eBike Crash: Wet wooden bridge...

[Hillhater]

That was a WTB Graffitti that I lost it on. But, after looking at the board orientation that YPedal pointed out...I'm not sure anything would've helped.

..Less speed, no front brake, and a foot ready...would have kept you upright

[GMUseless]

A few minutes into my commute...a wet wooden boardwalk gave me a little wake up call! The bridge goes through a park called 'Alligator Alley': there's a ton of alligators hanging around because people feed them from the Hampton Inn breakfast buffet across the street. Gators love those shitty cinnamon rolls.

I know that "Gator walk" in Daphne quite well. Never did it on my trike though. Good that you didn't go into the water. Some of them 'gators are fairly large! Glad you are OK!
otherDoc

This 12 footer is what doc is referring to, sitting on the opposite bank about three months ago:

Hungry for a cinnamon roll...or an eBiker with sloppy front brakin' turn techniques...

[kmxtornado]

I was relieved you were wearing the proper gear. Glad you're alright buddy. How fast were you going during most of that video?

[GMUseless]

Thanks man! Most of the time around 25 mph. Top speed down the first hill was around 37mph. At the time of the crash, I think it was somewhere around 14mph....so not that bad. I just ended up with a couple of bruises. Wearing the right gear is a pain in the ass...but man it sure makes a difference when it's time to pick yourself up and walk away.

[ohzee]

yea i want one of those helmets.. ive looked at a few online , but im just worried about something that's decent quality.

[Grinhill]

Great quality vid, and great moment captured. How many of us wish the camera was rolling when we had our last crash???

Thanks for sharing.

[GMUseless]

I got it from Pricepoint. It's pretty good. I've got a pretty big dome, so I needed an XL...and I wanted a white one, since it's hot as balls down here most of the year. It runs about the same size as a Fox XXL. They pop up on chainlove.com all the time at 50-60% off.

I found the carbon fiber ones weren't much lighter than these, and those are all dark colors. Plus, these 661 helmets are DOT rated...which most DH bike helmets aren't.

[amberwolf]

That crash is almost exactly the kind of crash I nearly had twice tonight on lightly-wetted oily pavement on the way home. I managed to recover both times, but if there had been traffic on the road the second time, I probably would have skidded into someones' front end (if they'd been waiting to go on the other side of the intersection) during the recovery on my left turn.

Unlike you, I had no railing to prevent me from being able to steer into the skid and try to just keep upright until I could slow enough to not skid out again while completing the turn back the other direction--just a big open intersection. Otherwise, I'd've gone down, too.

No vid in my case; I didn't have anything to keep the camera from getting wet so I iddn't hvae it on there.
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[beast775]

glad everything was good,but that was a smashing recording!

[dogman]

It didn't look to me like you grabbed a lot of front brake, But damp wood sure is slick stuff. Love to see crash vids with only bruises. Last time I rode I crashed twice. Kicked myself landing? somehow had a bruise the size of a grapefruit on my inner thigh. Wasn't the bar end bruise like normal.

You dissapointed me, not riding through the wet cement sidewalk earlier in the vid.

[GMUseless]

HAAAA! That's funny. I might have.(not really)..but that little bit of work they're doing there is some kind of memorial for a girl who was killed a few years ago: left a bar up the street with a stranger and was found there a few days later. Trenching up her memorial would be some tough kharma to even out!

I think I was lightly pulling on the brake...I know I was trying to slow down as I was moving a little fast for that turn. I got bruised on my left side...I couldn't figure out why until watching the video frame by frame.

[valsislav]

Riding like that, you're gonna get us all killed.

[valsislav]

Just kidding - hope you're OK.

[veloman]

This morning was the first real wet ride I did on the ebike. With no weight up front, I know cornering is sketchy so I went really slow on some corners.

Ya got to be careful on wet wood! Never touch the brakes on a corner, or even turn quickly. Just like ice. Glad you were okay.

[dogman]

Prolly just slick as snot, brakes or not. I always wonder how they mangage to ride thos wacky ladder bridges in the rainforests in the NW. Maybe that's part of the point of the ladder. More traction with the spaces? Anyway seems like they'd be mossy or polished slick as hell.

[GMUseless]

If its pressure treated pine, it is slick. The rough planks aren't bad. At Keystone, all the ladder bridges are covered in chicken wire.

[grindz145]

ouch! Glad to see you're okay. Looks like you locked up the front wheel pretty well!