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 👊
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
Also with Laka. Recommend. Good to see you’re all recovered from this now.
Yea they were so quick to pay out as well. 😃
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 😃
Wishing you a speedy recovery
Thank you. I’ve recovered now. This was back in the summer. Back to racing 😃
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.
disk brakes are the cause for you crashing.
😂😂