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Thanks Oliver. Yes, exactly at that spot. Tyre just carried on ignoring my request to turn right, not at crazy speed though one does tend to pick up speed in the preceding mile.
Very good point about making the same error. I have to respect the wishes of loved ones (one in particular), so I will be using a lid on the roads from now.
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Very good point about making the same error. I have to respect the wishes of loved ones (one in particular), so I will be using a lid on the roads from now.
Completely understand, and obviously we've been over this many times on here, so you know, but always for public benefit, be aware that the helmet is likely to make you less risk-aware. It is likely to adversely affect one's natural risk compensation mechanism even if one knows about this.
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I've eaten it on that corner before also, but the culprit that time was biodegrading leaf litter and moss making the road slick. It's a spot that never gets any sun. Two other riders crashed shortly after me, ignoring my arm waving to slow down.
Doesn't matter how confident I'm feeling, I now I pick my way round that corner at about 3mph, shaking like a baby deer!
Oliver Schick
draughts
Heal up soon, hope it's nothing serious.
Do you mean here or some other bend? This is the most angled one I could find.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3517205,0.006995,3a,75y,291.22h,82.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sfwqW4nu8lEb03tztY7QacA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DfwqW4nu8lEb03tztY7QacA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D294.69528%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Or along a more gradual bend, like here?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3507673,0.009276,3a,75y,159.3h,66.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUw19nqVmdGJuBD4LsII4fg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
The helmet thing, by the way, while understandable, is the usual fallacy. You're now pre-disastered and extremely unlikely to have the same kind of crash again anytime soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTqz4duPdYQ