Originally Posted by
Bryan C.
Crashed my Diverge a few nights ago. Narrow trail, at night, going too fast and just slid off the outside edge of the trail. Went down, per strava, at 15 mph.
This was actually my 2nd crash in 7 months. Both were associated with my infatuation with climbing and descending hills. And when descending I'm usually riding too fast for the bike and trail I am riding. Gravel bikes are great climbers, but not so good at descending. Well, maybe that's just my issue rather than blaming the bike.
You were riding technical single track at night on a gravel bike and admittedly descent too fast for the bike and trail you are on.
Yeah, your last sentence sounds right- its your issue and not the bike.
Dont descend faster than the bike and trail allow, especially in the dark. Seems like that would be an easy fix instead of wearing body armor just to ride a gravel bike.