I crashed my ebike for the first time on Monday afternoon. I was going 30mph around a relatively sharp turn and I didn't see a patch of loose gravel lying there. My bike started to slide out and drift so I turned my front wheel into it like they do in motocross, and when the gravel patch ended my tires caught the asphalt and the bike ended its lean abruptly to catapult me in the opposite direction. I flew several feet and tucked and rolled, luckily into grass. I fucked myself up, right leg and left arm had large knots that I first thought were broken bone sticking up. Got home and cleaned and bandaged the wounds, and put on ice packs to relieve the swelling. Woke up the next few days even more sore than than the previous day, I'm sure you guys know how that is. Fortunately, my saddle bags absorbed almost all the impact to my bike, so the bike was still in great shape, even though the bags themselves were trashed. Oh, well. Coulda been much worse. So I'm healing up this week so I can get back out there soon. If you ride on two wheels, it is just part of the game. Worth it...
