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@mooks
Was riding back from the pub yesterday after a really nice lunch and a pint, when the missus, who was riding in front of me, just went down for no apparent reason. Even though I've got a brake, I just couldn't stop fast enough, and so ended up coming off too - only harder since I was clipped in.
Turns out a fly had got into her ear, and so she went to swat it, taking a hand off the bars. She's not the steadiest person, so this just made her totally lose her balance.
I've got a bit of road rash on my leg, but the funniest thing is the bruise the size of a squash ball on the back of her thigh, and the near perfect imprint of her brake lever and shifter on the front of her thigh.