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Originally Posted by endemoniada  I came off my bike up at the Carron Valley Trails on Saturday. |
I was up there a couple of weeks ago, only my second visit, first was about a year ago, much better than I'd remembered. Where'd you come off?
My first proper fall was at Ae last year. Completely messed up a downhill drop-off, the bike landed on the front wheel and pitched me off over the handlebars. Winded myself for a few minutes and a few scars to add to the collection. Also think I must've cracked some ribs cause I was in quite a lot of pain for a few weeks.
Second was a couple of months ago at the Firetower trail at Lochgilphead. Completely unexpected I was just bombing along a reasonably smooth bit of singletrack and the front tyre just washed out and I went flying off to the side rolling into the undergrowth. Didn't hurt myself that time, just some nice scars up the back of my leg where the pedal caught me. I now have a new front tyre which is much grippier!
Narrowly avoided another over the handlebar incident and Laggan last weekend. Was on the black run coming down a rocky staircase and the front wheel just dug in and stopped at the bottom. I somehow managed to gracefully dismount by vaulting over the handlebars as the bike was nearly vertical, and run away before it could scud me on the back of the head, nice.
It seems I'm getting better at falling off, completely self taught too
