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    Falling ups a great idea, except what goes up, always come back down. Ouch
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    Can't plan it unfortunately.

    You've learnt that coming off is not planned and never can be and when you do it normally bloody hurts
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    A biker can slide for fricken forever. its sudden impacts that does it. they should invent sensors on bikes that sence if your are going too fast to stop when something is infront of you and giant airbags are deployed as well as a rear parachute!
    Thats whats up.

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    Thanyou all for your fine advise, i will certainly look for a fat person to remove my kinetic energy next time i find myself going to fast for the conditions, either that or will grab the skyhook and swing off the bike and aim for the big blue sky.
    All joking aside i have decided its time to start going on rides with more experienced riders and learn from them - probably the most fun way to learn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Addict View Post
    Upon recently finding myself confined to a wheelchair with two broken feet a broken collar bone and some skin grafts i can't help reliving my unfortunate accident and wondering if i could have done it differently:
    I was riding into an S bend after a long straight to find a car coming at me on my side of the road. Without any thought I jerked the bike left towards the footpath and tried to jump the bike over the gutter like you would a BMX. Yay! got past the car ! bugger here comes a tight squeese between a post and tree. My right shoulder hit the post (broken collar bone). At this point i believe my steering became a little one sided, and i somehow returned to the road where (i think) the bike laid down on the left with my foot under it (broken ankle). the Bike (and me) carried on to the opposite side of the road where the wheels dug into the gutter and flipped the bike over and launched me clear to land face down on the grass. Funny - My first thought was "just wait the pain will subside and you will be able to walk it off " - how wrong i was. After two surgeries and three weeks in hospital I have plenty of time to think about the bike racing guys who seem to just slide along then jump up run to their bike and take off again. I wonder what do they know that i don't?

    So.

    Can anyone tell me where i could have done it differently or where i can learn to fall safely, or maybe this is something that just comes with experience?

    Any input appreciated
    Mike
    pull your arms in, you wont break them off as you tumble, same goes for legs, BEND THEM!!!!! If your legs are straight and you impact you run the risk of ligament damage in the knee.
    im still hobbling after my operation,
    take it easy, Have a beer, get some isle of mann dvds and a pizza... NO point going too hard too soon and stuffing everything the Doc fixed...

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    [QUOTE=Addict;1129403087]Thanyou all for your fine advise, i will certainly look for a fat person to remove my kinetic energy next time i find myself going to fast for the conditions, either that or will grab the skyhook and swing off the bike and aim for the big blue sky.

    If it's a fat person you require look no further you'll be spoiled for choice here in Rotovagas

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    the don't crash approach is all fine and dandy but it fails when you do.

    i support the jump theory if you have time, it has worked for me before when i have reached the stage where there is no chance of avoiding impact. i leap up off the bike before impact and as i do push myself towards a clear flight path.
    on touchdown/landing a roll or two before the slide can work, but then again it may not.

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