i think this thread jinxed me too, as i crashed on my way to work today. . . i've been riding bikes pretty much my whole life and never crashed before, except once (very minor) on my mtb. some idiot in a new mercedes benz wagon decided to turn left from the middle lane on a one-way street, and there was me and another rider both in the left lane. he went right between us, cut me off, slammed on his brakes, and blocked the entire lane, i swerved and avoided the car but still went down. i just got scraped up all over and my bars are all scraped to hell like skateboard trucks. they are steel nitto b123's, so they're not bent- new bar tape should cover em up fine. 2 lessons learned:
1) wear a helmet. next time i might not be so lucky.
2) the nicer the car, the *****tier the driver.