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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[jbanana]

I've been over a couple of times in the wet, both times because I was being too ambitious with my cornering speed. There's no warning. Suddenly the bike isn't holding you up, and you smack your hip into the road. The first time I put my upper hand down the break the fall, but only succeeded in spraining my wrist. The second time I was wiser and just fell on my side. Nowadays I'm more careful in the wet.

[sara]

Yeah, when I went over Sunday, it was because, embarrassingly enough, my front walkway was all wet. I just...slid.