Monday, March 03, 2008

85 kph and nearly wiped out


Perhaps this sign should also read and valley of the cyclists.

I was out on my normal Sunday cycle ride and I'm on the long downhill, I must be hitting about 85kph when my back wheel lifts up and dances sideways ........ phew it was a scary couple of seconds, it landed on the ground and then quickly snapped back into line. I thought I was a goner.

1 comment:

IronTriTim said...

Scary, I remember a race last year when I hit 70kph and it occurred to me that if I came off at this point I was not going to easily get up, so might as well push on harder. Ended up hitting 75kph.. exhilarating feeling. Though did feel for the guy who didn't manage to make it down in one piece.