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Yup today i had my first accident.
In the ****ing rain, i was breaking, locked back wheel, spun bike round, fliped onto me.

Fortunatly i was only doing about 5mph at the time.

Still shook me up.

No serious injuries except some lovely bruises and a very sore leg.

Bike = smashed mirror, scratched break lever, general scratches.

To be honest it reli scared me, but its taught me a very good lesson, i reckon is was a judgement mistake, i didnt judge the breaking distance properly because of the rain.

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Glad you got away with it, 5mph crashes can still hurt alot though!!!

I nearly dropped the bike the other day - in the dry. Braking hard filtering on a white line. Even when dry, they are slippery. How i didnt drop the locked front I dont know...

Matt

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Originally Posted by alpinestarhero (Post 1243489)

Glad you got away with it, 5mph crashes can still hurt alot though!

Tell me about it.

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Bad luck,but it's easily done.
I always say that any incident like this that you get up and walk away from is something you learn from.Not all negative then.

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Originally Posted by Mishelly212 (Post 1243485)

Glad you're ok...like you said...it will have taught you a lesson and it's far better to have learn't it at 5mph rather than at speed. You've obviously thought about why it happened and how to avoid a similar experience.

A similar thing happened to me on my training a couple of weeks ago but I was going round a corner and nearly slid into an oncoming car. Shook me up a bit but I'm getting my confidence back for cornering now.

Hopefully your leg will feel better soon! I've only just got rid of my bruises...my legs have been in such a state since I started mucking around with bikes, they haven't seen sunlight yet this year lol :D

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oh noes, happy to hear you ok

get back out on that bike ASAP:chef:

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As others have said, as long as you learn from it chalk it up to experience.

Good to hear you and the bike are ok :)

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Any accident you can get up and walk away from has to be a good one :wink:
Glad you're OK

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i really hate it when this sort of thing happens, like when im doing a slow u turn and dropping the p!s!n bike doing about 3MPH i loose my footing then you hear the unmistake able . . . .CRUNCH . . .:( it hurts my pride more than anything lol,