Last summer while riding with WNG during his visit, I was riding this:



Not long after taking that very photo, we were riding along when I put the front wheel right into a storm sewer grating - you know, those ones that seem specifically designed to catch bikes? Instead of getting thrown to the ground, my hands both flew off the bars, the front wheel popped out and I ended up re-connecting (with a painful slam on both wrists) my hands to the bars. Will saw it all and for the life of him couldn't understand why I didn't end up with a scraped-up bike, ripped clothing and bloody messes at my extremities

It was most definitely not skill on my part - if that were the case, I'd have been paying attention and not gotten myself into the potential mess to begin with!

DD