October 3rd, 2013, 01:35 AM | #1 |
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Name: Patrick
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washington is wet. who'd have thought?
putting along around town in my summer jacket in the pouring rain. completely soaked, freezing to death... and a car turns out a good 15ft in front of me. I had plenty of stopping distance, but I grabbed at the front brake anyway. lo and behold, the front wheel stopped moving. the bike, however, didn't. fell over on the right side (pretty low speed, like 5-6mph).
luckily, I'm a steadfast believer in atgatt, so the armor in my pants and jacket kept me from getting any bruises when hitting the pavement like a sack of bricks. First thought was to hit the killswitch and get out from under the bike. first one was easy, second turned out to be harder due to the fact that the peg caught my boot lace (the one time I don't tuck my laces in...) somebody in the car behind me helped me to get the bike back upright, and I moved out of the road and off to the side. right-hand side clutch cover has a scrape. turn signal's completely smashed, but a new one is around ten bucks. other than that, it's completely fine. incredibly lucky. also, I'm fine. got a scratch on my hip from the jacket. I've had worse rugburns, though. no bruises or soreness that I can feel. Not very often that you get a learning experience like this without real repercussions. don't grab the brakes... and don't wear non-rainproof gear in the rain. bleh. |
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October 3rd, 2013, 05:46 AM | #2 |
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tough break, sounds like it could have happened to anyone. I ride in the rain a fair amount and just make sure everything is uber slow and steady. Nothing abrupt and you are generally fine.
As far as rain gear, don't own it, might be nice, dunno ignorance is bliss Sounds like the bike and you faired ok so ride on good sir
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October 3rd, 2013, 06:07 AM | #3 |
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October 3rd, 2013, 06:13 AM | #4 | |
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October 3rd, 2013, 06:49 AM | #5 |
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2 weeks ago I got caught in a bad thunderstorm, with pretty heavy rain fall.
I had rs-taichi gmx motion jacket on, (leather, fully perforated) I got soaked, but the thing that amused me the most was that when I would slow down and come to stops the water slosh forward and would spill out of the sleeves of my jacket like dumping a water bottle
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October 3rd, 2013, 06:55 AM | #6 |
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same here, kind of. My boots are oil/waterproof ($30 walmart boots yeah baby) so they're completely dry even in the wet. Problem is... my pants aren't. so when I stand up all of the water soaks down into the inside of the boots and before I know it I'm sloshing around in two buckets of water.
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October 3rd, 2013, 07:15 AM | #7 |
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Sorry to read about your accident, Patrick.
Your choice of boots is poor, due to the reason explained and the little ankle protection. You didn't have to fall. If you have time, check our Riding Skills section and look for braking techniques and riding in the rain.
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October 3rd, 2013, 07:47 AM | #8 |
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First thing I do when I get on the bike each time is practice panic stops using both brakes. Whenever I see a wet spot I try to panic stop on purpose.
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October 3rd, 2013, 11:19 AM | #10 | |
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October 3rd, 2013, 01:55 PM | #11 |
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Good call on the gear, though . It's one thing to not wear gear during the summer; but methinks it's extremely foolish not to wear gear when roads are wet!
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October 3rd, 2013, 04:38 PM | #12 |
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As a fellow Washingtonian myself, I can vouch for the fact that yes, it is wet here. I live in the dead center of a desert (yes, there are deserts on the east side of Washington for those who don't know) and we have been getting poured on the last couple weeks.
Sorry for your wreck though. I'm glad to see it will be cheap to fix! Heal up and hop on again! I'd say to wait for it to stop raining but I don't think you'd be taking your bike out much if you did that |
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October 4th, 2013, 05:58 PM | #13 |
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