Ugh
12/25/08
Paula needed a ride out to school to finish up her report cards. School is conveniently located next to the Sweetwater Preserve, so I decided to go for a super easy ride. Still sick, but Sweetwater is the perfect place to see some great desert without raising your heart rate above 100.
I toodled around on the Behemoth and spent most of my time taking pictures of Saguaros under cloud cover.
Live, and not so live ones:
It was a great way to get out while still feeling like crap.
Sadly, on the way back I proceeded to drive the Corsica into our carport. Little did I know that the bike fell all the way back and was behind the car. Instinctively, I backed up and ran it right over:
Damages:
Fork lowers snapped in two.
Front shifter snapped off the bars.
Bent: brake lever, front rotor, middle chainring
Not bad all things considered. I rode it today for an hour and a half (with an old fork) and it seems to be OK.
December 27th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Oooof. Merry Christmas
December 27th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
/cry
December 27th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Just blissfully bloging down through your pics of the desert and then “oof”, like a sock in the gut, hope the frame is 100% ok
December 27th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
[...] Finally, be careful out there, the bad roof rack mojo is going around. [...]
December 28th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Big Bummer!
December 29th, 2008 at 8:53 am
[...] Ugh [...]
December 29th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Ouch! Sorry about the bike … glad it seems to be mostly ok.