Popular Post Dgar Posted August 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2020 I had my first higher speed fall today. Still not completely sure what happened. I was going down a hill I had ridden just a few weeks ago. I was on asphalt and kept picking up speed and my pedals kept tilting back until I had no more room to break. I probably should have tried breaking earlier to keep my speed down. I was only half way down the hill and knew I would keep speeding up and I didn't want to fall on the asphalt so I headed to the side of the road and bailed. My knee pads and wrist guards worked great. My new Bell DH helmet did it's job great. I don't think I hit my head very hard but I know it would have left a lump or some bad scrapes if I wasn't using my full face helmet. I wasn't wearing elbow guards so I got one elbow scraped up. My hip and my shoulder is a little sore so I expect by tomorrow they will be quite painful. Nothing broken. I was riding a KS14D which is only rated for up to 18mph. When I checked EUC World app afterwards, it said my top speed had been 25mph. It's good to have a painful wipeout without anything seriously broken. It certainly helps you not to get too confident and helps you maintain a health respect for what can happen. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Kim Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 My money is on that you cut out. I also skinned one of my elbows running into a crater at 15 mph a few days ago on an MCM5. Glad to see you’re mostly ok and don’t forget those elbows! (I need to follow my own advice). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dgar Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 I'm not sure it was a cut out. I assume a cut out means there is no stabilization and the gyro no longer keeps it steady. It seemed like a gradual, controlled tilt back over 3 or 4 seconds and I still had some control, it was just slowly tilting back faster than I realized what was happening and was too late to start braking. After about 24 hours, I'm shocked there is no bruising, but there are scratches up and down my left side. My hip and shoulder are fairly sore but didn't get worse throughout the evening. In January I slipped on ice and hurt my rotator cuff. At the time it happened I felt fine. About 7 hours later it was very sore and after 10 hours I couldn't even move my arm. Turned there was no permanent damage and was just a strained rotator cuff. After 6 months of xrays and physical therapy, I was close to being back to normal. I was sure I re injured it and would experience the same level of pain but I really lucked out. Thankfully I have a little time to heal before my V11 comes in. Are we crazy or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriull Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 15 minutes ago, Dgar said: I'm not sure it was a cut out. As you wrote 22 hours ago, Dgar said: I was on asphalt and kept picking up speed and my pedals kept tilting back until I had no more room to break. I probably should have tried breaking earlier to keep my speed down. I was only half way down the hill and knew I would keep speeding up and I didn't want to fall on the asphalt so I headed to the side of the road and bailed. the wheel was still tilting back when you decided to bail out voluntarely. So no overlean or cut out. You can train braking with strong tiltback by setting tiltback speed to some liw safe value! Glad you made it with "just" a remarkable road rush but without reinjuring yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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