should be with this kind of thing?
Can't remember such a sustained perod of slippiness as the last few weeks, really losing faith in 23mm tyres
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Don't assume bigger tyres will help- I went down yesterday on 35mm slicks and suffered similarly. Luckily I broke the bike's fall, so merely damage to self & clothing...
Hope you feel better soon.
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It really really hurt in the morning and couldn't put any weight on it. If its broken you'll probably know about it but if in doubt drop into a walk in. As I went nice and early mid week it was 15 minutes in and out.
Things are definitely screwed up when it is snowing in the middle east, icy in the south of the UK and double digit temperatures in the north of Scotland.
Weird.
Name and shame the tyres, Gatorslips?
I hope you heal up good and nice!
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GWS.
I think the compound of rubber makes the biggest difference in bad conditions. I'm tempted to try some of the Conti winter tyres, not spiked but the right compound and a very fine tread maximising contact area as I recall. A quick Google shows they are hard to find but seem like a good option for a London winter. Winstanleys list them, but are out of stock.
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Cheers. You must be overdue taking out a granny?
I'd have to actually get on my bike first!
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I was on my 32 mm knobblies this morning (50 PSI or so) and found that the grip has improved significantly since last week... could be the tyres... :roll:
I havent had any issues with the roads, or slippage and I am on 28 gatorskins at the moment.
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I couldn't do that Ugo, they'd never fit with my mudguards!
Tomorrow I will be on my MTB with 26" wheels and slicks that are measured in inches rather than mm, PSI around 60. Will stick with that at least until the Prorace gets repaired.
CX tyres do tend to have softer compounds do they not?
I certainly notice the MTB's ability to disregard metalwork and other features that can make the roadie twitch, a big contact patch running at low pressure, with soft compound rubber, may not make the fastest tyre in the world but by heck they don't half grip!
Indeed... I find them draggy at low speed but once you hit 23-25 mph they seem to roll just as well
I'd go and get it checked out. When I came off a month ago I landed right hand down, but because I could still wiggle my fingers I thought I was ok.
By lunchtime my hand had blown up like a balloon and the doctor at work sent me off to Oldham A&E, me all the while protesting that I had just banged it. Two hours later I was stood outside the hospital waiting for a cab with a broken carpal bone and a pot on my arm
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seems to be a mix of damp roads,mud/leaf mulch + the new flavour rock salt molasses mixed in with the odd bit of diesel have created very slippy road conditions, heard alot from people slipping on some roads round near me, so been taking it easy lately
I'm using Vittoria Pave Tyres (green stripy ones) on both my road bike and SS here on the pave and cobbles. Great grip as you'd hope