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- Mar 6, 2005
Well, the inevitable finally happened today and I crashed due to not being able to get my dang shoe unclipped from the pedal.
I was out riding on the streets and was trying to cross a busy four-lane road. I was getting my track stand on and waiting for a slow moving car to go by so I could get across. At the last minute, the driver slowed down to turn into a strip mall whose entrance was just past where I was balancing. Another car was coming behind him and there was no time to cross.
I felt myself tipping to the right and tried in vain to get my foot free. I caught myself with my right hand, but I landed on a rock the size of a walnut right in the meaty part below my thumb. I'm sure a bruise is coming soon - it is pretty sore right now. All I could do was laugh and twist my foot loose. I got back in the saddle and headed down the road wondering how many people are going to tell their friends they saw some idiot lay himself out in the street on his bike today.
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I was out riding on the streets and was trying to cross a busy four-lane road. I was getting my track stand on and waiting for a slow moving car to go by so I could get across. At the last minute, the driver slowed down to turn into a strip mall whose entrance was just past where I was balancing. Another car was coming behind him and there was no time to cross.
I felt myself tipping to the right and tried in vain to get my foot free. I caught myself with my right hand, but I landed on a rock the size of a walnut right in the meaty part below my thumb. I'm sure a bruise is coming soon - it is pretty sore right now. All I could do was laugh and twist my foot loose. I got back in the saddle and headed down the road wondering how many people are going to tell their friends they saw some idiot lay himself out in the street on his bike today.
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