We started our day in the early light as it was forecast to be another hot day. About 11 miles into the ride, we came across what every biker fears – another biker down on the road. This picture shows his bike after the crash – you might notice that the front fork of the bike is still attached to the front wheel, which is NOT attached to the bike. The carbon fiber fork failed when the young rider was doing probably at least 20 miles and hour down a hill. He did a tuck and roll over the handle bars, but still landed on the road. He suffered some pretty bad road rash, but nothing was broken except the bike. A lucky/unlucky day for him. We waited with him and a couple of other riders to make him as comfortable as possible until the EMT’s and ambulance could come to take him to the hospital. We then waited for a sag vehicle to come to pick up his bike.
We continued on our way after the bike was picked up and we let the organizers know who the rider was. Fortunately, the only surprises we had for the rest of the day was to ride downhill with a tailwind the whole day. 128-2860_IMG
