First crash
Don't know how many of these threads pop up and my crash isn't very exciting but shit I feel like sharing it somewhere so here we are xD
Basically I was driving on a back road that connects the Hutt motorway to whitby. It was a fucking dodgey road, it had like pine cones and big sticks all over the road not to mention basically a layer of flower crap on the road. It was dodgey but I took the road very very slowly and cautiously and all was well.
On the road there are a series of one way bridges. The first one I took very cautiously, however it was concrete and had no problems. I slowed down for the second bridge, but not as much, checked it out and it was all good. I rode over the third one at a reasonable speed and half checked if it was sweet, it was concrete like the last two so again I rode over it.
So the fourth and last bridge came up, the bridge veered quite quickly to the right, but the last 3 bridges were cool so I took it at about 20 km/h. I rode onto the bridge and instantly lost control of the bike and crashed.
Turns out the bridge had 2 raised platforms for car tyres, and a drop in the middle about 30cm deep. The gap was wood and was covered in this nasty moss shit, basically it was slippery as fuck. My mates saw me crash and basically I drove into the gap, pretty much instantly slid along the gap, and my front tyre hit straight into the raised wood, resulting in and my bike front flipping, me hitting my head on the guard rail and flying a few metres.
The worst was a bruised hand, and a big dent in the helmet. Although I was going slow, I flew quite far, and my gear saved my precious bones etc, and the helmet pretty much saved my life. The bike is in fixable condition, frame and forks are fine, but all the levers and footpegs are bent/ come off, but easily fixable.
The main thing that really irritated me was that the crash was just a pain in the ass more than anything. I stood no chance in controlling the bike, it was certain that I was going to fuck myself up. I envisioned my first crash resulting in me going to fast, or doing something wrong around a corner. With something like this I can actually learn from the crash and take something away to make me a better rider. With this it was just a crash for a crashes sake, and the only thing I've learnt is to not trust 1 way bridges and to not take farm backroads.
GRRR!!!!! I guess the main thing is that I'm ok, I'm lucky i didn't land in the river below. Just very annoying that I had to have an accident in such a lame way.
The crash itself was quite cool. I've ridden skateboards and mountain biked since I was about 10, and have definitely have had my fair share of crashes. However the difference between crashing on a motorbike and a skateboard is that on a skateboard it happens in slow motion. On a motorbike it happens in a split second, I didn't even have time to register I was crashing until I was laying on the road. However I'm wondering if that had something to do with me head hitting the rail. It was actually quite exhilarating in a way, it sounds dangerous and silly but I quite enjoyed the crash. However I feel it was a crash that wasn't particularly my fault, and it makes me even more angry that I was driving really cautiously on that road.
Sorry if it was a shit read but hell I had to post it somewhere! Cheers, and for you Wellington riders watch the fuck out for 1 way bridges
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