Ahhh...so this is a bicycle version of the Brown Eye Ball Club? If I had only known I could have applied for membership last month.
I was in a position of having to bike the sidewalk south on University Ave in Metro Denver. At an intersection I was at the center elevated island in the marked crossing. It was elevated but with a curbed walkway in it. Too late I discovered I couldn't turn into the walkway. Neither could I unclip in time. Down I went.
There I lay bleeding on the ground. While I was assessing the damage and before I moved I heard this female voice from a car stopped at the intersection: "Are you OK?" Before I could reply off she went. I could just hear her telling her friends: "I saw this cyclist fall and cut his leg. I asked him if he was OK but he didn't even turn to look at me, let alone answer."
The scabs are off now and it looks like I may not even have much of a scar. I learned that people will leave a non-reponsive bleeding person on the side of the road if it at all inconveniences them. The bike wasn't damaged at all; which was the important thing.
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