Knowing the limits of one’s tires and riding skills is one of the essential things for getting back home in one piece and with an unscathed bike. On the other hand, riding a bike sometimes is all about pushing the limits, but it turns out that the double yellow line is one of the limits which should not be crossed.
And that is, because these lines are usually painted onto the asphalt and have dramatically reduced grip. This happens even when they’re clean and dry, so you can figure out that a leaning bike touching the center line when wet or covered in some dust has very high changes to lose grip with either wheel.
In case of this fellow, his bike’s line though the bend was clearly too wide, most likely because of the excessive speed, and possibly some slight error in positioning, both on the bike and in the lane may have played a role in his low-side.
It’s rather hard to say whether the right peg scraping against the road is a result of riding over the yellow line and skidding, or whether the guy panicked and run even wider. Still, a lower speed would have most likely prevented this from happening. At least the fellow is sincere when saying he was trying to keep us with someone he shouldn’t have… Good to see him alright, anyway!
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