Wreck - about 1/2 thru Wednesday's ride we were in single file. I was about 4th out of 10-12 riders when I crossed wheels with rider in front of me. I guess that he slowed a little and I did not notice. It was definitely my fault. I was able to disengage our wheels by breaking hard and had to bail hard to the left. I just got my foot down to keep from crashing into the pavement.
Obviously my hard breaking caused chaos behind me. I looked back in time to see bikes going in every direction grinding to sudden stops. One bike ended up in the ditch. Fortunately no one was injured and there was no bike damage. It could have been much worse.
If a car was passing when made my 4 foot leap to the left . . . if there was not a nice grassy ditch . . . if I could not have got my foot down to stop my fall . . . timing is everything and this turned out to be lucky timing. Lesson learned - when following close stay focused at all times.
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Wow. I'm very glad all riders and even bikes were okay. Wrecks are always scary. This one seemed like no exception. I've had my wheel overlap the rider in front and so I need to be more vigilant as well. Things are moving too quickly at 20 mph to get careless.
Wow! Miss a Wednesday ride once in a while and see the fun that was had! Good timing!
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