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Good fun though, until it isn't. The trail i was doing was above my pay grade, and i was already devoid of confidence and calm when i lost the front wheel on that techy climb. Even when you're not riding fast, the ground still comes at you at some tempo ...
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Yeah, it's not like any of my riding is "fast" (avg 15kph, max 50kph). Only on the big fire road stuff when I let it go is it approaching anything speedy. Most of the time pain is from awkward movements that I'm doing to prevent a crash that cause body parts to hurt. Twisting and pulling on the bars or putting out big power to clamber up something or having to jump off the bike because I fucked a steep climb and landing funny.
hippy
Ouch. My calf has a yellow tinge after falling over on the road bike (off road). Riding bikes off road is dumb :)
Mind you, there's still a bend in the steel ped rails in Croydon, Melb where I crashed into them during a crit. #stillproud I rarely bruise though (maybe something to do with the clotting factor). It fucked me up for ages though.