I ride a 2012 Fuji Betsy. When the freewheel broke, my husband flipped the hub. Yesterday, he upgraded the brake and it was a significant improvement. Last night, we took the kids in two trailers and our oldest son out on the Thursday night ride. Our friend went with us, which turned out to be a good thing.

On the last few miles home, our son lost control of his bike. I was following him and had no time to react. Everything went in slow motion as I saw him flop onto his stomach in front of me. I couldn't react quick enough with the trailer and so I did the only thing that made no sense at all:

I let go of the handlebars.

My front wheel rode up onto his BMX, and I dove over him and landed on the street. I was pretty dazed and couldn't feel my leg.

Santaria and his friend dropped their bikes immediately and sprinted back to get us out of the road. We were banged up but able to get to the side of the road and just sit there recovering for a few moments.

My son hit his face (he was wearing a helmet) and somehow walked away without a bruise or bump to show for it.

The pictures above are of my right leg about 20 minutes after the accident and then this morning. Trust me, my legs are way sexier than they look without all the bruising and swelling. I'm sore as hell, but nothing is broken.

My husband said "Well, that's my girl. She's more man than most people I know, she got right back on the bike."

The only thing that would have made the night more entertaining would have been beer and mud.
And I still am sexy as hell.