Category: Wreck
Location: Harbor Springs, Mi
Bike: Motobecane Mirage

I was 16, loved to ride the roads in complete freedom on the Moto. Had a devil-may-care attitude on life after my girlfriend said, "I just want to be friends". Was on a sharp descent on the way into town, lonely country road and doing a snappy 25mph when I got into this cocky zig-zag mood. Two quick snaps to the left and right.....TACO, SMASH. My bike came right over top of me as I slammed into the pavement. I sat there in the middle of the lane wondering what just happened, saw my beloved bike with a majorly destroyed front wheel before I checked my left shoulder blade. Ouch. No skin on a golfball sized patch over the bone, hip and shoulder was road rashed.

The lady and daughter came out to see how I was and helped me off the road. They brought me in and put a washcloth on my forehead which I pulled off and put on my shoulder blade. The mother called my parents and not long after was in the ER getting checked out for broken or missing parts. The intern ruled out Xrays because I could move my arm (I'm high pain tolerance) but later on I wasnt convinced there wasnt a broken clavicle.

The best part of it all was the new 15.00 weinmann concave (the beans back then) alloy front wheel to replace the heavy steel Rigida Superchromix bag of bricks that was taco'd.