I crashed in my Ironman 35 miles in - for no reason other than I stopped paying attention to the road in front of me while in TT position and went into a wobble. Sucks but it happens.

I crashed MTB a month before my wedding. Pedal screws gouged a few nice 3 to 5 inch gouges on my shin down to the bone amongst other road rash. That was a fun ride back and explanation to the fiance. Haven't crashed bad in the gravel bike yet.

The crashes make for good stories.

If we are telling crash stories, my most interesting was about 70 miles north of Whistler on the last descent of the day onto Lilooet, BC. Was doing about 40 mph into a curve. Started to slow down when my back wheel hit some loose gravel. I slammed into the concrete barrier at 30 mph, flipped upside down, helmet was ripped off my head, and I landed in some bushes. My friends rolled up and saw my bike on the road and me nowhere in sight. They yelled for me and I kind of snapped back to reality and stood up.

Had some pretty gnarly road rash on my upper thigh that I still have a scar from 22 years later. My rear wheel was pretty much taco'd. We pulled it off, banged the hell out of it on the road until it wouldn't rub on my frame, "unhooked" my rear brakes, and I gingerly rode that downhill for another 7k or so with a wobbly ass back wheel and only front brakes.

Syncline near Bingen, WA. Famous for "Little Moab".

OTB at downhill pace. Still not sure how I ejected, but landed on right forearm and gashed it 6" through a Gore Tex shell. I'm nowhere near civilization, so call the wife who's an nurse practitioner flipping my biscuits thinking I'm going to bleed out asking how to self tourniquet.

She flips. I flip. Hour later finally back to the van fully bloodied. Wife has the kido and is driving too me; but the nearest ER/urgent care in-network is back near PDX. Drive an hour and finally get it cleaned-up with 8 stitches.

Still my only notable crash to-date. However, unrelated, at the time I had a crown fail (childhood trampoline incident) and just had a front implant done. Can't stand the flipper, so I was rolling fully gapped (along with the then 5 year old - the "Gap Gang"). So I roll up covered in blood and missing a tooth. Hot mess.

I appreciate the stories! Stay safe out there everyone!

I moved to Minnesota earlier this year. This state doesn't get enough MTB love. The infrastructure is great and growing every year. Road cycling was already big but quite a few towns in the iron range are heavily invested in MTB tourism not to mention the many parks in the Twin Cities area. Check out Cuyuna and Duluth on YouTube.

Speaking of wrecks, I had a strange one last week. I was riding singletrack and felt something jab my knee. An insect stung me hard. I panicked and slapped at my right knee with my left hand while navigating a curve right. That caused me to lose my concentration and next thing I know I'm going over my bars. Fortunately I landed on a flat spot on my right side. I never saw what got me but I'm glad I know how to fall and roll. Still no broken bones after 55 years.

Capped off my week in CO with a jaunt down to NM to ride the Enchanted Circle. Have been running my training through TrainerRoad and was a little concerned that it's programming wouldn't translate to long rides. Blowing up as much as I did on Vail Pass during Copper Triangle didn't help, but today helped a lot.

Had a few low points (namely miles 35-55, a moron almost hitting multiple riders while also almost forcing a car and motorcycle off of the otherside of the road, an ebiker knocking his bike, a fence, and my bike to the ground with my bike being on the bottom and him just riding away...), but a lot of high points and felt like I finished strong. 100.65mi with 6424 ft of climbing and overall moving time of 5:50. Had the 4th fastest time of the day on a random 8 mile stretch 75 miles in and the 11th fastest time of the day on the final 4 mile/1k ft climb (of people who uploaded their rides to strava).

All in it was a solid and well-needed break from work:
S - Copper Triangle (80mi loop hitting Freemont Pass, Tennessee Pass, Vail Pass, 6k ft climbing)
S - 10mi (up/down short side of Vail Pass)
M - 40mi (to frisco and dillon, and up/down swan mountain)
T - 4.5mi (run partway up copper mountain)
W - 40mi (to Vail and back hitting up both sides of Vail Pass)
T - 35mi (to Breck for coffee and back)
F - Rest day
S - Enchanted Circle (100mi loop,around Taos 6.5kft climbing)

White logos look sick. I've seen the S-Work marble paint IRL and it's super sick. Like, wheel logos aligned, drive side, crank flat - you know how to photograph a bike. Jelly of all the Ceramic Speed bits (headset bearing and BB, unless you went custom on those).

I still can't believe they stick the forehead bump on the head tube. Just not my vibe. And enjoy UDH. XPLR is there if you ever want to simplify to 1x.

Anyone have a old TT they are looking to off load? The market for these are crazy and I am balling on a budget... a tight one. I cant afford thousands for a bike, but id like to get into cycling for tri's

I recently had a bike fit done. I'm getting old and was having some radiculopathy in my arm/hands after longer rides. I had my reach shortened so I am now riding more upright with less extension in my neck. Arms are better but now I have a new "irritation". Since I am closer to the handlebars, I now have sweat dripping on my Garmin. the sweat drops will sit on the touch screen and start triggering various things. Is there anything safe, i.e. something like Rainx, that can be put on the screen to get sweat to roll off and not accumulate. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Where did you have a bike fit done at?