Toot Hill pothole in Essex

[toontra]

Just a word of warning for the many London & Essex riders who do loops including Toot Hill.  I very nearly came a cropper yesterday on the descent of Banks Lane a couple of hundred yards short of the junction with Mount Road. 

There is a large pothole in the "racing line" almost totally disguised by a tree shadow.  I hit at 35mph and blew both tubes instantly and was lucky not to come off.  The impact was so violent it threw the gear indexing out of whack and I couldn't seem to correct so had to limp home with clashing & grinding all the way.  Today I'll inspect for frame/fork/rim damage. 

Could have been really nasty.  I'm normally a cautious descender for exactly this reason but this one got me without warning.



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[psyclist]

Thanks for the heads up, and glad you survived unscathed. Hopefully its just the gear indexing issue on the bike.

I do like that road, especially ridden in the other direction towards Toot Hill. My favourite though is Berwick Lane. Can't beat a singletrack lane.

[quixoticgeek]

report this with something like fixmystreet.com

J

[toontra]

report this with something like fixmystreet.com

J

Yep - did that straight away.