So I'm rolling in hot to a right hand sweeper followed by a sharp left hand. Probably hit the left hand curve (a bit off camber at that, high left and low right) at about 15 mph and whoops, next thing I'm thinking locked rear wheel and I'm landing hard on my right side as in bang and down hard. Probably knocked me out for 2-3 seconds and I could hardly breathe when I thought. Damn. Took three breaths and thought 911 or the S.O. I thought about it for a few more seconds and figured all the parts worked and no bones were broken (so I hoped) and called the S.O. (still at work 2 miles away). Seat pointed left and bars pointed right. Checked everything out and then thought. Oops...pedal strike. Sure enough...left hand pedal, lower forward has the asphalt gouges. How stupid am I?

I've been riding the Colnago for months, it has nice tight TIME pedals. Switching to the old classic Centurion Super LeMans and I never gave it a thought.

I decide to take the Centurion out for a spin and..well..been a while since I struck a pedal but I bit this one hard..I distinctly recall powering through the curves and leaning left without a thought or a care in the world. The SL has old school aluminum rat traps with clips and I was in somewhat loose with court shoes..but keechrist that hurt. Pulled my right groin, jammed my lower right rib cage, chipped a tooth, and road rashed from knee to shoulder here and there and a nasty hip pointer. The Bell helmet has right side scratches and a dent. I figure it saved me from a cracked skull and whatever that would've brought. The wife would've killed me if that happened. Lesson learned is there's a hell of difference between the two bikes and I learned that hard way. Pedal clearance never even crossed my mind.

And this was to be a "recovery ride". Sheesh .