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Well, it finally happened. I had my first crash.
(lemmy.world)
Was cruising with my riding group in Virginia, when I took a curve too fast, too wide. Ended up in the hospital, with a broken ankle and badly bruised shoulder.
It could've been worse. FAR worse. Thankfully, I subscribe to ATGATT, and made it out with relatively minor injuries. If you, or anyone you know, thinks it's OK to skimp on riding gear, let this be the reminder you need to hear: it isn't, and WHEN you crash, not if, you will regret not wearing proper gear.
Stay safe on the roads, Lemmy riders.
That sucks, how fast were you going? seems really unfortunate that you broke bones on a smallish crusier.
People regularly die from collisions on pedal bikes. You don't have to be going very fast at all.
I will say we were going fast for the road. It was marked 30, we were going 40-50. Would've been fine had there been more of a shoulder. Unfortunately, being in rural Virginia, the transition from Road to Gravel was immediate. I'm absolutely a dumbass for going that fast on that road, but you live and you learn.