Well, it's been an interesting first day of commuting! The weather was pretty cool, but not cold, there are leaves on the ground....oh and it rained last night. See where I'm going with this? The ride in was great this morning except for a minor hiccup when turning onto a wooden path covered in wet leaves. I made my turn, and the next thing I knew I was sliding along the ground. Fortunately though, none of my brand new riding gear ripped, and the rack on the back of my bike acted as a frame slider, so there wasn't even a scratch on the bike itself. It wasn't until I got to work and took off my knee warmer that I discovered I had scraped myself up good! [Check out the damage below!] Anyways, this mornings incident definitely served as a reminder that wet leaves provide zero traction when cornering, and hopefully I'll avoid crashing from here on out. In fact, I can't even remember the last bike crash I had [other than mountain biking, because crashing happens all the time then]! I'm all bandaged up now though, and ready for the ride home this afternoon, upper 60 degree temps!
I think my knees have perpetually looked like this
since I was 5 or 6 years old!
2 comments:
That's a pretty gross scrape up! Sorry to hear about it :(
Sorry about your mishap! It's been a rough week for your body!
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