How bad were you hurt?
What's the worst injury you've sustained in this hobby? How did it happen? Do you gear up more because of your accident?
My worst accident happened when I was riding about 8mph and clipped a curb with my pedal. Before I knew it I was turned sideways and ejected. No protection whatsoever. Landed hard on my side resulting in sprained shoulder and a couple of minor bruises. I saw how close my head landed next to the curb and that caused me to always wear a helmet and I figured I'd start
The 'break off' seems to have started where the orange arrows are. The pedal is a corrugated metal with coarse metal beehive cross section at the breakage area. Where the pedal bolt fits is convincingly solid. The bonding of the pedal bolt base to the adjacent honeycomb plate has some signs of surface metal corrosion (water). The photo shows some bending where the bonded foot rest sections eventually separated. Maybe it's a hard region to engineer to higher expectations for weight support. The t
