On the plus side:
- I'm getting pretty darned proficient at road rash treatment and
- it only happened 2 miles from home... rather than 15 miles like last time.
- was a slow one
On the minus side:
- it's starting to get a little tedious.
- have discovered my new altura kinetic gloves provide lousy palm protection.
Unlike the previous incidents, however, I just can't work out what happened. The road was dry. Ok it was a 90 degree right hander but I had slowed down. Braked before the corner. Turned in, road clear so was taking the corner quite fast and was leaned over, bit of a bump mid corner, but nothing too spectacular... and whooshy... if I'm not mistaken it was the front wheel that started slipping out from underneath and down I thud rather too heavily. b*****s.
Lack of grip down the side of the tyres? Deficit of talent? Time to experiment with the tyre pressures? Fix stabilisers? Stop cornering? Wear elbow pads?
Naturally, since I have no idea what went wrong I'm rather worried it'll happen again until I figure it out.