Smashes and crashes.

[sara]

In celebration of the fairly-stupid bike accident I had this morning (I'm fine, though my left brake hood will need adjusting, and my left elbow is a lot more colors than usual): what's the most exciting bike smash you've ever had?

I've gone down in front of moving cars three times...and I've mostly been lucky enough that the driver was able to stop (most recently, she even offered me her cell phone so I could call someone to come haul me home). Once I had a driver roll over my front wheel, which was never quite the same after; I was mostly glad she hadn't rolled over my leg, though, so the wheel seemed a comparatively small sacrifice.

You?

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[uhhuhlex]

I've had a few interesting run ins - hence why I now wear a really dorky helmet.

Worst one for the bike - I lived in a residential area in which the council had installed in cul de sacs some flower beds made of brick up to about 1 foot. I regularly took a shortcut this way, and took my eye off the front because my rear wheel was clicking. Hello flower bed. Hello bent front forks...

Worst one for me - I used to work in a night club and one night in the rain i arrived on my bike. For some reason near where I parked there is a metal kerb - which apparently is slippy/lethal in the wet. Both my wheels lost grip and I went down and got a delightful graze on my face. In front of a long queue of drunken students waiting to get into the club.

[sara]

Oooh, yes, I think it's much worse when you do it in front of a bunch of people. Esp. drunk people.

That was the one consolation about yesterday's fall: I managed to do it around the corner from the new neighbors we've been trying to cultivate, who were out messing in their garden.