GamblerGORD53

The bike is too damned light. Pffft

SquidPuppet

Mr. Endo B. Esquire, at your service.

Waxbytes

When I was about eight or maybe nine I tried to hop a curb with total mistiming and came down right in front of the curb. I flew like Superman but landed like Lex Luthor. Maybe you fell in a deep pothole, or even a drainage grate.

CliffordK

There are, of course, solutions to most of the issues brought up here.

Worried about getting something caught in the spokes... ride spokeless wheels.
Worried about hitting the brakes too hard... ride a brakeless bike.

See, pretty straight forward.

europa

I managed an 'over the handlebars' myself a few years back. I'd just parked the car and pulled the bike out of the back. Although only a narrow road, there were Norfolk Island pines along the side (the car parks were in banks between them) and those the roots on those things play merry hell with a bitumen road by raising huge bumps.
So there I was, about roll off, on a road with really bad bitumen and an uneven surface. I looked both ways, watched a car carefully that was coming out of a nearby side street without indicating and, as soon as I knew he was going the other way, I moved off... and dropped the front wheel into a pothole the size, shape and depth of an upturned helmet. The front wheel just stopped didn't it... but I ddin't, I described a arc over the bars and landed on a shoulder. Only damage was to my pride (but I don't have any so that was fine), no scrapes on the bike, not a mark on the helmet we're forced to wear (though I'm happy to accept there could have been).

However, being an experienced cyclist, I've never gone back to that exact hole to repeat the exercise. No need to really, there are lots of other ways of amusing the wildlife when falling off.

dabac

People who play around with suspension (fork) parts can sometimes create ”interesting” traps.
Get the mix just ”right” and the crown/frame can come down on the tire at full compression.
Might cause what the OP described. And leave nothing worse than some scuff marks on the tire.

Coasterbrakefan

That guy has like zero leverage for his handlebars.

fietsbob

Ever seen Breaking Away,? remember when the opponent put their pump in his front spokes?

CliffordK

Watch out for those Italians!!!

There was a video circulating a year ago about a lead rider/vehicle that kicked some kind of road debris bar into a rider's spokes with pretty spectaclar consequences. However, the bike didn't get away without damages.

Slash5

Something like this resulted in the front wheel skewer recall a couple years ago. if left loose, the skewer handle could flip into the disk brake, locking up the front wheel.

dabac

But the OP said ”no damage”.
I’ve witnessed a skewer lever getting caught in the brake rotor.
Apart from being a good effort of launching humans into orbit - when it happens on high-friction surfaces - it’s also a very efficient method of damaging brake rotors.
If an everyday handling accident can make a rotor untrue, catching a skewer lever at any sort of speed turns them crinkly.

CliffordK

The simple fix, of course for that was to move the skewer handle to the side away from the brake disc.

I think the fault was most likely to occur with improperly installed wheels, in particular using the skewer handle to screw down the QR rather than flipping the handle to lock it.

StanSeven

Since the OP hasn’t responded or provided more information, there’s nothing more for members to provide. Thread closed.