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Bryan B.
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I was leading the peloton, until....

posted about 4 years ago | Report

My front wheel hit a huge pot-hole, and instead of a graceful recovery, my front carbon fork shattered. All of a sudden, I dropped down, going 30 mph, and got a face full of asphalt. I looked up, and saw the pack moving away. I knew the race was over.

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  • Mike M.
    Mike M. Sendmail

    Ouch!!

    posted over 3 years ago

  • Steven B.
    Steven B. Sendmail

    i was in second until the guy in front of me hit a pot hole and shattered his fork....... i rode around him and took the lead - two sides to every story - i hope you were ok and not to sore from the fall

    posted about 3 years ago

  • Kevin M.
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    500m to go mark, drafting two other guys who blew up, I was on the right shoulder. I could not get around them, had nowhere to go, everyone started coming up from behind, and I got wedged off the road into the ditch at 40km/h before I could even sprint...by the time I got back on the road, race was over. I peeled off hard on a TWP road and let the curses fly, I should have won that race. I was mad, but I learned some strong lessons from it.

    posted over 2 years ago

  • Kirsten L.
    Kirsten L. Sendmail

    My biggest fear is something happening to the fork/front wheel of my bike at speed!! Hasn't happened yet but it is always in the back of my mind.
    I have been trapped too and waited too long to fix the problem and gotten 2nd instead of 1st.

    posted over 2 years ago

  • Jes C.
    Jes C. Sendmail

    Ha ha.. !! At the Carol County Road Race (Illinois) a couple of years ago, I took a flyer during the first half of the race and had about a 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile lead when I JUST missed clearing a rail crossing that ended up holding back the race for about 20 minutes while this long, long freight train passed!!! Oh well.
    : (

    posted about 2 years ago

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