Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Other video of me riding this location:
youtu.be/HUg8IqC9rpw
youtu.be/C73KxDwbHPs
Background on particular video:
I have ridden this piece of gravel road (more of a long
driveway to a parking lot) many times. I've uploaded
video of me doing so (see description). I've also ridden
a decent number of miles of gravel elsewhere.
On this day, I rode to this location to practice with my good
friend Steve, who is new to riding off-pavement. I've ridden
here many times. However I am, at best, an early
intermediate off-pavement rider.
In this video I head off for a run I've done dozens of times.
I'm standing and I am going for a little rear wheel slip here
and there. The bike is in Enduro mode, which features
off-road tuned traction control.
Before I went down I was 100% confident. I have no idea
what happened. It is a pretty low-risk, mild curve, and the
crash is way out of scale to any inputs I was giving, IMO.
Our theory is I ran out of gas in the curve. Yes, you read that
right! I knew I was low when we started, but I had two
segments on the display, and an estimated range of 90 miles,
so not extremely low. I was definitely empty after the crash.
Look how long the skid marks are. I was never on the brakes!
Your thoughts are welcome.
Other video of me riding this location:
youtu.be/HUg8IqC9rpw
youtu.be/C73KxDwbHPs
Background on particular video:
I have ridden this piece of gravel road (more of a long
driveway to a parking lot) many times. I've uploaded
video of me doing so (see description). I've also ridden
a decent number of miles of gravel elsewhere.
On this day, I rode to this location to practice with my good
friend Steve, who is new to riding off-pavement. I've ridden
here many times. However I am, at best, an early
intermediate off-pavement rider.
In this video I head off for a run I've done dozens of times.
I'm standing and I am going for a little rear wheel slip here
and there. The bike is in Enduro mode, which features
off-road tuned traction control.
Before I went down I was 100% confident. I have no idea
what happened. It is a pretty low-risk, mild curve, and the
crash is way out of scale to any inputs I was giving, IMO.
Our theory is I ran out of gas in the curve. Yes, you read that
right! I knew I was low when we started, but I had two
segments on the display, and an estimated range of 90 miles,
so not extremely low. I was definitely empty after the crash.
Look how long the skid marks are. I was never on the brakes!
Your thoughts are welcome.
