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@kam
Hi, so i wiped out for a second time today in the same bloody spot in the rain! If you are cycling along Notting Hill and want to enter Hyde Park by Queensway, the entrance is covered in these stupid smooth stones.
About a month ago i turned into the park and the frame completely slipped away from me. I was going a bit fast i guess and i fucked my wrist (swelled up, still hurts) and hada huge bruise on my thigh.
So today i am coming the other way to join the road, going really bloody slow to avoid slipping, start to turn and BAM wipe out again on the fuckers (into the road - thanks god the cars were at the lights). Done my back, in another bruise and scrapes.
So my question is: how do you maintain decent cornering when it's wet and you have thin ass slicks on your bike? I have a Kenda Koncept tyre on my back wheel.
To be honest, i have wiped out around 5 times in the last year, always on slippy surfaces in the rain and always going slowly. It's doing my head in and i have to commute every day even in the dumb rain.
Can anyone give me any advice on tires, turning technique, htfu etc? How do you all get on in this weather? I assume lots of people are on 700x23/25 slicks? Are contis/rubinos/stelvios any better for avoiding this?
thanks,
Kam