Well, I suppose that it follows that having a bike, I would have a bike accident. Of course, I was hoping for something small. I'm not sure this qualifies.
I was riding home from work today (not something that I normally do on Fridays) and at one point a trail merges from behind a grocery store. Another biker merged on, going pretty slowly. No problem, they were on the right, I was on the left. I moved over a little further just to make sure.
Then, as I'm getting closer they look back. Suddenly, after seeing me, they swerve over to the left side of the trail. I hit my brakes, but it's a dirt trail so I skidded and we collided.
We totally got entangled, flipped, rolled, all that bad stuff in a crash. My leg and shoulder got scraped up and the other person got the wind knocked out of them. Neither of us were badly hurt. So, that was good anyway.
Of course, on the bad side, my front tire was totally bent, in multiple places. I'll have to get a picture. So, I was about 1.5 miles from home and had to put my bike up on its back wheel and walk it the rest of the way home. When I got home, I was sore and tired. And had to talk care of Ethan for the rest of the afternoon.
But, we made it through. We even went to the park.
So, I'll be going out tomorrow to try and get my bike fixed.
2 comments:
Hehehehe That's awesome. Not quite as good as the time I hit a car while riding a bike...yeah I know unbelievable eh. Or the time I got hit by a car on a bike...round abouts can be difficult
bike-on-bike action! at least you're ok. I don't think you've heard alissa's bike accident story...
PS. Don't look backwards while riding no-hands. You just might hit a pothole!
Post a Comment