Originally Posted by nolucker

Interesting ride today. I thought I was over the embarrasing stuff, but i forgot to unclip at an intersection in Chinatown this morning, and down i went, got some weird looks from the locals. More seriously, I was threading my way through traffic on 3rd Ave in midtown (NY) and I got sideswiped by a van, he just kissed me, and I saw it happening too late, but I got a hand out and pushed off, kept going, spoke to him at the light, he asked if I was ok. Thing is, I consider it my fault, since it's up to me not to get myself killed if I'm gonna ride in traffic. I got a lot to learn. I was soaked with sweat when i got to work, fear, not exhaustion. At 55, maybe I'm too old for this ****.