Michael Klontzas said:It can't be a coincidence but there is nothing natural about falling specifically to the left.
There must be something to do with the operator. I fall to the right (and I ride in the UK) -- yes,
that's into the path of other traffic! Actually, as you say, the pattern is so persistent that I
carry fragile stuff (mobile phone etc) in my left pockets now! In my case I think it has something
to do with the fact that in an emergency I tend to push the right-hand side pedal down hard (I
don't use SPDs that often).
I really don't understand this at all. Whenever I've come off my bike it's been a more or less
instantaneous happening, I've never had the time to choose where I land. Left side, right side, head
or [censored], it depends solely on the nature of the crash, not on any input I have in the preceding
milliseconds.
If I've ever had time to exert some influence or control over the situation, it's usually been
converted into a "Christ, that was close!" moment, instead of a wipeout.
I had a really dumb fall a week or two ago in fact - evening ride, dark and wet, was waiting to pull
out at a T junction. The traffic was quite busy so I'd been waiting an unusually long time for a
safe gap, so long that I completely forgot my rear wheel was sitting on a metal manhole cover. When
the gap arrived I stood on my pedal and gave it some oomph to pull out quickly, the wheel just spun
on the spot and right out from under me. I was on the tarmac faster than my brain could realise what
was happening.
Silly bugger.
Bob
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