I love learning from others too, Leah. Thanks for this thread idea! Here are a couple of crash tales from my twenties:
I was living in Colorado far away from family, car-less, and looking for a job. It was the year before grad school and fortunately, I was able to cobble enough money together to buy a used Raleigh Super Course. Due to life's limitations, having a bike opened the world to me once again. I was thrilled to ride through the neighborhoods and one morning I was minding my own business down a tree-lined street when a guy backed his truck out of his driveway right into me. Of course, I went flying. Miraculously, my right foot was in just the right position (up) and his bumper hit my pedal, saving my leg from what would have been a bad crunch. I bounced up off the street, he apologized and I went on my way; no injuries and no damage to my bike. Lucky for me because it would have been tough to afford the medical bill or another bike. On that same bike, I was doing some fun loopy, slalom swerves down an empty street when I learned why one should pay attention to pedal position when turning. My pedal struck the street and down I went. Again, no injuries, but "ala Joe," I checked to make sure nobody saw this embarrassing fall! --Joyce (learning something new every day) -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8a656d5b-ef7f-43f0-846e-89008e1c627a%40googlegroups.com.
