I saw his helmet on the flickr, yikes. Glad your brother and the jersey came out ok!
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Manuel Acosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com > wrote: > They say that happiness is best when shared. Riding your bike with a > group of friends pretty much sums this up pretty well. A group of > friends and I have random rides sometimes to a event, or a new place > to but every once in a while we have a Jersey Ride. Where we ride for > the sake of just riding. During these rides we jazz ourselves up in > jerseys and ride to our hearts content. The ride started off well with > everyone, including myself being late at the start of the ride. It was > the classic route we've done before. With the exception of my one > friend Jess. Her first road bike, her first really group ride. But > knowing her I knew she wouldn't have a problem. My little brother on > the other hand came semi-unprepared. Being a jersey ride and him not > really owning any jersey I let him borrow my Rapha Lightweight Jersey > and helmet. Figuring the best thing I can do for my brother is to make > sure that he was safe and stylish. The ride itself was like poetry in > motion. Everyone looked strong and we kept it at a leisurely pace. > Stopping for pictures and to help a cyclist with a broken spoke(thanks > emergency kevar spokes). Had someone tell me that they liked my > trainer bike(referring to my Bleriot.) I glanced down then replied, > "this isn't my trainer, this is my everything bike!" Up until the > last decent down Skyline. Near the end of skyline there's a sharp > right turn where if you don't slow down early your hitting the double > yellow. As I decent down I take the turn perfect just as a car is > coming up the other direction. In my perpetual vision I see my brother > taking the turn to fast crossing the double yellow into the upcoming > car. Instead of riding right into the car he takes a hard left into > the dirt and does a spectacular ninja roll into the dirt. The car > driver gets out of his car and starts yelling at my little brother > about cyclist riding crazy on skyline all the time. Lucky he rolled > perfectly and he only had minor scratches. Even better my jersey that > I let borrow came out of the spill unscathed. My helmet on the other > hand came out cracked due to the fall. He finished the ride like a > trooper with smiles on the way back home. We didn't even find out that > the helmet broke until the end of the ride! If nobody got hurt it's > always a great ride. > > Pictures Proved it Happened: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157627847722645/ > > -Manny "Needs a new Helmet" Acosta > http://pedicabconfession.tumblr.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA ** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
