I'm glad that no one was badly injured. I've had my share of falls, fortunately, fewer than might have been, but I've had some quasi miraculous saves, one in particular when I was bombing along a dirt path racing a guy on a dirt bike (motorbike) in the distance (I was much younger then) and stupidly looking at him instead of my route. I turned to look forward *just* in time to see a 12 or 15 inch wide ditch across my path -- and instinctively did a bunny hop that saved me from a very violent header. Thank God, particularly for pedal retention!
Another time I wasn't so lucky: stupidly got my front wheel in a cattle guard, flipped, and saw the bike tumbling after me, viewed head down through my legs. Stupid motor traffic was snickering as I picked myself up, but a couple of hillbilly types out of Deliverance stopped and offered me a ride to the hospital. Publican and Pharisee! Bruised a rib or 2 and had some scrapes, but otherwise I was fine. Needed a new front wheel, though. On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:49 PM Lum Gim Fong <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > My wife went over the bars with the cheapy v brakes and cheapy levers on > her Raleigh Detour. She did not get hurt. > But upon me test riding right after the rear derailer got wrapped up in > the spokes. > > Once she was passing over perpendicular to an 8 inch wide x 20 foot > fissure in the road about two inches deep and crashed. Again, unharmed. I > am guessing somehow her 35mm front tire got hung up in the split in the > road and stopped the bike. > > Once I got my pedal touched on a curb and endoed on my Giant Defy bike. > Once my 23mm tire on same got caught in sidewalk mold line and crashed. > Once went off MUP, and crashed upon front wheel not making it back up > blacktop at 45 degree angle. Was new rider in all three instances. Got hit > by car on my Bleriot. I praise God that me and wife not injured in these > crashes. Just minor scrapes. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
