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July 22, 2008
Love/Hate Relationship
So I am having a love/hate relationship with my new bike. I LOVE it...It's super lightweight, and fast!!! It has the cutest little bell on it that I ring every chance I get...
Now the hate of it...Let's back up a minute. My previous bike...a mountain bike, that I got in Junior High? High schoo;...has been SOOO good to me. I have been riding that bike for at the VERY least 13 years...probably more like 18 years...but all great things must come to an end...and Seymen's road bike was just too fast for me to keep up with...so I decided to upgrade. The only thing wrong with my mountain bike functionality wise is the front break doesn't work...
Well...now that you know the history of my Mountain bike...back to my new Hybrid bike ;-). I've owned it for almost 2 weeks now. I've fallen off and injured myself twice now.
1st Accident
Location: Monroe Ave and Clover Street
Time: 5:30PM on a Wednesday. (Rush hour traffic on Monroe Ave)
Description: Beth is standing at the light. Light turns green. Beth starts to fall forward. Beth grabs her brake to stop the forward movement. Beth falls face first onto Monroe Ave. Bike handles knock the wind out of her as she topples over the front of her bike.
2nd Accident
Location: Pittsford Canal Path (in front of the Delmonte Hotel)
Time: 8:00PM Saturday
Description: Beth is riding along, happily singing to her country music on her MP3 player. Headphones only in left ear, so she can hear bikepath noises/traffic. Beth rides through a wall of gnats. Gnat gets stuck in Beth's right ear. Beth shakes head trying to get gnat out of ear. Beth hits brakes to stop to get bug out of ear. Beth blacks out as she flys off her bike and skids her face along the bike path.
Common Theme between injury 1 and 2: BETH TOUCHES HER FRONT BRAKES
I was beginning to think that maybe the Mountain Bike Gods are pouring their wrath upon me for ditching my old bike...Then I realized...It's because I have a functioning front break that I keep flying over my handle-bars with no warning! :-)
So, that in a nutshell (well, maybe not quite a nutshell) is why I now have a love/hate relationship with my new bike.
Ohh yeah, and my cute little bell fell off and it's broken now, from this last fall :-((( Booooo hoooo!!
Posted by beth at July 22, 2008 08:25 PM
Comments
I'm a little jealous of your new bike! I have both a road bike & a mountain bike, but sometimes wish I had a hybrid.
Not sure if this will help, or if you are already doing this, but always try to brake with BOTH brakes at the same time. This might help prevent or minimize the flying-over-handlebars events!
And I'm bummed I didn't see you at Ten Ugly Men... we still need to catch up sometime!
Posted by: Pam at July 29, 2008 06:25 PM