No problem 👍 Yea, just trained indoors for 8 weeks and avoided doing anything on the shoulder at all. Seem to do the trick! Main problem was going to bed and not being able to lay on that side 😆
How did you crash/go down btw? [At the outset of the video I misinterpreted what you were referring to when touching on protecting your bike] I understood you meant your method of falling, which I understand falls into two camps…reaching out ones hands, to reduce the impact, via reducing the height of the initial impact [typically advised against, apparently] versus accepting the full height of the fall and impact onto a hunched up, tensed shoulder [perhaps much in the way/position one would be if charging to barge through a locked door]…the theory being that one will incur road rash to one’s body, but protect one’s [expensive, as you mentioned] bike. On reflection, my view is YMMV not least regards body weight / type etc…but from your injuries I couldn’t deduce how you hit the deck. An improvisation involving both maybe? I’m in warmer climes of late, but I do recall around this time of year a number of utterly left field crashes, due to black ice or, equally surprising and effective invisible oil slicks [perhaps slicks of some type of emulsifier / detergent agent used by the fire brigade to clear an oil slick / petrol slick subsequent to a motor vehicle road accident]
Sorry I think may have been bit confused with what I meant. In terms of protection, I meant as in protection of like damaging your bike and kit. For example I’m insured, so all my damage was protected and I didn’t lose out on losing my kit. So I was protected in that sense. And also some companies like rule28 having a good crash repair service. In terms of the fall, I landed slap bang on my shoulder and cracked the blade. I think there is actually a method to falling like you said, however, in the moment I don’t really have that skill. Simply it’s to fast to organise my fall and “roll out of it” so to speak. One millisecond I’m up. The next I was down and already out of control. Hope that makes sense
Hi mate, was me that ‘clipped the tyres’ - I was knocked out so I don’t remember waking up that morning let alone what happened in the race and this video is the only viewing I’ve had of the incident. The tyres were in a rubbish place, and you can see the peloton moved over to the left before darting right, leaving me completely blindsided in line with them and all with less than a second of reaction time. From Michael himself, and many other eye witnesses, I couldn’t do anything about it. Like Michael, this was my first crash in a race after 18/20 months of racing
Yea I don’t think my position picks it up too well in fact. But if you can imagine being the first lane of a motorway with a lorry In front of you. Then it suddenly at the last second lorry pulls out into lane 2 to avoid a stationary car. And you behind lorry have no time to react. It just ploughs straight into the stationary car. I think I’ve actually seen this on some Tesla testing videos. Not to mention being boxed in on the tyres with no where to go.
Didn’t ride outside for about 8 weeks. In that time I just trained inside m. Luckily Tour de France was on to get me through 😃 No surgery, I’d say it’s 100% now too. This was back in June
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Bad break. Glad and also sort of amazed you're back racing after breaking a shoulder though! Thanks for sharing and good tips on insurance.
No problem 👍 Yea, just trained indoors for 8 weeks and avoided doing anything on the shoulder at all. Seem to do the trick! Main problem was going to bed and not being able to lay on that side 😆
I agree, could have been avoided but not by you. You did great job moving away from crash without endangering others
Yea. I remember saying to you ntk long before it happened “we need to move up” 😆
Unlucky mate, keep on keeping on.
Will do 👊
Also with Laka. Recommend. Good to see you’re all recovered from this now.
Yea they were so quick to pay out as well. 😃
How did you crash/go down btw? [At the outset of the video I misinterpreted what you were referring to when touching on protecting your bike]
I understood you meant your method of falling, which I understand falls into two camps…reaching out ones hands, to reduce the impact, via reducing the height of the initial impact [typically advised against, apparently]
versus
accepting the full height of the fall and impact onto a hunched up, tensed shoulder [perhaps much in the way/position one would be if charging to barge through a locked door]…the theory being that one will incur road rash to one’s body, but protect one’s [expensive, as you mentioned] bike.
On reflection, my view is YMMV not least regards body weight / type etc…but from your injuries I couldn’t deduce how you hit the deck. An improvisation involving both maybe?
I’m in warmer climes of late, but I do recall around this time of year a number of utterly left field crashes, due to black ice or, equally surprising and effective invisible oil slicks [perhaps slicks of some type of emulsifier / detergent agent used by the fire brigade to clear an oil slick / petrol slick subsequent to a motor vehicle road accident]
Sorry I think may have been bit confused with what I meant. In terms of protection, I meant as in protection of like damaging your bike and kit. For example I’m insured, so all my damage was protected and I didn’t lose out on losing my kit. So I was protected in that sense. And also some companies like rule28 having a good crash repair service.
In terms of the fall, I landed slap bang on my shoulder and cracked the blade. I think there is actually a method to falling like you said, however, in the moment I don’t really have that skill. Simply it’s to fast to organise my fall and “roll out of it” so to speak. One millisecond I’m up. The next I was down and already out of control.
Hope that makes sense
Unlucky mate, get well soon
All recovered 🤙 raced today actually. This was back in June 🙂
Great that you’re back cycling/Racing. What actually happened to your shoulder and how long was the recovery?
Had a crack across the shoulder blade. About 8 weeks before I could ride outside. So in that time I rode indoors. All 100% now though 😃
How on earth does that guy clip the pile of tires??? Good lord.
Think he just got pinched against them.
Hi mate, was me that ‘clipped the tyres’ - I was knocked out so I don’t remember waking up that morning let alone what happened in the race and this video is the only viewing I’ve had of the incident. The tyres were in a rubbish place, and you can see the peloton moved over to the left before darting right, leaving me completely blindsided in line with them and all with less than a second of reaction time.
From Michael himself, and many other eye witnesses, I couldn’t do anything about it. Like Michael, this was my first crash in a race after 18/20 months of racing
Yea I don’t think my position picks it up too well in fact.
But if you can imagine being the first lane of a motorway with a lorry In front of you.
Then it suddenly at the last second lorry pulls out into lane 2 to avoid a stationary car.
And you behind lorry have no time to react. It just ploughs straight into the stationary car. I think I’ve actually seen this on some Tesla testing videos.
Not to mention being boxed in on the tyres with no where to go.
@@joebearman620 It does look like #35 veers to the left inside the peloton squeezing folks on the far left. I hope youre ok.
How long were you off the bike with the shoulder? did you need surgery?
Didn’t ride outside for about 8 weeks. In that time I just trained inside m. Luckily Tour de France was on to get me through 😃 No surgery, I’d say it’s 100% now too. This was back in June
@@michaelgraycyclingI take it was your shoulder blade that was broken and not your clavicle. That’s tough riding indoors.
Wishing you a speedy recovery
Thank you. I’ve recovered now. This was back in the summer. Back to racing 😃
disk brakes are the cause for you crashing.
😂😂