I was cycling to school once and was going down a hill and at the last second saw black ice across the whole road I slowed down to jogging speed ready to put my feet out ready and immediately did a 360 spin then slid about 5 metres on my arse.
I remember the horrible feeling of the front wheel slipping out...
reminds me of my first bike accident at Piccadilly Circus of all places. I went arse over bollocks, over the handle bars and ofcourse with no protective gear. Managed to avoid my head hitting the ground but my knees and palms were wrecked for about 1 1/2 months. I even had gravel stuck in my palms lol and ofcourse it was raining :) Great vid as usual.
The point here is that you should always have clothing on all parts even if light clothing. Some clothing is better than none and will provide some protection. Be safe people and ride carefully.
that pic looks pretty bad, i went over a car bonnet once about 3-4 year ago and i got road rash on both my elbows and knee's... tore the skin right off and was bleedings, could see the bone, but hey, still went to work the next day :D
i used to love riding my bike,but im getting a motorbike soon which should be fun :)
Was it ice or a lethal mix of road salt & diesel spilled on the roundabout? I've known roads feel slippery like ice but found clothes covered in grease after a fall. I recently purchased an Archos 605 SD card recorder as I was worried about hard drive failure after a knock like this. Still OK?
I think it may have been a diesel, fog and salt mixture like you say. The Pouch I put the Archos in hit the road and was scuffed, the HD seems ok although I did have one damaged file that couldn't be deleted. I reformatted and it is ok so far,but it definitely took a hit. Hopefully it can work around any damaged disk areas. Archos SD sounds ideal! I will have to have a look at one once this one eventually dies.
I've put 8GB card in Archos 605 WiFi. Max file size 2GB so can do 4 of them recording direct to card. At night full resolution video records at 11MB/minute but daytime this is 17MB so can record continuous for 2 or 3 hours. Can cut/crop video on device which is neat if away. V useful to save disk space & record again. Battery life poor when using camera (not sure but may be less than 1 hour), but 5 hours playback. I plug 4 x 2200mAh AA batt pack into DC socket to record long time. How's yours?
Mine seems to do an hours ride with no problems. My commute is quite short. I am going to have a look inside the Archos and see if it is easy to swap out the hard drive... definitely worth a try before I replace the whole thing.
cheers, yeah I was pleased to see it carried on recording without so much as a glitch. I wish I had remembered to wipe the fog off the lens though. ;)
That looked a bit nasty,black ice is every road users enemy,what speed where you doing prior to falling? The guy mentioned 40mph lol surely not looks about 23/25 mph which still is fast for a fall like that,any faster could have been very nasty,perhaps you should slow down a bit in icy weather. Glad someone stopped to check you where ok,restores faith in people doesn't it ,glad not to much harm done.Have you checked your bike again for unseen damage you could have missed?
Why are you breathing so hard?
XxbrandanxX 1 year ago
I was cycling to school once and was going down a hill and at the last second saw black ice across the whole road I slowed down to jogging speed ready to put my feet out ready and immediately did a 360 spin then slid about 5 metres on my arse.
I remember the horrible feeling of the front wheel slipping out...
peude13 2 years ago
i remember crashing i was changing
gear and the bike flew down the hill
and hit the kurb i flew off
nitromeplay 2 years ago
reminds me of my first bike accident at Piccadilly Circus of all places. I went arse over bollocks, over the handle bars and ofcourse with no protective gear. Managed to avoid my head hitting the ground but my knees and palms were wrecked for about 1 1/2 months. I even had gravel stuck in my palms lol and ofcourse it was raining :) Great vid as usual.
londonboyracer 2 years ago
bad luck, mate. Even rain water makes it that slippery sometimes, eh?
strippzy 2 years ago
The point here is that you should always have clothing on all parts even if light clothing. Some clothing is better than none and will provide some protection. Be safe people and ride carefully.
Cyberwwwizard 2 years ago
You suck. Why don't you learn to ride before you criticise everyone else, moron.
madgrenade 3 years ago
is your nick name ROAD RASH
ScorpioBladez 3 years ago
Haha wow, I just watched a couple of your videos and you seem to have horrible luck on a bike!
I admire your commitment.
tuber8440 3 years ago
so do your gloves give added protection? are they lycra? or are they made of a more grippy material?
AceOfSpades991 3 years ago
Ouch! Luckily no-one was too close behind!
FreeRadical57 3 years ago
unlucky but your road bike looks quite good lol
littlebigman909 3 years ago
that pic looks pretty bad, i went over a car bonnet once about 3-4 year ago and i got road rash on both my elbows and knee's... tore the skin right off and was bleedings, could see the bone, but hey, still went to work the next day :D
i used to love riding my bike,but im getting a motorbike soon which should be fun :)
U48 3 years ago
Oops, glad you were OK!
lsmike 4 years ago
I added a link to a pic of the injury to the description. ;) The skin has all grown back now.
andyb0000 3 years ago
OOooh nasty!
treguard1982 3 years ago
I like your videos and want to ride my bike to my place of business or university campus, but I like eating two or three desserts daily.
Keep up the good work!
supersonicj1m 4 years ago
Was it ice or a lethal mix of road salt & diesel spilled on the roundabout? I've known roads feel slippery like ice but found clothes covered in grease after a fall. I recently purchased an Archos 605 SD card recorder as I was worried about hard drive failure after a knock like this. Still OK?
mailpauljonescouk 4 years ago
I think it may have been a diesel, fog and salt mixture like you say. The Pouch I put the Archos in hit the road and was scuffed, the HD seems ok although I did have one damaged file that couldn't be deleted. I reformatted and it is ok so far,but it definitely took a hit. Hopefully it can work around any damaged disk areas. Archos SD sounds ideal! I will have to have a look at one once this one eventually dies.
andyb0000 4 years ago
I've put 8GB card in Archos 605 WiFi. Max file size 2GB so can do 4 of them recording direct to card. At night full resolution video records at 11MB/minute but daytime this is 17MB so can record continuous for 2 or 3 hours. Can cut/crop video on device which is neat if away. V useful to save disk space & record again. Battery life poor when using camera (not sure but may be less than 1 hour), but 5 hours playback. I plug 4 x 2200mAh AA batt pack into DC socket to record long time. How's yours?
mailpauljonescouk 4 years ago
Mine seems to do an hours ride with no problems. My commute is quite short. I am going to have a look inside the Archos and see if it is easy to swap out the hard drive... definitely worth a try before I replace the whole thing.
andyb0000 3 years ago
Hi Andy,
What sort of camera do you use ?
Yahatacookiesan 4 years ago
Archos 604 with helmet camera attachment.
Got it from actioncameras dot co dot uk
Very rugged and high quality
andyb0000 4 years ago
Ouch indeed! And nice to see people stopping. Glad you're OK - sometimes I think it's more than just us motorcyclists that need armoured PPE!
mrmclarkson 4 years ago
I am considering investing in some extra protection for these icy days. ;o) The skin is growing back at least. :)
andyb0000 4 years ago
Ouch.
People stopping to help is a nice contrast to the dangerous motorist clips, to remind us that people aren't all bad ;-)
oliciv 4 years ago
Yeah, the bad ones are a small minority.
The guy who speaks was on foot, I think I sort slid to a stop at his feet. :)
andyb0000 4 years ago
That looks pretty painful. Glad your ok! Nice to see a motorist stopping to see if you are ok.
therealjacomus 4 years ago
Yeah I gave her the thumbs up as I got up to say I was still alive. The road rash dressing is working and aches and the bruises are fading.
andyb0000 4 years ago
Ouch! I had one like that as well. Tarmac is pretty hard isn't it!
Your Archos is a hard disk recorder isn't it? Good to see it kept going thoughout!
I hope you heal quickly!
magnatom 4 years ago
cheers, yeah I was pleased to see it carried on recording without so much as a glitch. I wish I had remembered to wipe the fog off the lens though. ;)
andyb0000 4 years ago
That looked a bit nasty,black ice is every road users enemy,what speed where you doing prior to falling? The guy mentioned 40mph lol surely not looks about 23/25 mph which still is fast for a fall like that,any faster could have been very nasty,perhaps you should slow down a bit in icy weather. Glad someone stopped to check you where ok,restores faith in people doesn't it ,glad not to much harm done.Have you checked your bike again for unseen damage you could have missed?
xdr5xdrf 4 years ago