Following the ceremony we rode to the Ballard Locks, a bakery, and a chocolate shop! The end was not so nice, as I collected 5 stitches over my eye.
As we rolled up to the coffee shop where our ride was ending I saw a shallow curb, looking like about 2" tall. I was moving about 3 mph and was just going to bunny hop it. Alas, the leaves that covered the road for about 2 feet leading to the curb were deeper than I thought. The curb was probably 6" tall. I came up a bit short, the bike stopped, I didn't. Landed with my face on the concrete sidewalk.
Blood all over the sidewalk, fire trucks with sirens, kindness of friends.
Two days later I was quite a sight. Black eye (right side) bruised bridge of my nose (where glasses slammed into me) black and blue under the eyes (again, where glasses got me). The worse was the chin and upper lip. No stitches, but bad road rash. Pretty hard to eat, brush teeth, or smile, when it hurts to move lips!
But at least the bike suffered no damage than a few scratches on the aerobar.
........and this too shall pass.
............road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total Today..........18..............0.............0..........0...........18 Jan...........105.............34.............0..........0..........139 Feb...........428............108.............0.........24..........536 March.........809..............0.............0.........22..........831 April........1010..............0.............0..........0.........1010 May..........1000..............0............20..........0........1020 June.........1500..............0.............0..........0.........1500 July.........1558..............0.............0..........0.........1558 Aug...........531..............0.............0..........0..........531 Sept..........730..............0.............0..........0..........730 Oct............403.............0.............0..........0..........403 YTD..........8060.........142..........20.......46.........8219
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