Tbh the main reason I posted this was a bit of a spleen vent. I was riding very conservatively, I remember braking for the corner in question as I’m always wary of it. Completely blind, with a shirt climb on the other side, usually take a wide entry to get a better sight line. Turned in and it went ‘ohfuckthere’saBANG!’ next thing I’m on the floor.
I have no idea how quick the other guy was going, didn’t have long enough to see, but he’s in a better state.
Reason for the spleen vent? 300 yards later there’s a bloke out with 2 kids, aged about 7 and 10. They’re lidded up, he isn’t. It’s the easy going route…what could possibly happen?
I can’t imagine what it would feel like for someone to have to explain to my kids that I’m a vegetable because I had too big an ego to wear a lid.
On the plus side, the boy is behaving immaculately as I keep threatening to touch him with my scabs…