LarryOz
Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
And yes, this time I've got video to show for it at least.
It all started Tuesday evening. I had had a really bad day, and I told my wife I wanted to go and ride with the Tuesday night group and just get all my frustration out with an extremely "hard" ride. She was happy to let me go, since then I would not take my frustration out on her! haha
So we started around 6pm. About 40 or so riders. I started out after they all left, quickly bolted to the front and then had to stop and adjust my rear brake after a couple miles. I let them all go past, and then decided for the most part to just stay behind out of the draft. It was safer (I thought), and would give me a harder workout.
Anyway, shortly after 12 miles and while riding up and down some killer rollers, and approaching speeds of around 40 mph, I came to a slight right hand turn (which was covered with sand and gravel - did not see it of course). Before I knew it I was sliding, the tips of my right fingers where burning, my rear end was burning, and I was spinning around in the road.
A few people stopped including the cars that I luckily missed. My back light, Ventist seat pad, and my foam lumbar support where all over the road. My rear and and fingers where really stinging, but I did not think anything was broken, so next I inspected my V20. She looked OK for the most part - my seat is a little narrower (It gets that was after each slide!
. Pedals, RD, FD seemed OK. Camera still on, but a little loose. I got back on after and minute and started to go again. Everything felt fine, so I figured I would finish the ride out. Better than walking the 14 miles left, or worse yet, call my wife and asking her to come and get me.
So I just carried on, and picked up the pace until I was flying again. I caught the mid-speed group about 4 miles down the road, and then continued on back the to start. Another 3 miles I just barley saw the "fast" group of 5 - Left turn up ahead and then I decided to chase them down hard and go for the KOM on this 5.5 mile stretch. I caught them after about 2.5 miles and blew by them at about 30mph. They did not try and follow. I finished the Strava segment and got "you guessed it": 2nd. Missed the KOM by 10 seconds. 5.5 in 11:35. 28.2 mph @ 246watts (NP-254), HR=175bpm. Well I wanted a "hard" ride, I guess it was harder than I thought it would be with the crash.
I cooled down with the couples miles left, and went home to patch myself up and lick my wounds. (I'd post pictures, but they would be banned I am afraid of, but Ratz can certify to the truth of my injuries. haha)
Attached is the full length video of my entire ride. The crash is around minute 26 if you don't want to watch the whole thing. The KOM starts around 46:30 with the left turn.
I'm working on a more condensed video and will post it once it's uploaded to YouTube.
Enjoy
It all started Tuesday evening. I had had a really bad day, and I told my wife I wanted to go and ride with the Tuesday night group and just get all my frustration out with an extremely "hard" ride. She was happy to let me go, since then I would not take my frustration out on her! haha
So we started around 6pm. About 40 or so riders. I started out after they all left, quickly bolted to the front and then had to stop and adjust my rear brake after a couple miles. I let them all go past, and then decided for the most part to just stay behind out of the draft. It was safer (I thought), and would give me a harder workout.
Anyway, shortly after 12 miles and while riding up and down some killer rollers, and approaching speeds of around 40 mph, I came to a slight right hand turn (which was covered with sand and gravel - did not see it of course). Before I knew it I was sliding, the tips of my right fingers where burning, my rear end was burning, and I was spinning around in the road.
A few people stopped including the cars that I luckily missed. My back light, Ventist seat pad, and my foam lumbar support where all over the road. My rear and and fingers where really stinging, but I did not think anything was broken, so next I inspected my V20. She looked OK for the most part - my seat is a little narrower (It gets that was after each slide!
. Pedals, RD, FD seemed OK. Camera still on, but a little loose. I got back on after and minute and started to go again. Everything felt fine, so I figured I would finish the ride out. Better than walking the 14 miles left, or worse yet, call my wife and asking her to come and get me.So I just carried on, and picked up the pace until I was flying again. I caught the mid-speed group about 4 miles down the road, and then continued on back the to start. Another 3 miles I just barley saw the "fast" group of 5 - Left turn up ahead and then I decided to chase them down hard and go for the KOM on this 5.5 mile stretch. I caught them after about 2.5 miles and blew by them at about 30mph. They did not try and follow. I finished the Strava segment and got "you guessed it": 2nd. Missed the KOM by 10 seconds. 5.5 in 11:35. 28.2 mph @ 246watts (NP-254), HR=175bpm. Well I wanted a "hard" ride, I guess it was harder than I thought it would be with the crash.
I cooled down with the couples miles left, and went home to patch myself up and lick my wounds. (I'd post pictures, but they would be banned I am afraid of, but Ratz can certify to the truth of my injuries. haha)
Attached is the full length video of my entire ride. The crash is around minute 26 if you don't want to watch the whole thing. The KOM starts around 46:30 with the left turn.
I'm working on a more condensed video and will post it once it's uploaded to YouTube.
Enjoy
