ColorChange

Planned on a long ride but not to be. Third rider in the rotation and the first guy takes a long pull into a stiff headwind. As he gets ready to pull off, checks his 6 and drifts right and sits up. I saw it coming and planned on passing the guy in 2nd as he isn't very strong so I was going to take a pull.

Unfortunately, number 2 wasn't paying attention and didn't expect such a quick decel (due to the headwind) when rider 1 sat up. 2 clips 1's rear wheel and starts to go down. I go hard left now and think I should be clear. Unfortunately, he flops his bike over on the left side, right in front of me. I am barreling down on his head. He sees me coming right for him and luckily rotates his face away from my wheel. I didn't even have time to try to bunny hop him and ran right over his helmet and neck, doing my best Greg Louganis right into the pavement. Barely had time enough to tuck my head and get some kind of a shoulder roll.

My favorite helmet, toast but saved my noggin big time.





Left a mark.




Nothing serious for either rider. Boy I hate crashes. Couple chunks missing here and there, road rash and big muscle soreness along the right side of my back.

nixternal

Son of a...that's gonna leave a mark </chris farley>

Glad to see nobody really got hurt. What ride did this happen on?

Psimet2001 

So let me get this straight...you were riding in an unpredictable pattern (changing the rotation) because you thought someone in the group you were riding with was too weak and ended up in another group ride wreck?

ColorChange

Wow, low even for you Rob. Yes, it's my fault the guy in front of me crashed and fell right in front of me. Maybe you can ask Vince (the owner of Village Cyclesport) if it was my fault. Wow.

Psimet2001 

This is a group ride report so shouldn't it be in the racing forum?

Scummer

No, the 2nd rider in the rotation clipped the wheel of the frontman because frontman sits up into a headwind. Sounds more like the dude who sat up has some fault, because you just don't sit up and decelerate fast right after you pulled off and 2nd rider because he fell asleep at the wheel or was just to inexperienced.

Mayonnaise

that should buff right out

ColorChange

Pretty much have it Scummer. I think 2 might have missed 1's signals he was coming off his long pull and instead tried to stay in the draft. The minute 1 sat up, the decel caught 2 off guard and that's all she wrote. I don't think it was 1's fault as I clearly saw the signals he was coming off (that's why I started to come out into the wind). 2 just wasn't paying attention IMO.

ColorChange

Sorry to disappoint some but it looks like I'll live. Think I have a cracked rib(s) though.

botto 

i didn't realize that you were a world champion.

MJH2

Aren't there other forums you can be a tool in?

John Wilke

Ouch. Shame about the helmet, but the rest doesn't look so bad. You'll be ready to rock for ToAD no problem.

Ask Recursive about going through helmets. He got two of those crashes posted on YouTube last year!

botto 

impressive grasp of the english language, you have.

John Wilke

Oh, it was two years ago:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP03l_FBvIY and of course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfs55TB9srg

That helmet he throws was *brand new*.

cyclpsycho

Glad your O.K.

Those are some stylin' shorts

MJH2

More impressive than your ability to find and push the shift key.

botto 

oh no, you played the shift card.

MJH2

I did.

It was the only thing I could think of to counter your clever use of "emoticons".

botto 

proof that there's a first time for everything.

ColorChange

MJH2 He's on my ignore list. BF is quite a bit nicer without his posts.

ColorChange

Gotta love the pink flamingos.

MJH2

Yeah? Not one useful post in 35,000+ attempts out of you. While there may be a first time for everything, it sure doesn't look like there necessarily is a first time fore everything.

botto 

your loss, sparky.

botto 

try again. fail again. fail better.

Kimbercop

Glad to see you're OK Tim. Heal up quickly.

Also nice to see that even though I rarely check in these days, that the playful banter and abject stupidity carries on.

Sigh, what is one to do?