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Just back from my first ride out here, was going along a straight and wooded, down hill section at a fair pace when I thought I'd glance down at the garmin to check I was still on course, to my shock I saw a fairly sharp turn, I then looked up and saw that it was right ahead of me, I feathered the brake and slowed down to what felt like about 20mph when all of a sudden my front wheel slipped from under me, I managed to pull a little skid with the back wheel to get upright again.
At this point I was pretty proud of myself before I realised I was still about to hit the corner way faster than I should be so I brake again but more gently, no luck though I slipped again before instinctively locking up the back wheel, I ended up accidentally whip skidded left and right before eventually just sliding onto the ground.
Edit: Strava data tells me I was doing about 30mph and the decline was 22%
I started laughing like a maniac and 'grammed a pic of my bar tape and mildly road rashed elbow.
Needless to say I took the rest of the ride very easy.
Edit2: I take full responsibility for the this crash, I was going too fast and not paying enough attention, however the second I get home I'm ditching my hardshells for good, I've never had a tyre slip out with that little braking before!
Dat squiggle