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I was 2 riders behind them, wind wasn't really strong imo so I guess it was wheels overlapping. Because it was raining earlier that day not as many people turned up so I would say the session was a bit faster and people didn't need to look out for so many other riders so that might have been a factor.
Coaches then reminded us that this was training so no need to ride excessively close to each other.
First time I "experienced" a crash on the track, very sobering and definitely reminds you to keep concentrated at all times.
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Yea for sure. There was a crash a couple months ago, it was one of the first sunny days this year, where two guys ended up in hospital. Was just before I did the novice session (before I got accredited), so our session was quite slow and careful.
Can't remember if it was the same day or the next week the guy clipped me and I went flying too - lucky I only had some bruises and road rash that day.
Never fun.
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I was the first to fall that Saturday 2 weeks back. Was a strange group with people shouting at each other. The group was stretching with many riders speeding up for the first 1/4 lap at the front to then slow down as pace was too face. Being at the back was a nightmare to manage a steady pace so i was speeding up to pick the slag when it did slow down. I did slow down enough but had to go to the red line and overlapping a bit the rider in front of me (who was on the white line).
The wind wasn't too strong but because the pace was fast, people were still moving a lot to minimize effort. The guy in front of me moved quickly to the red line and i was still overlapping by 1 inch.....couldn't keep my handlebar straight more than few meters and you guess the rest.
Lesson learnt, i now keep more distance in that group. Indeed one guy ended up his face first on the floor (loose helmet?) and fracture his face but nothing too serious. The second one was very slightly hurt at one knee. For me, torn ligament between shoulder and collarbone. No surgery necessary and the specialist told me i can keep the collarbone slightly up (typical rugby injury) and won't lose any functionality or get a surgery purely for cosmetic but you have a scare.
As i was already back on the bike few days later and was down there for training today and last week with no pain, i keep my collarbone looking funny!!My helmet would be a good illustration of why you need to wear one, totally trashed.
Coaches were not happy again that only 5 of us finished the 30 laps today but i find it hard to slow down as you always want to at least keep the pace you've been given.
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santino
Damn!! Hope those guys are okay. Quite glad I wasn't there, knowing my luck I could have been in the pile-up. Do you know if they were overlapping or it was a gust of wind or...? I guess it's all speculation, but the track can be a wind trap
Knee still feels busted. Easy 25+ miles yesterday on the road bike, too much pain don't think I could push a fixed cog today. Really missing the training. Hope it wasn't too windy for whoever went today.