Glad he is okay. Could have obviously been worse. I was trying to figure out why it slipped out. Didn't look like he was going to to fast? IDK

 

i think that was a dumb frustration move for sure


I was not on the ride I had to work that day. I do hate getting the texts asking “wanna go run *road name*?” and then getting another text 3 or 4 hours later telling me so and so crashed.

Yeah it was a good camera angle of glove flying off, amazingly no rash on his hand, but it kind of makes me want to upgrade to some nice leather gloves instead of the textile ones I have. And agreed I’ve ridden with the rider in question many time and we have never had a issue but it doesn’t take much of a mistake to end up in the ditch. Should always ride at your own comfort level and save the real speed for the track days.



Not sure what the speed was but I think how much lean he had and how high his body was had a lot to do with it. Normally if you’re going that low you should have a puck on and just drag a little. But his body was ware his bike should have been and his bike was ware his body should have been. If you watch right before it slides out he leans up as if to try and stand the bike up. I think the bike was to far gone and that point and the lean up only served to shift his center of gravity that much more.

 

Hard to tell but it looks like he might have hit the center paint about the time he slides.

 

People blame stuff like this wayyyy too often.

His line was awful. His turn in point was much too early .

Not sure if he was using reference points and/or looking for the Apex but he totally blew it if he was.

 

Thanks for reiterating that Nate. Glad he is ok.

 

as a new rider to me it looks like he took the turn wrong he was more towards the center line when he should have been on the outside going into the inside line. His body posture was wrong towards the end before the fall and there was way too much lean much more than I would have felt comfortable with anyway.

Maybe(correct me if I'm wrong) but he was leaning so far along with bad posture when he went to press the bike to the right without correcting his body posture he actually pushed it down.

 

Yep, He was way too high on the outside edge of the seat, body position was all wrong. Glad to hear he is alright. Crashing sucks!

 

Should also note that he has been riding for 3-4 years and this was his first incident. Just a reminder that it just takes one mistake.

 

Did he got the bike checked out? I guess he'll be taking it easier now, I'd point him to twist of the wrist 2 if he hasn't seen/read it already.

 

I was on this ride, and I was the guy on the bike with the camera.

His bike hit the sign first, then he hit the sign. The sign actually broke below where the breakaway is supposed to happen.

I dont look at my speedo until after Im done with the corner, but IIRC we were hitting these at about 50-60. It was a 20MPH posted 90 degree corner, we hit a few just like it before this one.

He may have hit the center line, but if you watch it again you can see that he doesnt actually go down until after he comes out from the line.

The bike was checked out by a shop, and it was an estimated 10k in damage. Honestly the bike is not in that bad of shape, we ended up zip-tying the plastics together and he finished the ride.