Description

The track continued undulating, and then, as it began to descend more steeply, my speed increased as I approached a shallow bend. Touching the front brake on, I suddenly felt my bike fall away. As I flew over the handlebars the left knee of my trousers was ripped and, landing in a sitting position, I slid along the ground into a patch of slime, wetting the only part which until then had remained dry.