Oh No! Not Again!

[rij73]

I agree with the analysis of the crash by maillotpois. I had the same crash myself. Was going from street to sidewalk on what looked like a smooth ramp. In fact there was just enough of a pavement height difference that trying to go up on a 45 degree angle just yanked the bike right over! I too fell squarely on the side of my head and was thanking my helmet from the bottom of my heart!

My husband said, I needed to go up there at a more perpendicular angle OR I should have hopped the bike up there by yanking up on the handlebars. Either your son had bigger tires at a lower air pressure, or he knew how to hop the bike.

[Tuckervill]

Sorry for your fall. I did the same kind of thing on a little curb with the guy in a garbage truck watching. I wasn't hurt, though.

That's an easy crash to take. However, if you do feel unstable at other times, I'd still get it all checked out. No sense in prolonging it if you feel something's wrong.

Karen

[Python]

It could be that I took too shallow an angle going back onto the path but I don't think I did.

Often when I've been stopping, even on a flat bit of road I feel the bike is leaning over to the right. The brakes are not pulling so it's not that. I took the bike back to the LBS a couple of weeks ago and they said (rightly or wrongly) that it's because the tyres have no tread in the middle but tread on the sides. I admit I was neither impressed or convinced by that statement but could see how it could have an effect.

I don't have this problem with my Raleigh (also a Racer), just with the Dolce.

Ah well. They say everything runs in 3s so that is the third time (in my life) I've fallen off a bike.

[Bad JuJu]

Glad to hear you weren't hurt too badly and that your helmet saved your noggin! Time to shop for a new helmet--they're only good for one impact.

[Zen]

Oh Python !
Just from looking at the bar tape it must have been a nasty fall. glad you're (mostly) OK. That kind of move from different heights/surfaces scares me too.
Maybe you're putting more weight on one side than you realize?

[Python]

Oddly enough I was eyeing up the helmets in the LBS. There were a couple that would match my bike very nicely

My brother may have solved the reason why I fell off. He used to be a professional gardener and said that because of the amount of rain we've had this year the grass was probably greasy and that's why the bike went from underneath me especially as it has the type of tyres it has.