INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT

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I took jewel out for her monthly maintenance, few days ago, while the service guys did a thorough full body servicing on her, I recall that my rear wheel sometimes makes some weird sound, so when I asked the service man to check what's wrong with it he told me, the wheel need to be straightened


So I asked him to service the rear wheel, but he did a wrong job on my wheel, I wasn't satisfied with what he did, my wheel was worst than it was, like the rear break cling tight to the wheel which caused my bicycle not to move freely, so I disengage the rear break,

while using the front brakes alone, hoping any of the days I'm free I would take my bike to another service man who specializes in straightening wheels.

So yesterday, I rode my bike to somewhere far from the city centre to deliver a product on my way returning I was involved in an accident, I was actually on a high speed, on the expressway when I saw a friend of mine, so from the moment I saw him and trying to slow down by using the front brakes I don't know how I held the brakes so tight all of a sudden instead of engaging gradually, before I realise I fell front ward on the asphalt while my bike flew off me fell at a far distance, like I was still on the ground when I saw how my bike flew over me, 😂 ...it looks like something I often see in movies. 😂 😂.

I immediately got up left the scene, one secret my biker friend and colleague told me one time we were riding together.


took this shot when we both riding free-hands(something I referred as bike auto-drive)😂.

Okay so back to my misery 😂....

I took my friend to a far place and we talked for a while before I left, there were few damages to my bike, first the neck was twisted 360• degree, then returned it, but the handle was twisted a by it to the left


if you observed this image, you will notice that the front wheel is tilted to the right while the handle tilt to the left

I've tried correcting it but I couldn't, so I stopped by a bike repairer shop to fix it but the guy wasn't around, probably later I would do that tomorrow, then also have the rear wheel straightened as well...

Thanks all for your time and care... Really appreciate your your feed back



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Always be careful with your front break. You can indeed be launched like you experienced.
Didn't you have an injury yourself?


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Oh yah, sure will, i had just a minor scratch on my wrist., buh i just clean it with anticeptive and bandage it........buh i'll sure be careful amd i'll fix my rear break soon enough

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what a crazy accident, no doubt both brakes are necessary for the bike, more than anything the rear brake, braking with the front brake is fatal no doubt, once I braked with the front brake in an extreme situation, and it was quite ugly the blows that I gave me, I'm glad that anyway, nothing much more happened than a big scare, greetings!

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Thats true, i did not realise how much pressure i have applied, untill i saw my self on the ground, thanks it was just a minor scratch

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