Today's crash

Help! Came off the fixed wheel today. Was starting a steep slope and got out of the saddle, pushed forward with my right foot and the pedal seemed to spin forward with no traction. Ended up in the road in a heap with a smashed light and very sore elbow.

Trying to diagnose the problem. Could the 'fixed' cog on the rear be turning independently from the wheel, thus causing the lack of traction?

is your lock ring tight enough?

or was there a patch of oil so your rear wheel lost traction?

how worn are your tyres....

stripped the thread on the hub?

Overloaded your front end, methinks.
How far forward did you lean when you got out of the saddle?
How low are your handlebars?
Did you lunge forward, or just lift out of the saddle?
Do you like gladiator movies?
Do you like it when your dog rubs himself on your leg?
Have you ever seen a grown man naked?

This happens to me a lot on a steep climbs on fixed, out of the saddle. I haven't come off from it though, just felt that slip. It's just what GL says, no big deal.

It's just what GL says.

Especially the bit about dogs rubbing themselves on your leg.

I got bitten by a dog the other day, while I was off roading on the singlespeed. This uppity dalmatian started nipping my leg as I tried to escape. I got level with it's owner, a woman who was doing fuck all to reign in her beast. All I could think to say to her, with a stern eyebrow and commanding voice, was 'Madame!'
Hardly the harsh language she deserved.
I felt a bit of a plum afterwards.
I wanted to go back and call her a piss flap and kill her dog with a rock.

I wanted to go back and call her a piss flap and kill her dog with a rock.

quality!

Could have been a wet drain cover or something like that?
I wouldn't have thought a loose lockring would matter as when climbing you're not pushing against the lockring, and if it had unscrewed it would have had to be quite loose to slip back that much.

OP: Go back to where you crashed. Look at the road.

quality!

yep.

go back to the crash site and take a good hard look at yourself

then look at yourself looking at the road

then say "madame"

three times.

then go back and look at yourself saying "Madame" whilst looking at the road and think about what the fuck it is you are doing!

Remember to look at the road with a stern eyebrow before you call it 'Madame', or the magic won't work.

Could have been a wet drain cover or something like that?.

:D ive done that a few times, end up in a superman style pose then stradling the top tube tapdancing down the street!

Go back to the dog. Kick it in the face.

:D ive done that a few times, end up in a superman style pose then stradling the top tube tapdancing down the street!

_<

I got bitten by a poodle one. A shitting dirty white poodle. The shame.

you failed to give it the stern look, didn't you.

I once got attacked by five guard dog Alsatians when I was a kid. This stupid fucker had left his gate open, and when I ran past they though 'dinner'.
The only thing that saved me was a thick padded 'body warmer' that was all the rage circa 1981.
It was left in tatters.
The dog's owner heard my terrified screams and called off his hell hounds.
When he'd calmed them down, and got them all sat in a semi circle staring at me, he proceeds to tell me that his dogs won't bite.
My body warmer was leaking more stuffing than a gang raped turkey and this cunt has the cheek to tell me his dogs don't bite.
They nearly ate me.
He tried to get me to pat one of the slavvering bastards, but I didn't really fancy it.
Funny that.
I walked home.
Crying.

I once got attacked by five guard dog Alsatians when I was a kid. This stupid fucker had left his gate open, and when I ran past they though 'dinner'.
The only thing that saved me was a thick padded 'body warmer' that was all the rage circa 1981.
It was left in tatters.
The dog's owner heard my terrified screams and called off his hell hounds.
When he'd calmed them down, and got them all sat in a semi circle staring at me, he proceeds to tell me that his dogs won't bite.
My body warmer was leaking more stuffing than a gang raped turkey and this cunt has the cheek to tell me his dogs don't bite.
They nearly ate me.
He tried to get me to pat one of the slavvering bastards, but I didn't really fancy it.
Funny that.
I walked home.
Crying.

Fantastic stuff GL.
Repped.

to the op: had you been doing leg braking before this incident? if so, it is likely your lockring is loose, thus making your cog unscrew, then tighten suddenly when you applied a lot of forward force