Yeah, I’ve seen 42mph downhill on a mountain bike, and managed to overtake a car at 32mph at the bottom of my road, a slight downhill with a following wind, and as I was wearing shorts and tee shirt on both occasions, (and there were a number of other occasions as well), there was a little voice in the back of my head screaming ’slow the fuck down!
I never actually came off, except for once on my way into town I turned onto a shared cycle path at walking speed, and both wheels went out from underneath me, dumping me onto rough tarmac. My left knee took the main impact, also my elbow, shoulder, the side of my face was badly grazed, fortunately I had a crash hat on, which took most of the impact.
That stupid, slow-speed off has left me with a permanent disability with osteoarthritis in my knee at the impact point.
That was at less than 3mph, and things like this video always make me think back to the sort of speeds I used to do unprotected, and I get a really queasy feeling inside! 🫣
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