I was out today riding the Crest and having some fun. As I'm going through a long corner I see 2 bikes on the side of the road, odd place to pull over...
So I turn around to see if everything was cool, and it turns out one of them just crashed. He saw the corner and figured he was going too fast and said he ran off. I looked at the road and saw front and rear skid marks, he locked them up and went straight off...
and went airborne into a 15 foot deep ditch
He and the bike impacted the other side around the 8 foot mark and both of them bounced back UP and out of the ditch onto the shoulder of the road.
The bike is totalled. Front rim caved in and broke into 3 pieces, fork tubes bent 20 degrees, plus all kinds more damage to the bike.
The rider. Only a couple scrape marks on his elbow, sore knee and sore ankle. He was wearing FULL gear and it kept him from having to go to the hosiptal
It was amazing to look at the bike, then look at him and wondering how he wasn't hurt any worse.
One arrow points to the crash(X marks the spot) and the other arrow shows his direction of travel(downhill). I was going the other way.
So I turn around to see if everything was cool, and it turns out one of them just crashed. He saw the corner and figured he was going too fast and said he ran off. I looked at the road and saw front and rear skid marks, he locked them up and went straight off...
and went airborne into a 15 foot deep ditch
The bike is totalled. Front rim caved in and broke into 3 pieces, fork tubes bent 20 degrees, plus all kinds more damage to the bike.
The rider. Only a couple scrape marks on his elbow, sore knee and sore ankle. He was wearing FULL gear and it kept him from having to go to the hosiptal
It was amazing to look at the bike, then look at him and wondering how he wasn't hurt any worse.
One arrow points to the crash(X marks the spot) and the other arrow shows his direction of travel(downhill). I was going the other way.