dunno, quite baffling. my current thoughts are that the clearence between the wheel and down tube was slim anyway, about 5-6mm, so maybe the headset had worked itself a little loose, and under the stress of sharp braking, the wheel could have actually touched the down tube, propelling the whole bike and myself tarmacwards.
but still to bend the whole front end of the frame just through braking stress is just wierd.
well, if the wheel did touch the downtube at high speed, with all that kinetic energy to dissipate, then this could conceivably happen.
agreed very likely.
Steel road frames are designed to have give, and some flex heaps under braking.
Some track frames would be made of very light tubing and not intended for street & braking too.
agreed very likely.
Steel road frames are designed to have give, and some flex heaps under braking.
Some track frames would be made of very light tubing and not intended for street & braking too.