Lay Your Armor Down
I will jump right to the point... Safety first kids. Never underestimate the power in safety whether its in your helmet, seat belt or goggles. For some reason the world seems to be blowing up all around me at times...
I decided to dust off the road bike after some coaxing from the crew over at Velo News. Two flats, a broken chain and one police report later I was questioning my judgment.
An RV decided to pull out in front of our group as we were ripping down a mountain decent, sending Ryan "The Grinch" Lynch skidding into the ditch... He managed to control the damage pretty well considering, but the driver of the RV decided to bolt. That is until a bunch of lycra super heroes chased him down. (There were no serious injury's to report but some mental images that will keep me riding the brakes)
Give me the trails, the trees and the birds.... Their turn signals seem to work.
My boy Whitey has been on the other side of this story too many times. In doing so, he is passing his lessons of hard knocks on to the public through his new Crash And Burn Kit. A must for those of us who choose the outdoors as our playground.
posted by Martini at 10:20 PM
6 Comments:
That's why I'm a big fraidy cat when I'm out on the road.
I'm glad everyone is ok. Run ins like that have a tendency to turn out a lot worse.
So you guys never crashed on the trails? Never broke a MTB chain? Never donated skin to singletrack?
That top photo is awesome
We pretty much crash daily.... the pavement seems to leave more of a lasting impression vs. the dirt.... There is something about the element of cars that ups the anty a little as well....
Dirt leaves bumps and bruises, pavement takes away skin and confidence, I will see you on the dirt
That first pic is classic, it could have been taken in the 70s.
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