Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Hooray for disc brakes and ibuprofen!

This morning, I fell off the bike while avoiding a collision with a pedestrian crossing on red. She was stopped in the middle of the street, waiting for a cyclist coming in the opposite direction to pass and then suddenly she stepped in front of me.

Brakes. 
Near collision. 
I fell on my hip. 
I yelled at her. 
None of it was pretty.





The rear-facing video:


(no front-facing video, the memory card filled up a block or two prior to the incident)

It felt like any other fall, just a tumble and land on my soft parts... but when I got to the office, the pain set in, like I'd been kicked in the ass and my entire rump was a giant bruise. Everything tightened up and I searched for the ibuprofen.

Ugh. I'm just grateful it wasn't worse.


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  1. RANTWICKSeptember 11, 2015 at 8:56 AM

    Well done taking the fall and missing the ped. I thoroughly enjoyed your "why would you do that?" and totally get it. her sort of petulant "sorry" pissed me off though.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 11, 2015 at 9:27 AM

      Thanks, it was one of those "I ALREADY SAID I was sorry!" sort of apologies. She didn't ask if I was alright and she *just_kept_walking*.
      Some people aren't the slightest bit 'human'.
      Interesting that the other cyclist asked twice if I was OK.

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