Blacksmith
Registered
that you cant brake hard and turn at the same time! That's information I feel has been sorely lacking in my 6 weeks of riding education until today. I was on I95 getting off for gas and lunch but the exit lane was full of trucks so by the time I could get over I was still doing 80 and right at the top of the off ramp. This is one of those 180° ramps that's pretty tight and I hit it to hard so I was on the brakes fairly hard and could not make my bike lean. So I got in the gravel and sand at the edge of the pavement and when the front tire started to slide I straightened up fully and rode over the edge (thank God no guard rails!). So here I go over the edge down a 12' embankment through a shallow ditch over a 75 yard wide grassy knoll through another shallow ditch and back onto the pavement of the on ramp where I hang a hard left and quickly leave the scene of debilitating embarrassment and shame. I didn't know if I froze up and did something wrong or what so when I got off at my exit with no traffic around and two lanes of clear pavement I tried again and couldn't believe how hard it was to try and turn while braking relatively hard. Is there something I can change to improve this or it it just how bikes work and yall all knew better and wanted to laugh at me when I found out the hard way? I feel like yall just wanted to laugh...